Best significant strike defence

Name: Best significant strike defence
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The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.

Updated November 7, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter
1	Jon Madsen	81.4%	360	5
2	Georges St-Pierre	73.1%	1,842	22
3	Phil Davis	72.0%	794	14
4	Ivan Salaverry	71.8%	209	7
5	Ryan Bader	71.8%	1,009	21
6	Danielle Taylor	71.7%	876	5
7	Mara Romero Borella	71.2%	565	7
8	David Martinez	71.0%	590	5
9	SuYoung You	70.4%	372	5
10	Vaughan Lee	70.2%	517	8
11	Luigi Fioravanti	69.9%	705	9
12	Dan Severn	69.3%	163	13
13	Jake O'Brien	69.2%	438	7
14	Desmond Green	69.0%	752	7
15	Justin Salas	68.9%	470	7
16	Enrique Barzola	68.7%	1,425	16
17	Jacqueline Cavalcanti	68.6%	853	6
18	Vinny Magalhaes	68.4%	488	11
19	Adriano Martins	68.4%	342	7
20	Kevin Vallejos	68.4%	471	6
21	Aiemann Zahabi	68.2%	1,683	11
22	Melvin Guillard	68.1%	827	21
23	Yves Edwards	68.1%	1,437	20
24	John Makdessi	68.0%	3,154	20
25	Gegard Mousasi	68.0%	522	12
26	Francisco Rivera	68.0%	952	10
27	Eliot Marshall	67.9%	474	6
28	George Sotiropoulos	67.6%	851	11
29	Chad Mendes	67.5%	1,021	14
30	Mark Hominick	67.3%	1,023	7
31	Cody McKenzie	67.2%	412	7
32	Thiago Silva	67.2%	799	11
33	Demetrious Johnson	67.2%	1,772	18
34	Joe Soto	67.1%	1,154	8
35	Terry Etim	67.0%	812	11
36	Reza Madadi	67.0%	902	7
37	Myles Jury	66.8%	723	12
38	Nordine Taleb	66.8%	979	12
39	Erik Perez	66.7%	568	9
40	Gray Maynard	66.6%	2,026	19
41	Tae Hyun Bang	66.5%	376	5
42	Gloria de Paula	66.4%	685	5
43	Nate Quarry	66.3%	498	10
44	Miles Johns	66.2%	1,440	13
45	Rob Emerson	66.1%	561	6
46	Manon Fiorot	66.0%	1,584	10
47	Raphael Assuncao	66.0%	1,836	19
48	Daniel Marcos	65.9%	922	8
49	Frankie Edgar	65.9%	3,951	30
50	Yousri Belgaroui	65.9%	358	5
51	Ryan Hall	65.9%	264	6
52	Dominick Cruz	65.8%	1,721	10
53	Matheus Nicolau	65.8%	1,075	11
54	Rustam Khabilov	65.7%	1,077	13
55	Marcus Davis	65.7%	1,067	15
56	Ivan Menjivar	65.5%	609	9
57	Ramazan Emeev	65.5%	666	11
58	John Maguire	65.4%	492	5
59	Tyson Nam	65.4%	1,085	8
60	Khabib Nurmagomedov	65.4%	870	13
61	Michael Bisping	65.4%	2,884	29
62	Tom Aspinall	65.4%	153	9
63	Roan Carneiro	65.3%	424	9
64	Brad Blackburn	65.3%	669	5
65	Jordan Mein	65.3%	648	9
66	Chad Laprise	65.3%	887	10
67	Jason Brilz	65.3%	357	7
T-68	Frank Shamrock	65.2%	115	5
T-68	Brian Foster	65.2%	115	6
70	Julio Arce	65.1%	1,508	13
71	Urijah Faber	65.1%	2,035	18
72	Hatsu Hioki	65.0%	695	8
73	Tyson Griffin	65.0%	1,103	14
74	Dennis Siver	64.9%	1,665	20
75	Zabit Magomedsharipov	64.9%	664	6
T-76	Gabriel Bonfim	64.9%	900	9
T-76	Mairbek Taisumov	64.9%	675	9
78	Norman Parke	64.9%	1,053	10
79	Youssef Zalal	64.9%	831	13
80	Journey Newson	64.9%	387	5
81	Javid Basharat	64.8%	844	9
82	Luana Santos	64.8%	585	8
83	Germaine de Randamie	64.7%	777	10
84	Dione Barbosa	64.7%	465	7
85	Maximo Blanco	64.7%	740	9
86	Cheyanne Vlismas	64.6%	444	5
87	Marco Ruas	64.6%	82	6
88	Matt Mitrione	64.6%	695	14
89	Sean Pierson	64.6%	819	6
90	Chico Camus	64.6%	776	7
91	Oumar Sy	64.5%	287	7
92	Jon Jones	64.5%	2,082	23
93	Benson Henderson	64.4%	1,374	15
94	Pat Miletich	64.4%	337	10
95	Yaotzin Meza	64.4%	351	6
96	Kajan Johnson	64.4%	390	7
97	Kai Kara-France	64.3%	1,447	13
98	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	64.2%	285	7
99	Rashad Evans	64.2%	1,981	23
100	Riki Fukuda	64.2%	809	5

Ranked across every MMA promotion we track. BKFC is bare-knuckle boxing — two-minute rounds, and a punch count that is not a significant-strike count — so it is ranked only on its own boards.

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Unofficial statistics compiled by UFCalendar from every completed fight in our database. Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics and rate boards at least 50 attempts; BKFC is ranked only on its own boards.

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