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
=51	Alessandro Costa	85%	23 of 27	8
=51	Georges St-Pierre	85%	46 of 54	22
=51	Rongzhu	85%	23 of 27	7
54	Nasrat Haqparast	84%	45 of 53	16
=55	Cezar Ferreira	84%	22 of 26	15
=55	Yushin Okami	84%	55 of 65	21
57	Tresean Gore	84%	27 of 32	8
58	Kai Kara-France	83%	47 of 56	13
=59	Aiemann Zahabi	83%	26 of 31	11
=59	Javid Basharat	83%	26 of 31	7
61	Dominick Cruz	83%	31 of 37	10
62	Alexander Gustafsson	83%	41 of 49	18
=63	Aaron Simpson	83%	25 of 30	11
=63	Alessio Di Chirico	83%	20 of 24	11
=63	Mike de la Torre	83%	35 of 42	7
=63	Nick Catone	83%	20 of 24	8
=63	Thibault Gouti	83%	20 of 24	6
68	Dominick Reyes	82%	34 of 41	15
=69	Carli Judice	82%	24 of 29	5
=69	Dennis Bermudez	82%	48 of 58	17
71	Beneil Dariush	82%	43 of 52	26
72	Lone'er Kavanagh	82%	19 of 23	5
73	Justin Scoggins	82%	33 of 40	9
74	Pedro Munhoz	82%	47 of 57	22
=75	Amanda Ribas	82%	28 of 34	13
=75	Shane Campbell	82%	28 of 34	5
77	John Dodson	82%	74 of 90	17
=78	Krzysztof Jotko	82%	69 of 84	17
=78	Vitor Petrino	82%	23 of 28	10
80	Sam Alvey	82%	55 of 67	24
=81	Cody Garbrandt	81%	27 of 33	18
=81	Daniel Zellhuber	81%	18 of 22	7
=81	Ildemar Alcantara	81%	27 of 33	7
=81	Junior Dos Santos	81%	72 of 88	23
=81	Piera Rodriguez	81%	18 of 22	7
86	Ian Freeman	81%	22 of 27	6
87	Max Holloway	81%	136 of 167	33
=88	Chuck Liddell	81%	70 of 86	23
=88	Nassourdine Imavov	81%	35 of 43	12
=90	Amanda Nunes	81%	26 of 32	18
=90	Gray Maynard	81%	52 of 64	20
92	Michael Johnson	81%	86 of 106	32
93	Victor Henry	81%	47 of 58	7
=94	Kevin Aguilar	80%	17 of 21	6
=94	Yves Jabouin	80%	17 of 21	10
=96	Diego Brandao	80%	21 of 26	10
=96	Jack Hermansson	80%	21 of 26	19
=96	Kennedy Nzechukwu	80%	63 of 78	16
=96	Tarec Saffiedine	80%	21 of 26	6
100	Ryan Bader	80%	25 of 31	20

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