Best striking defense in UFC bantamweight history

Vaughan Lee holds the UFC bantamweight record for best striking defense with 71.5% defense.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Vaughan Lee	71.5%	7
2	SuYoung You	70.4%	5
3	Aiemann Zahabi	69.2%	10
4	Francisco Rivera	68.3%	11
5	Miles Johns	68.0%	11
6	Joe Soto	67.1%	7
7	Erik Perez	66.7%	9
8	Raphael Assuncao	65.8%	18
9	Dominick Cruz	65.8%	10
10	Chris Gutierrez	65.5%	12
11	Ivan Menjivar	65.4%	7
12	Urijah Faber	64.7%	17
13	Yves Jabouin	64.3%	9
14	Taylor Lapilus	64.2%	7
15	Jose Quinonez	64.0%	9
16	Javid Basharat	63.9%	7
17	John Dodson	63.8%	10
18	Alejandro Perez	63.6%	12
19	Johnny Eduardo	63.0%	8
20	TJ Dillashaw	62.5%	17
21	Mitch Gagnon	61.9%	8
22	Mike Easton	61.8%	7
23	Alex Caceres	61.7%	10
24	Sergio Pettis	61.7%	5
25	Eddie Wineland	61.5%	16
26	Sergey Morozov	61.3%	5
27	Thomas Almeida	61.2%	9
28	Casey Kenney	60.7%	6
29	Raoni Barcelos	60.5%	15
30	Farid Basharat	60.3%	6
31	Scott Jorgensen	60.3%	8
32	Montel Jackson	60.2%	14
33	Jimmie Rivera	59.9%	10
34	Umar Nurmagomedov	59.8%	9
35	Sean O'Malley	59.8%	16
36	Ricardo Ramos	59.8%	5
37	Cody Stamann	59.7%	11
38	Petr Yan	59.6%	16
39	Ricky Simon	59.5%	17
40	Muin Gafurov	59.4%	5
41	George Roop	59.0%	6
42	Kyler Phillips	59.0%	10
43	Cody Garbrandt	58.8%	16
44	Daniel Marcos	58.4%	7
45	Leandro Issa	58.2%	5
46	Takeya Mizugaki	58.1%	14
47	Renan Barao	58.1%	13
48	Randy Costa	58.0%	6
49	Jack Shore	57.9%	6
50	Rob Font	57.6%	19

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.