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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Takedown Defense

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

Trey Ogden leads the lightweight TD Def board at 100% opp. takedowns blocked , followed by Ottman Azaitar (100%) and Anshul Jubli (100%) .

Top 25 active lightweight fighters by career-window TD Def. · See full lightweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Trey Ogden
    3-3-0 7 fights #58
    100%
  2. 2
    Ottman Azaitar
    2-3-0 5 fights #79
    100%
  3. 3
    Anshul Jubli
    1-2-0 3 fights #83
    100%
  4. 4
    Ilia Topuria
    9-1-0 10 fights #1
    95%
  5. 5
    Gauge Young
    2-1-0 3 fights #56
    92%
  6. 6
    Rafael Fiziev
    8-5-0 13 fights #21
    90%
  7. 7
    Francis Marshall
    4-3-0 7 fights #63
    89%
  8. 8
    Nasrat Haqparast
    10-5-0 15 fights #27
    86%
  9. 9
    Mauricio Ruffy
    5-1-0 6 fights #17
    85%
  10. 10
    Rongzhu
    3-3-0 6 fights #72
    83%
  11. 11
    Beneil Dariush
    17-8-1 26 fights #11
    83%
  12. 12
    Nikolas Motta
    3-3-0 7 fights #53
    82%
  13. 13
    Daniel Zellhuber
    3-4-0 7 fights #69
    82%
  14. 14
    Michael Johnson
    16-16-0 32 fights #48
    81%
  15. 15
    Nurullo Aliev
    4-0-0 4 fights #12
    80%
  16. 16
    Chris Padilla
    4-0-1 5 fights #14
    80%
  17. 17
    Marquel Mederos
    3-0-1 4 fights #22
    78%
  18. 18
    Dan Hooker
    14-10-0 24 fights #20
    77%
  19. 19
    Rafa Garcia
    7-4-0 11 fights #28
    77%
  20. 20
    Quillan Salkilld
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    77%
  21. 21
    Mateusz Gamrot
    9-5-0 14 fights #13
    77%
  22. 22
    Kaue Fernandes
    3-2-0 5 fights #51
    77%
  23. 23
    Ludovit Klein
    8-4-1 13 fights #29
    77%
  24. 24
    Elves Brener
    3-3-0 6 fights #61
    76%
  25. 25
    Arman Tsarukyan
    10-2-0 12 fights #4
    75%
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.