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
551	Jennifer Maia	58%	24 of 41	12
552	Stephan Bonnar	58%	31 of 53	15
553	Brett Johns	58%	14 of 24	7
554	Diego Ferreira	58%	46 of 79	18
555	Drew Dober	58%	39 of 67	27
556	Tracy Cortez	58%	18 of 31	9
=557	Christian Leroy Duncan	57%	22 of 38	10
=557	James Vick	57%	22 of 38	14
559	Chris Camozzi	57%	48 of 83	19
560	Kevin Holland	57%	67 of 116	29
=561	Chael Sonnen	57%	15 of 26	14
=561	Joanderson Brito	57%	15 of 26	11
563	Brandon Davis	57%	34 of 59	9
564	Tae Hyun Bang	57%	19 of 33	5
565	Danny Roberts	57%	23 of 40	14
566	Dustin Jacoby	57%	27 of 47	18
=567	Bruna Brasil	57%	20 of 35	7
=567	Cyrille Diabate	57%	16 of 28	8
=567	Deiveson Figueiredo	57%	40 of 70	23
=567	Jesse Ronson	57%	20 of 35	6
=567	Jessica Eye	57%	24 of 42	16
=567	Kenny Robertson	57%	16 of 28	9
=567	Mario Bautista	57%	32 of 56	15
=567	Mike Swick	57%	24 of 42	15
575	Cory Sandhagen	57%	65 of 114	17
576	Erick Silva	56%	29 of 51	15
=577	Chris Cariaso	56%	42 of 74	13
=577	Mark Munoz	56%	21 of 37	15
=577	Mizuto Hirota	56%	21 of 37	7
=577	Tito Ortiz	56%	21 of 37	27
=581	Cody Durden	56%	13 of 23	17
=581	Sean Sherk	56%	13 of 23	12
=581	Zach Makovsky	56%	13 of 23	7
=584	Paul Taylor	56%	27 of 48	9
=584	Tai Tuivasa	56%	27 of 48	19
586	Darren Elkins	56%	32 of 57	31
587	Matt Wiman	56%	23 of 41	18
=588	Dan Ige	56%	42 of 75	22
=588	Raul Rosas Jr.	56%	14 of 25	8
590	Jon Fitch	55%	33 of 59	18
591	Anthony Pettis	55%	57 of 102	20
=592	Brendan Allen	55%	24 of 43	19
=592	Youssef Zalal	55%	24 of 43	13
=594	Gabriel Benitez	55%	29 of 52	15
=594	Stefan Struve	55%	29 of 52	24
596	Neil Magny	55%	64 of 115	38
=597	Casey Kenney	55%	30 of 54	8
=597	Stevie Ray	55%	15 of 27	11
599	Brian Stann	55%	31 of 56	11
600	Bojan Velickovic	55%	16 of 29	6

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