Best takedown defence
The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.
Updated November 8, 2026
| # | Fighter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Lyoto Machida | 81.8% | 55 | 15 |
| 2 |   Kennedy Nzechukwu | 80.6% | 67 | 13 |
| 3 |  Chuck Liddell | 80.4% | 56 | 19 |
| 4 |    Volkan Oezdemir | 80.0% | 65 | 16 |
| 5 |  Alonzo Menifield | 77.4% | 62 | 21 |
| 6 |  Jamahal Hill | 73.1% | 52 | 11 |
| 7 | Quinton Jackson | 72.3% | 65 | 12 |
| 8 |   Jan Blachowicz | 70.0% | 60 | 23 |
| 9 |  Ovince Saint Preux | 68.5% | 73 | 26 |
| 10 |  Dustin Jacoby | 66.7% | 54 | 17 |
| 11 | Rogerio Nogueira | 64.1% | 64 | 13 |
| 12 |  Fabio Maldonado | 61.9% | 63 | 9 |
| 13 |  Glover Teixeira | 60.3% | 68 | 23 |
| 14 |  Kyle Kingsbury | 52.0% | 50 | 9 |
| 15 |  Mauricio Rua | 47.7% | 65 | 24 |
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.
Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics.
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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