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
=101	Jamey-Lyn Horth	80%	29 of 36	7
=101	Yoel Romero	80%	29 of 36	13
103	Eryk Anders	80%	37 of 46	20
104	Brad Tavares	80%	114 of 142	28
105	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	80%	109 of 136	15
=106	Alex Pereira	80%	36 of 45	13
=106	Marcus Brimage	80%	24 of 30	8
=106	Nate Maness	80%	32 of 40	7
=106	Robert Whittaker	80%	76 of 95	25
=106	Shonie Carter	80%	16 of 20	6
=106	Steve Cantwell	80%	20 of 25	6
=106	Volkan Oezdemir	80%	52 of 65	16
113	Evan Dunham	79%	59 of 74	21
114	Lorenz Larkin	79%	35 of 44	10
115	Carlos Prates	79%	31 of 39	8
=116	James Moontasri	79%	27 of 34	6
=116	Umar Nurmagomedov	79%	27 of 34	10
=118	Alonzo Menifield	79%	46 of 58	19
=118	Hector Lombard	79%	23 of 29	12
120	Eliot Marshall	79%	19 of 24	6
121	Raphael Assuncao	78%	30 of 38	19
122	Ricky Simon	78%	41 of 52	18
=123	Jean Silva	78%	26 of 33	8
=123	Wang Cong	78%	26 of 33	7
=125	Manel Kape	78%	33 of 42	11
=125	Mike Perry	78%	22 of 28	15
127	Martin Kampmann	78%	51 of 65	17
=128	Chris Beal	78%	18 of 23	5
=128	Erin Blanchfield	78%	18 of 23	9
130	Sam Stout	77%	102 of 131	20
=131	Andrei Arlovski	77%	56 of 72	42
=131	Irene Aldana	77%	56 of 72	14
=131	Mason Jones	77%	21 of 27	8
=131	Modestas Bukauskas	77%	28 of 36	14
=131	Norman Parke	77%	35 of 45	9
=131	Paulo Costa	77%	21 of 27	12
=131	TJ Dillashaw	77%	35 of 45	18
138	William Gomis	77%	38 of 49	7
=139	Pedro Rizzo	77%	55 of 71	14
=139	Taylor Lapilus	77%	55 of 71	8
141	Anthony Johnson	77%	24 of 31	19
=142	Calvin Kattar	77%	34 of 44	15
=142	Markus Perez	77%	17 of 22	7
=144	Dan Hooker	77%	81 of 105	25
=144	Rafa Garcia	77%	27 of 35	12
=144	Rafael Natal	77%	27 of 35	17
=147	Hacran Dias	76%	40 of 52	8
=147	Miles Johns	76%	30 of 39	13
=147	Poliana Botelho	76%	20 of 26	7
150	Din Thomas	76%	46 of 60	9

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