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 10, 2026

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#	Fighter
1	Kai Kara-France	83.9%	56	13
2	John Dodson	83.3%	78	11
3	Demetrious Johnson	75.3%	89	15
4	Joshua Van	75.0%	92	12
5	Ryan Benoit	73.1%	52	8
6	Alexandre Pantoja	69.2%	78	19
7	Brandon Moreno	67.5%	83	21
8	Joseph Benavidez	67.1%	82	19
9	Charles Johnson	66.4%	116	14
10	Kyoji Horiguchi	60.0%	55	12
11	Tim Elliott	59.4%	64	20
12	Yuki Ito	57.9%	57	7
13	Deiveson Figueiredo	57.4%	54	14
14	Chris Cariaso	56.9%	58	9
15	Neil Seery	53.8%	52	7
16	Dustin Ortiz	52.6%	76	14
17	Brandon Royval	45.3%	64	13
18	John Moraga	44.6%	65	14
19	Louis Smolka	31.5%	54	10

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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