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
=201	Chase Sherman	74%	23 of 31	15
=201	Diego Lopes	74%	23 of 31	10
=201	John Castaneda	74%	23 of 31	10
=204	Al Iaquinta	74%	40 of 54	15
=204	Jack Shore	74%	20 of 27	9
=206	Hyun Gyu Lim	73%	17 of 23	7
=206	Nordine Taleb	73%	17 of 23	12
=208	Gegard Mousasi	73%	28 of 38	12
=208	Krzysztof Soszynski	73%	28 of 38	9
=208	Nina Nunes	73%	42 of 57	9
211	Rashad Evans	73%	39 of 53	23
=212	Dhiego Lima	73%	25 of 34	11
=212	Muhammad Naimov	73%	25 of 34	8
=212	Song Kenan	73%	25 of 34	11
=212	Song Yadong	73%	50 of 68	18
=216	Francis Carmont	73%	22 of 30	9
=216	Justin Gaethje	73%	22 of 30	16
=216	Shara Magomedov	73%	22 of 30	7
=219	Andre Lima	73%	19 of 26	6
=219	Arnold Allen	73%	57 of 78	15
=219	Edson Barboza	73%	76 of 104	33
=219	Frank Camacho	73%	19 of 26	8
=219	Mike Pyle	73%	38 of 52	19
=219	Payton Talbott	73%	38 of 52	7
=219	Themba Gorimbo	73%	19 of 26	8
=226	Karol Rosa	72%	27 of 37	13
=226	Mirko Filipovic	72%	27 of 37	11
=228	Andre Ewell	72%	24 of 33	9
=228	Johnny Case	72%	16 of 22	6
=228	Jordan Mein	72%	16 of 22	9
=228	Junior Tafa	72%	32 of 44	9
=228	Luke Sanders	72%	16 of 22	8
=228	Michael Trizano	72%	24 of 33	7
=228	Virna Jandiroba	72%	24 of 33	13
235	Angela Hill	72%	101 of 139	30
236	Cub Swanson	72%	82 of 113	26
237	Joshua Burkman	72%	37 of 51	19
=238	Chris Weidman	72%	21 of 29	20
=238	Muslim Salikhov	72%	21 of 29	15
=240	Henry Cejudo	72%	34 of 47	16
=240	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	72%	34 of 47	15
242	Ryan Benoit	72%	47 of 65	9
=243	Alexander Yakovlev	72%	26 of 36	9
=243	Andrew Craig	72%	26 of 36	7
=243	Joey Beltran	72%	26 of 36	10
=243	Vaughan Lee	72%	26 of 36	8
=247	Chico Camus	72%	31 of 43	8
=247	Trevin Giles	72%	31 of 43	14
249	Marlon Vera	72%	67 of 93	27
250	Bruno Silva	72%	18 of 25	12

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