Best takedown 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

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#	Fighter
1	Petr Yan	87.7%	227	17
2	Pedro Munhoz	82.1%	56	20
3	Victor Henry	81.5%	54	6
4	Cody Stamann	78.4%	51	11
5	Payton Talbott	78.3%	69	8
6	Taylor Lapilus	77.8%	81	11
7	Ricky Simon	77.4%	53	18
8	Merab Dvalishvili	76.5%	51	17
9	Song Yadong	75.0%	64	16
10	Marlon Vera	72.4%	87	24
11	Nkosi Ndebele	71.7%	53	11
12	Chris Gutierrez	70.4%	54	12
13	Takeya Mizugaki	70.2%	57	14
14	Montel Jackson	66.3%	95	15
15	Frankie Saenz	61.7%	60	10
16	Sean O'Malley	60.6%	66	16
17	Vince Morales	60.0%	50	13
18	Iuri Alcantara	59.6%	52	14
19	Cory Sandhagen	57.7%	111	15
20	Mario Bautista	57.1%	56	15
21	Rob Font	41.7%	72	19

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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