Best striking defense in UFC welterweight history

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC welterweight record for best striking defense with 73.0% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Georges St-Pierre	73.0%	21
2	Luigi Fioravanti	72.2%	6
3	Chad Laprise	67.7%	5
4	Robert Whittaker	67.1%	5
5	Roan Carneiro	66.7%	7
6	Ramazan Emeev	66.3%	7
7	Michael Chiesa	66.2%	11
8	Nordine Taleb	66.1%	11
9	Marcus Davis	65.9%	14
10	Kelvin Gastelum	65.7%	8
11	Brad Blackburn	65.3%	5
12	Jordan Mein	65.3%	9
13	Sean Pierson	64.6%	6
14	Demian Maia	64.5%	20
15	Gabriel Bonfim	64.3%	8
16	Paulo Thiago	63.5%	13
17	Josh Koscheck	63.2%	24
18	Ryan LaFlare	63.2%	10
19	Kyle Noke	63.2%	7
20	Lyman Good	63.0%	6
21	Sean Strickland	62.9%	8
22	Sean Spencer	62.8%	7
23	Rick Story	62.5%	19
24	Rory MacDonald	62.5%	13
25	Thiago Alves	62.4%	26
26	Jake Matthews	62.3%	17
27	Mike Pierce	62.2%	14
28	Dwight Grant	62.0%	7
29	John Hathaway	62.0%	9
30	Anthony Rocco Martin	62.0%	7
31	Curtis Millender	61.5%	5
32	Lorenz Larkin	61.5%	5
33	Martin Kampmann	61.1%	12
34	Muslim Salikhov	60.8%	15
35	Mike Pyle	60.7%	19
36	Jake Ellenberger	60.7%	21
37	Amir Sadollah	60.7%	10
38	Jack Della Maddalena	60.7%	10
39	Santiago Ponzinibbio	60.7%	20
40	Darren Till	60.3%	8
41	Alan Jouban	60.0%	13
42	Court McGee	60.0%	20
43	Tim Means	60.0%	26
44	Joaquin Buckley	59.9%	9
45	Sean Brady	59.9%	11
46	Sergio Moraes	59.8%	13
47	Oban Elliott	59.6%	6
48	Chidi Njokuani	59.5%	6
49	Nicholas Musoke	59.2%	5
50	Alex Garcia	59.2%	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.