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 5, 2026
| # | Fighter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Joanna Jedrzejczyk | 82.0% | 122 | 14 |
| 2 |   Nina Nunes | 76.5% | 51 | 8 |
| 3 |  Karolina Kowalkiewicz | 74.6% | 67 | 19 |
| 4 |  Angela Hill | 72.8% | 136 | 29 |
| 5 |   Yan Xiaonan | 64.9% | 57 | 14 |
| T-6 |  Sam Hughes | 63.5% | 52 | 12 |
| T-6 |   Amanda Lemos | 63.5% | 52 | 15 |
| 8 |  Tecia Pennington | 62.9% | 97 | 19 |
| 9 |  Marina Rodriguez | 59.7% | 62 | 15 |
| 10 |    Randa Markos | 52.6% | 57 | 18 |
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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