Best striking defense in UFC flyweight history

Demetrious Johnson holds the UFC flyweight record for best striking defense with 68.4% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Demetrious Johnson	68.4%	15
2	Sergio Pettis	68.1%	9
3	Phil Harris	68.0%	5
4	Matheus Nicolau	65.8%	10
5	Tyson Nam	65.7%	6
6	Sumudaerji	65.5%	9
7	Kyoji Horiguchi	64.4%	10
8	Kai Kara-France	64.3%	13
9	Jussier Formiga	64.1%	16
10	Henry Cejudo	64.1%	9
11	Eric Shelton	63.5%	6
12	Ian McCall	62.7%	6
13	Zach Makovsky	62.3%	7
14	Chris Cariaso	61.0%	9
15	Jesus Aguilar	60.7%	7
16	Joseph Morales	60.2%	6
17	Brandon Moreno	59.9%	21
18	David Dvorak	59.7%	6
19	Ben Nguyen	59.4%	7
20	Amir Albazi	59.0%	6
21	Neil Seery	58.9%	7
22	Andre Lima	58.9%	6
23	Matt Schnell	58.6%	12
24	John Dodson	58.2%	7
25	Askar Askarov	57.9%	5
26	John Lineker	57.8%	8
27	Jake Hadley	57.5%	5
28	Ryan Benoit	57.3%	8
29	Joseph Benavidez	57.1%	19
30	Joshua Van	57.0%	12
31	Manel Kape	57.0%	11
32	Wilson Reis	57.0%	11
33	Alex Perez	56.6%	14
34	John Moraga	56.4%	14
35	Dustin Ortiz	56.4%	14
36	Tim Elliott	56.3%	20
37	Steve Erceg	55.7%	8
38	Victor Altamirano	54.1%	6
39	Alessandro Costa	54.1%	7
40	Justin Scoggins	54.0%	8
41	Charles Johnson	53.9%	14
42	Asu Almabayev	53.8%	8
43	Lone'er Kavanagh	53.5%	5
44	CJ Vergara	53.4%	8
45	Ali Bagautinov	52.4%	7
46	Louis Smolka	52.2%	10
47	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	52.2%	7
48	Deiveson Figueiredo	51.0%	14
49	Bruno Silva	51.0%	11
50	Cody Durden	51.0%	13

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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.