Best takedown defense in UFC middleweight history

Roman Kopylov holds the UFC middleweight record for best takedown defense with 88.9% defense.

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

#	Fighter	Defense	Fights
1	Roman Kopylov	88.9%	13
2	Gregory Rodrigues	85.4%	14
3	Yushin Okami	84.6%	18
3	Cezar Ferreira	84.6%	14
5	Tresean Gore	84.4%	8
6	Rich Franklin	83.3%	10
6	Nassourdine Imavov	83.3%	11
8	Sam Alvey	83.0%	16
9	Eryk Anders	82.9%	15
10	Chris Curtis	82.8%	10
11	Krzysztof Jotko	82.1%	17
12	Jack Hermansson	80.8%	18
13	Yoel Romero	80.6%	13
14	Brad Tavares	80.3%	28
15	Robert Whittaker	79.4%	19
15	Jamie Pickett	79.4%	8
17	Anderson Silva	78.6%	21
18	Israel Adesanya	78.2%	18
19	Rafael Natal	77.1%	17
20	Jared Cannonier	76.9%	14
21	Lorenz Larkin	75.0%	5
22	Bruno Silva	74.5%	11
23	Gegard Mousasi	74.3%	11
24	Trevin Giles	74.1%	7
25	Francis Carmont	73.3%	9
25	Shara Magomedov	73.3%	7
27	Thiago Santos	72.7%	15
28	Andrew Craig	72.2%	6
29	Denis Tiuliulin	72.0%	6
30	Nate Marquardt	71.2%	23
31	Omari Akhmedov	71.0%	8
32	Ed Herman	70.2%	17
33	Darren Stewart	69.8%	10
34	Marc-Andre Barriault	69.1%	17
35	Brad Scott	69.0%	6
36	Marvin Vettori	68.3%	18
37	Constantinos Philippou	66.7%	9
37	Lyoto Machida	66.7%	9
37	Edmen Shahbazyan	66.7%	16
37	Cody Brundage	66.7%	15
37	Michel Pereira	66.7%	8
42	Michael Bisping	66.1%	24
43	Phil Baroni	65.2%	9
44	Kelvin Gastelum	64.4%	18
44	Uriah Hall	64.4%	19
46	Jorge Rivera	64.3%	15
46	Tim Boetsch	64.3%	17
48	Luke Barnatt	63.6%	6
49	Ian Heinisch	60.8%	7
50	Alessio Sakara	60.0%	8
50	Clint Hester	60.0%	6

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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.