Best takedown defense in UFC bantamweight history

Renan Barao holds the UFC bantamweight record for best takedown defense with 94.7% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Renan Barao	94.7%	13
2	Eddie Wineland	93.3%	16
3	Jose Aldo	92.5%	8
4	Xiao Long	88.0%	5
5	Raoni Barcelos	87.8%	15
6	Petr Yan	86.4%	16
7	Javid Basharat	83.9%	7
8	Dominick Cruz	83.8%	10
9	Aiemann Zahabi	83.3%	10
10	Pedro Munhoz	82.5%	22
11	Cody Garbrandt	81.8%	16
12	Victor Henry	81.0%	7
13	Miles Johns	79.4%	11
13	Umar Nurmagomedov	79.4%	9
15	Raphael Assuncao	78.9%	18
16	Ricky Simon	78.8%	17
17	Cody Stamann	78.4%	11
18	John Dodson	78.1%	10
19	TJ Dillashaw	77.8%	17
20	Merab Dvalishvili	76.0%	16
21	Thomas Almeida	75.9%	9
22	Taylor Lapilus	75.4%	7
23	Song Yadong	75.0%	16
23	Kyler Phillips	75.0%	10
25	Douglas Silva de Andrade	74.1%	9
26	Andre Ewell	73.3%	7
27	Payton Talbott	73.1%	7
28	Vaughan Lee	72.7%	7
29	Marlon Vera	72.4%	24
30	Da'Mon Blackshear	71.4%	10
31	Alejandro Perez	71.0%	12
32	Chris Gutierrez	70.4%	12
33	Takeya Mizugaki	70.2%	14
34	Kyung Ho Kang	69.7%	13
35	Vinicius Oliveira	69.4%	5
36	Henry Cejudo	69.2%	7
36	John Lineker	69.2%	8
38	Francisco Rivera	68.4%	11
39	Cody Gibson	68.0%	11
40	Khalid Taha	67.7%	5
41	Mike Easton	66.7%	7
42	Montel Jackson	66.0%	14
43	Mitch Gagnon	65.7%	8
44	Davey Grant	65.2%	16
45	Guido Cannetti	64.5%	10
46	Vince Morales	64.4%	11
47	Sergio Pettis	64.3%	5
48	Alex Caceres	63.0%	10
49	Jonathan Martinez	62.5%	13
49	Aoriqileng	62.5%	9

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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.