UFC: Best significant strike defence

Name: UFC: Best significant strike defence
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The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC 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	Jon Madsen	81.4%	360	5
2	Georges St-Pierre	73.1%	1,842	22
3	Phil Davis	72.0%	794	12
4	Ivan Salaverry	71.8%	209	7
5	Ryan Bader	71.8%	1,009	20
6	Danielle Taylor	71.7%	876	5
7	Mara Romero Borella	71.2%	565	7
8	David Martinez	71.0%	590	5
9	Vaughan Lee	70.2%	517	8
10	Luigi Fioravanti	69.9%	705	9
11	Dan Severn	69.3%	163	13
12	Jake O'Brien	69.2%	438	7
13	Desmond Green	69.0%	752	7
14	Justin Salas	68.9%	470	7
15	Enrique Barzola	68.7%	1,425	10
16	Jacqueline Cavalcanti	68.6%	853	6
17	Julio Arce	68.5%	1,253	11
18	Vinny Magalhaes	68.4%	488	5
19	Adriano Martins	68.4%	342	7
20	Kevin Vallejos	68.4%	471	6
21	Aiemann Zahabi	68.2%	1,683	11
22	Melvin Guillard	68.1%	827	21
23	Yves Edwards	68.1%	1,437	20
24	John Makdessi	68.0%	3,154	20
25	Gegard Mousasi	68.0%	522	12
26	Francisco Rivera	68.0%	952	10
27	Eliot Marshall	67.9%	474	6
28	Cristiane Justino	67.9%	461	7
29	George Sotiropoulos	67.6%	851	11
30	Chad Mendes	67.5%	1,021	14
31	Mark Hominick	67.3%	1,023	7
32	Cody McKenzie	67.2%	412	7
33	Thiago Silva	67.2%	799	10
34	Demetrious Johnson	67.2%	1,772	18
35	Joe Soto	67.1%	1,154	8
36	Terry Etim	67.0%	812	11
37	Reza Madadi	67.0%	902	7
38	Myles Jury	66.8%	723	12
39	Nordine Taleb	66.8%	979	12
40	Erik Perez	66.7%	568	9
41	Gray Maynard	66.6%	2,026	19
42	Tae Hyun Bang	66.5%	376	5
43	Gloria de Paula	66.4%	685	5
44	Natalia Silva	66.3%	731	8
45	Nate Quarry	66.3%	498	10
46	Miles Johns	66.2%	1,440	13
47	Rob Emerson	66.1%	561	6
48	Manon Fiorot	66.0%	1,584	10
49	Raphael Assuncao	66.0%	1,836	19
50	Frankie Edgar	65.9%	3,951	30
51	Yousri Belgaroui	65.9%	358	5
52	Ryan Hall	65.9%	264	6
53	Dominick Cruz	65.8%	1,721	10
54	Matheus Nicolau	65.8%	1,075	11
55	Rustam Khabilov	65.7%	1,077	13
56	Marcus Davis	65.7%	1,067	15
57	Daniel Marcos	65.6%	881	7
58	Javid Basharat	65.5%	714	7
59	Ivan Menjivar	65.5%	609	9
60	Ramazan Emeev	65.5%	666	8
61	John Maguire	65.4%	492	5
62	Tyson Nam	65.4%	1,085	8
63	Sergio Pettis	65.4%	1,779	14
64	Khabib Nurmagomedov	65.4%	870	13
65	Michael Bisping	65.4%	2,884	29
66	Tom Aspinall	65.4%	153	9
67	Roan Carneiro	65.3%	424	9
68	Brad Blackburn	65.3%	669	5
69	Jordan Mein	65.3%	648	9
70	Chad Laprise	65.3%	887	10
71	Jason Brilz	65.3%	357	7
T-72	Frank Shamrock	65.2%	115	5
T-72	Brian Foster	65.2%	115	5
74	Urijah Faber	65.1%	2,035	18
75	Hatsu Hioki	65.0%	695	8
76	Tyson Griffin	65.0%	1,103	14
77	Dennis Siver	64.9%	1,665	20
78	Liz Carmouche	64.9%	861	10
79	Ismail Naurdiev	64.9%	456	7
80	Zabit Magomedsharipov	64.9%	664	6
T-81	Gabriel Bonfim	64.9%	900	9
T-81	Mairbek Taisumov	64.9%	675	9
83	Norman Parke	64.9%	1,053	9
84	Youssef Zalal	64.9%	831	13
85	Journey Newson	64.9%	387	5
86	Germaine de Randamie	64.7%	777	10
87	Dione Barbosa	64.7%	465	7
88	Maximo Blanco	64.7%	740	9
89	Cheyanne Vlismas	64.6%	444	5
90	Marco Ruas	64.6%	82	6
91	Matt Mitrione	64.6%	695	14
92	Sean Pierson	64.6%	819	6
93	Benson Henderson	64.6%	1,369	14
94	Chico Camus	64.6%	776	7
95	Oumar Sy	64.5%	287	6
96	Jon Jones	64.5%	2,082	23
97	Luana Santos	64.4%	531	7
98	Pat Miletich	64.4%	337	10
99	Yaotzin Meza	64.4%	351	6
100	Kajan Johnson	64.4%	390	7

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.