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 September 21, 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	Best significant strike defence	Opponent attempts	Bouts
1	Frankie Edgar	71.8%	1,744	13
2	Myles Jury	71.7%	374	7
3	George Hardwick	71.4%	241	5
4	Desmond Green	69.0%	752	7
5	Justin Salas	68.9%	470	7
6	Dennis Siver	68.5%	958	12
7	Adriano Martins	68.4%	342	7
8	Yves Edwards	68.3%	1,420	19
9	John Makdessi	68.3%	3,097	19
10	Melvin Guillard	67.8%	802	19
11	George Sotiropoulos	67.2%	836	9
12	Gray Maynard	67.1%	1,795	16
13	Terry Etim	67.0%	812	11
14	Reza Madadi	67.0%	902	7
15	Tae Hyun Bang	66.5%	376	5
16	Rustam Khabilov	66.5%	1,026	12
17	Rob Emerson	66.1%	561	6
18	Benson Henderson	66.0%	1,070	12
19	BJ Penn	65.8%	1,336	16
20	Cody McKenzie	65.7%	327	5
21	Jorge Masvidal	65.7%	767	7
22	Norman Parke	65.6%	912	8
23	Josh Neer	65.2%	391	5
24	Tyson Griffin	65.1%	966	12
25	Khabib Nurmagomedov	65.0%	843	12
26	Kenny Florian	65.0%	640	12
27	Ramsey Nijem	65.0%	331	11
28	Mairbek Taisumov	64.9%	675	9
29	Kajan Johnson	64.4%	390	7
30	Spencer Fisher	64.2%	1,622	15
31	Ross Pearson	64.0%	2,731	21
32	Kurt Pellegrino	64.0%	617	11
33	Gleison Tibau	63.7%	2,071	27
34	Chad Laprise	63.4%	503	5
35	Thiago Tavares	63.1%	898	18
36	Farès Ziam	63.1%	648	12
37	Efrain Escudero	63.0%	873	12
38	Jorge Gurgel	63.0%	1,013	7
39	Paul Kelly	63.0%	424	6
40	Gabriel Benitez	62.9%	766	5
41	Rafael Dos Anjos	62.6%	2,645	24
42	Anthony Njokuani	62.6%	829	8
43	Alexander Hernandez	62.6%	1,583	15
44	Ismael Bonfim	62.5%	648	7
45	Gilbert Melendez	62.2%	600	5
46	Nasrat Haqparast	62.1%	3,112	16
47	Rich Clementi	62.0%	497	7
48	Islam Makhachev	61.8%	681	16
49	Evan Dunham	61.7%	2,119	20
50	King Green	61.7%	2,954	28
51	Sage Northcutt	61.7%	274	5
52	Joe Proctor	61.6%	596	7
53	Danny Castillo	61.5%	959	14
54	Johnny Case	61.4%	547	8
55	Aaron Riley	61.4%	736	7
56	Fabricio Camoes	61.4%	246	6
57	Shane Roller	61.4%	440	6
58	Al Iaquinta	61.4%	2,210	14
59	Damir Ismagulov	61.2%	660	7
60	Bolaji Oki	61.2%	775	6
61	TJ Grant	60.9%	583	5
62	James Vick	60.8%	936	13
63	Rafa Garcia	60.7%	1,953	12
64	Jon Tuck	60.7%	1,028	9
65	Marco Polo Reyes	60.6%	587	7
66	Mark Bocek	60.5%	871	13
67	Michel Prazeres	60.5%	686	9
68	Clay Guida	60.5%	2,827	30
69	Joe Stevenson	60.2%	764	13
70	Marcus Aurelio	60.2%	653	6
71	Francisco Trinaldo	60.2%	1,677	21
72	Kaue Fernandes	60.1%	158	5
73	Mateusz Gamrot	60.1%	1,114	14
74	Leandro Silva	60.0%	340	6
75	Abel Trujillo	59.9%	486	10
76	Nick Hein	59.9%	937	8
77	James Krause	59.8%	996	8
78	Jeremy Stephens	59.5%	1,395	21
79	Damir Hadzovic	59.5%	910	10
80	Rafaello Oliveira	59.3%	701	8
81	Din Thomas	59.1%	623	9
82	Edson Barboza	59.0%	2,866	25
83	Piotr Hallmann	58.7%	543	6
84	Diego Sanchez	58.7%	1,292	11
85	Jamie Varner	58.3%	492	9
86	Shannon Gugerty	58.2%	158	5
87	Omar Morales	58.2%	450	5
88	Gregor Gillespie	57.9%	323	8
89	Michael Johnson	57.4%	2,843	27
90	Takanori Gomi	57.4%	992	13
91	Sam Stout	57.4%	2,265	19
92	Mac Danzig	57.3%	1,108	12
93	Beneil Dariush	57.2%	1,377	26
94	Viacheslav Borshchev	57.2%	1,206	11
95	Jordan Leavitt	57.2%	236	9
96	Gilbert Burns	57.2%	757	10
97	Daron Cruickshank	57.2%	880	12
98	Diego Ferreira	57.2%	1,503	18
99	Jim Miller	56.9%	3,351	43
100	Jesse Ronson	56.9%	471	6

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.