Best takedown defence

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

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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
=501	Amir Sadollah	60%	31 of 51	11
=501	Ian Heinisch	60%	31 of 51	7
503	Aaron Riley	60%	17 of 28	9
504	Danny Castillo	60%	20 of 33	14
505	Brad Pickett	60%	23 of 38	14
=506	Aoriqileng	60%	26 of 43	11
=506	Jared Gordon	60%	26 of 43	18
=506	Li Jingliang	60%	26 of 43	18
=506	Thiago Silva	60%	26 of 43	12
510	Kelvin Gastelum	60%	55 of 91	26
=511	Brandon Vera	60%	29 of 48	16
=511	Spencer Fisher	60%	58 of 96	17
513	Billy Quarantillo	60%	32 of 53	12
514	Glover Teixeira	60%	41 of 68	23
515	Francisco Trinaldo	60%	44 of 73	26
=516	Brian Kelleher	60%	24 of 40	17
=516	CJ Vergara	60%	24 of 40	8
=516	Clint Hester	60%	15 of 25	7
=516	Daniel Teymur	60%	12 of 20	5
=516	Daron Cruickshank	60%	12 of 20	13
=516	Jorge Santiago	60%	12 of 20	6
=516	Takanori Gomi	60%	18 of 30	13
523	Iuri Alcantara	59%	40 of 67	18
524	Sean O'Malley	59%	37 of 62	16
=525	George Roop	59%	34 of 57	13
=525	Nam Phan	59%	34 of 57	8
=527	Karo Parisyan	59%	25 of 42	13
=527	Tyson Griffin	59%	50 of 84	14
529	Yair Rodriguez	59%	41 of 69	16
=530	KJ Noons	59%	19 of 32	6
=530	Randy Couture	59%	19 of 32	24
=530	Tim Elliott	59%	38 of 64	23
533	Kendall Grove	59%	51 of 86	13
=534	Ben Rothwell	59%	16 of 27	17
=534	Chepe Mariscal	59%	16 of 27	6
=534	Dooho Choi	59%	16 of 27	11
=534	Kenny Florian	59%	32 of 54	17
=534	Tim Boetsch	59%	32 of 54	24
539	Elias Theodorou	59%	29 of 49	11
=540	Josh Barnett	59%	13 of 22	10
=540	Nicolas Dalby	59%	39 of 66	15
=540	Rodrigo Nascimento	59%	13 of 22	8
=540	Sabina Mazo	59%	13 of 22	7
=540	Victor Altamirano	59%	13 of 22	6
545	Ryan LaFlare	58%	23 of 39	10
=546	Devin Clark	58%	20 of 34	17
=546	Joanne Wood	58%	20 of 34	17
=546	Khalil Rountree Jr.	58%	20 of 34	18
549	Miesha Tate	58%	27 of 46	14
550	Jose Delgado	58%	17 of 29	6

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