Best takedown defence

Share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped. At least 5 fights and 20 opponent attempts.

All timeSince 2020 Since 2010 Since 2001 Before 2000

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UFCStats has round-by-round statistics for only 83%–95% of fights in 1994–1998. Fights without them are left out of these totals.

UFC 1 (November 1993) is not in UFCStats, so its fights are missing.

817 fighters with at least 20 opponent takedown attempts.

#	Fighter	%	Of	Fights with stats
451	Brad Riddell	63%	26 of 41	7
452	Tagir Ulanbekov	63%	19 of 30	8
453	Stephen Thompson	63%	50 of 79	22
=454	Dan Henderson	63%	31 of 49	18
=454	Jack Della Maddalena	63%	31 of 49	10
=454	Mayra Bueno Silva	63%	31 of 49	14
=454	Michael Bisping	63%	62 of 98	29
=458	Ben Nguyen	63%	24 of 38	7
=458	Rick Story	63%	48 of 76	19
=458	Said Nurmagomedov	63%	24 of 38	11
=458	Yancy Medeiros	63%	24 of 38	15
462	Thiago Alves	63%	77 of 122	27
463	Dustin Poirier	63%	58 of 92	32
464	Warlley Alves	62%	17 of 27	16
465	Tecia Pennington	62%	61 of 97	19
=466	Alessio Sakara	62%	22 of 35	15
=466	Thiago Tavares	62%	22 of 35	18
468	Nick Diaz	62%	49 of 78	15
469	Kyle Bochniak	62%	27 of 43	7
=470	CB Dollaway	62%	15 of 24	20
=470	Jessica-Rose Clark	62%	15 of 24	9
=470	Kajan Johnson	62%	15 of 24	7
=470	Macy Chiasson	62%	20 of 32	14
=470	Omar Morales	62%	20 of 32	7
=470	Raquel Pennington	62%	40 of 64	19
=470	Scott Jorgensen	62%	30 of 48	12
=470	Siyar Bahadurzada	62%	20 of 32	8
478	Rose Namajunas	62%	41 of 66	19
=479	Joselyne Edwards	62%	31 of 50	13
=479	Urijah Faber	62%	31 of 50	18
=481	Anthony Birchak	61%	13 of 21	6
=481	Fabio Maldonado	61%	39 of 63	11
=481	Jeremy Stephens	61%	78 of 126	36
=481	Jimy Hettes	61%	13 of 21	6
=481	Khalid Taha	61%	26 of 42	6
486	Frankie Saenz	61%	37 of 60	10
=487	Brad Katona	61%	16 of 26	9
=487	Demian Maia	61%	24 of 39	33
=487	Dennis Buzukja	61%	16 of 26	6
=487	Julia Polastri	61%	16 of 26	6
=487	Julian Erosa	61%	24 of 39	18
=487	Kailin Curran	61%	24 of 39	7
493	Ed Herman	61%	38 of 62	26
494	Kyoji Horiguchi	61%	30 of 49	11
495	Marina Rodriguez	61%	41 of 67	15
496	Movsar Evloev	61%	22 of 36	10
497	John Hathaway	60%	25 of 41	9
498	Vicente Luque	60%	39 of 64	26
=499	Forrest Griffin	60%	28 of 46	15
=499	Takashi Sato	60%	14 of 23	7

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