Best striking defense in UFC heavyweight history

Jon Madsen holds the UFC heavyweight record for best striking defense with 81.4% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Jon Madsen	81.4%	5
2	Matt Mitrione	64.6%	14
3	Tim Sylvia	62.2%	13
4	Tanner Boser	61.5%	10
5	Jeff Monson	61.3%	6
6	Ciryl Gane	60.9%	14
7	Jared Rosholt	59.9%	8
8	Pat Barry	59.6%	12
9	Mike Russow	59.2%	6
10	Gabriel Gonzaga	59.1%	22
11	Randy Couture	58.8%	14
12	Mick Parkin	58.2%	6
13	Mirko Filipovic	57.9%	11
14	Justin Willis	57.9%	5
15	Cain Velasquez	57.6%	15
16	Brendan Schaub	57.2%	11
17	Andrei Arlovski	56.8%	42
18	Junior Dos Santos	56.2%	23
19	Sergei Pavlovich	56.2%	12
20	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	56.1%	11
21	Martin Buday	56.1%	8
22	Jhonata Diniz	55.7%	6
23	Thomas Petersen	55.7%	7
24	Shamil Abdurakhimov	55.5%	11
25	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	55.4%	14
26	Lukasz Brzeski	55.3%	7
27	Curtis Blaydes	55.2%	22
28	Greg Hardy	55.1%	10
29	Fabricio Werdum	54.9%	18
30	Marcin Tybura	54.7%	25
31	Walt Harris	54.7%	16
32	Cheick Kongo	54.5%	18
33	Alexander Volkov	54.4%	19
34	Pedro Rizzo	54.2%	14
35	Alexandr Romanov	54.1%	10
36	Blagoy Ivanov	53.5%	8
37	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	52.8%	12
38	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	52.4%	15
39	Chase Sherman	52.3%	15
40	Stipe Miocic	52.3%	19
41	Junior Albini	52.3%	5
42	Mohammed Usman	51.2%	6
43	Alistair Overeem	51.1%	20
44	Joey Beltran	50.9%	7
45	Serghei Spivac	50.9%	16
46	Daniel Cormier	50.6%	6
47	Carlos Felipe	50.6%	5
48	Josh Barnett	50.6%	10
49	Jake Collier	50.1%	8
50	Shawn Jordan	49.6%	10

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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.