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Middleweight · 2026

Best Middleweight Takedown Defense

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

Ikram Aliskerov leads the middleweight TD Def board at 100% opp. takedowns blocked , followed by Bo Nickal (100%) and Ateba Gautier (100%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Ikram Aliskerov
    5-1-0 6 fights #11
    100%
  2. 2
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    100%
  3. 3
    Ateba Gautier
    5-1-0 6 fights #17
    100%
  4. 4
    Cam Rowston
    3-0-0 3 fights #19
    100%
  5. 5
    Baisangur Susurkaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #20
    100%
  6. 6
    Abus Magomedov
    5-3-0 8 fights #32
    100%
  7. 7
    Danny Barlow
    2-2-0 4 fights #53
    100%
  8. 8
    Ryan Loder
    1-2-0 3 fights #61
    100%
  9. 9
    Kamaru Usman
    16-4-0 20 fights #3
    90%
  10. 10
    Roman Kopylov
    8-5-0 13 fights #29
    89%
  11. 11
    Khamzat Chimaev
    9-1-0 10 fights #2
    88%
  12. 12
    Andre Petroski
    8-5-0 13 fights #37
    86%
  13. 13
    Damian Pinas
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    86%
  14. 14
    Tresean Gore
    4-4-0 8 fights #47
    84%
  15. 15
    Mansur Abdul-Malik
    3-2-0 6 fights #50
    82%
  16. 16
    Nassourdine Imavov
    9-2-0 12 fights #6
    81%
  17. 17
    Gregory Rodrigues
    11-3-0 14 fights #8
    81%
  18. 18
    Eryk Anders
    10-9-0 20 fights #40
    80%
  19. 19
    Brad Tavares
    16-12-0 28 fights #39
    80%
  20. 20
    Djorden Santos
    1-3-0 4 fights #68
    80%
  21. 21
    Robert Bryczek
    1-3-0 4 fights #67
    79%
  22. 22
    Donte Johnson
    3-0-0 3 fights #24
    77%
  23. 23
    Israel Adesanya
    13-6-0 19 fights #10
    76%
  24. 24
    Michel Pereira
    10-6-0 16 fights #35
    76%
  25. 25
    Ismail Naurdiev
    5-3-0 8 fights #36
    74%
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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 Oct 17, 2026.