Best striking defense in UFC women's strawweight history

Danielle Taylor holds the UFC women's strawweight record for best striking defense with 71.7% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Danielle Taylor	71.7%	5
2	Amanda Ribas	63.9%	8
3	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	63.6%	14
4	Loopy Godinez	63.6%	13
5	Alexa Grasso	63.4%	6
6	Gillian Robertson	62.9%	8
7	Tecia Pennington	61.9%	19
8	Alice Ardelean	61.4%	5
9	Cynthia Calvillo	61.1%	8
10	Rose Namajunas	60.9%	13
11	Angela Hill	60.4%	29
12	Yan Xiaonan	60.3%	14
13	Istela Nunes	59.7%	5
14	Luana Pinheiro	59.6%	7
15	Tabatha Ricci	58.8%	11
16	Randa Markos	58.7%	18
17	Julia Polastri	58.2%	6
18	Sam Hughes	58.1%	12
19	Iasmin Lucindo	57.7%	6
20	Bec Rawlings	57.6%	5
21	Claudia Gadelha	57.2%	12
22	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	56.9%	19
23	Livinha Souza	56.8%	6
24	Juliana Lima	56.0%	7
25	Marina Rodriguez	55.7%	14
26	Virna Jandiroba	55.5%	13
27	Maryna Moroz	55.5%	6
28	Yazmin Jauregui	55.1%	6
29	Carla Esparza	54.4%	16
30	Zhang Weili	54.0%	12
31	Talita Alencar	54.0%	5
32	Nina Nunes	53.9%	8
33	Jessica Aguilar	53.8%	5
34	Hannah Cifers	53.7%	6
35	Loma Lookboonmee	53.5%	11
36	Kailin Curran	53.5%	7
37	Cortney Casey	53.4%	10
38	Jessica Andrade	53.3%	16
39	Ketlen Souza	53.0%	7
40	Polyana Viana	53.0%	11
41	Mackenzie Dern	52.7%	17
42	Jinh Yu Frey	52.2%	8
43	Diana Belbita	51.6%	5
44	Piera Rodriguez	51.6%	7
45	Bruna Brasil	51.3%	6
46	Alex Chambers	50.5%	5
47	Elise Reed	48.3%	9
48	Felice Herrig	48.1%	10
49	Denise Gomes	48.0%	9
50	Ashley Yoder	47.0%	11

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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.