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Home/Styles/Technical Strikers

Ranking by style

Best Technical Strikers in the UFC

Precise strikers known for shot selection, defense and tactical reads.

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59 fighters

Ordered by current Elo

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1
Alexander Volkanovski
AUFeatherweightProfessional record: 28-4-0
2269
Elo
2
Petr Yan
RUBantamweightProfessional record: 20-5-0
2147
Elo
3
Ciryl Gane
FRHeavyweightProfessional record: 13-2-0 (1 NC)
2079
Elo
4
Sean Strickland
USMiddleweightProfessional record: 31-7-0
2030
Elo
5
Magomed Ankalaev
RULight HeavyweightProfessional record: 22-2-1 (1 NC)
2001
Elo
6
Sean O'malley
USBantamweightProfessional record: 20-3-0 (1 NC)
1955
Elo
7
Ian Machado Garry
IEWelterweightProfessional record: 17-2-0
1924
Elo
8
Belal Muhammad
USWelterweightProfessional record: 24-5-0 (1 NC)
1856
Elo
9
Leon Edwards
GBWelterweightProfessional record: 22-6-0 (1 NC)
1838
Elo
10
Cory Sandhagen
USBantamweightProfessional record: 18-7-0
1833
Elo
11
Lerone Murphy
GBFeatherweightProfessional record: 17-1-1
1807
Elo
12
Navajo Stirling
NZLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 11-0-0
1777
Elo
13
Kyoji Horiguchi
JPFlyweightProfessional record: 36-6-0 (1 NC)
1747
Elo
14
Montel Jackson
USBantamweightProfessional record: 15-4-0
1740
Elo
15
Azamat Murzakanov
RULight HeavyweightProfessional record: 16-1-0
1735
Elo
16
Modestas Bukauskas
LTLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 21-7-0
1730
Elo
17
Tom Nolan
AULightweightProfessional record: 11-1-0
1728
Elo
18
Farid Basharat
AFBantamweightProfessional record: 16-0-0
1715
Elo
19
Melquizael Costa
BRFeatherweightProfessional record: 26-8-0
1701
Elo
20
Ignacio Bahamondes
CLWelterweightProfessional record: 18-7-0
1693
Elo
21
Roman Kopylov
RUMiddleweightProfessional record: 15-5-0
1690
Elo
22
Mairon Santos
BRFeatherweightProfessional record: 17-1-0
1681
Elo
23
Chris Gutierrez
USBantamweightProfessional record: 22-7-2
1680
Elo
24
Aleksandar Rakić
ATHeavyweightProfessional record: 15-6-0
1667
Elo
25
Nathaniel Wood
GBFeatherweightProfessional record: 24-7-0
1649
Elo
26
Jack Hermansson
NOWelterweightProfessional record: 24-10-0
1645
Elo
27
Randy Brown
JMWelterweightProfessional record: 20-8-0
1645
Elo
28
Rinya Nakamura
JPBantamweightProfessional record: 10-1-0
1633
Elo
29
Fares Ziam
FRLightweightProfessional record: 18-6-0
1628
Elo
30
Andre Lima
BRFlyweightProfessional record: 12-1-0
1626
Elo
31
Ľudovít Klein
SKLightweightProfessional record: 24-6-1
1620
Elo
32
Alden Coria
USFlyweightProfessional record: 13-3-0 (1 NC)
1617
Elo
33
Muslim Salikhov
RUWelterweightProfessional record: 22-7-0
1616
Elo
34
Giga Chikadze
GEFeatherweightProfessional record: 15-7-0
1606
Elo
35
César Almeida
BRMiddleweightProfessional record: 7-3-0
1605
Elo
36
William Gomis
FRFeatherweightProfessional record: 15-4-0
1601
Elo
37
Nasrat Haqparast
MALightweightProfessional record: 18-7-0
1599
Elo
38
Drakkar Klose
USLightweightProfessional record: 16-4-1
1595
Elo
39
Kauê Fernandes
BRLightweightProfessional record: 11-3-0
1592
Elo
40
Christian Rodriguez
USFeatherweightProfessional record: 13-4-0
1584
Elo
41
Ismail Naurdiev
ATMiddleweightProfessional record: 25-8-0
1583
Elo
42
Steve Erceg
AUFlyweightProfessional record: 14-5-0
1576
Elo
43
Jared Gordon
USLightweightProfessional record: 21-9-0 (1 NC)
1569
Elo
44
Jai Herbert
GBLightweightProfessional record: 14-6-1
1561
Elo
45
John Castañeda
USFeatherweightProfessional record: 21-8-1
1557
Elo
46
Seok Hyeon Ko
KRWelterweightProfessional record: 13-3-0
1549
Elo
47
Charlie Campbell
USLightweightProfessional record: 9-3-0
1538
Elo
48
Serhiy Sidey
CABantamweightProfessional record: 12-2-0
1535
Elo
49
Brad Tavares
USMiddleweightProfessional record: 21-12-0
1523
Elo
50
Jack Jenkins
AUFeatherweightProfessional record: 14-5-0
1523
Elo
51
Muhammad Naimov
TJFeatherweightProfessional record: 13-5-0
1520
Elo
52
Daniel Zellhuber
MXLightweightProfessional record: 15-4-0
1513
Elo
53
John Yannis
USBantamweightProfessional record: 10-5-0
1492
Elo
54
Andrey Pulyaev
RUMiddleweightProfessional record: 10-5-0
1483
Elo
55
Timmy Cuamba
USBantamweightProfessional record: 10-4-0
1483
Elo
56
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
PSLightweightProfessional record: 16-4-0
1476
Elo
57
Garrett Armfield
USBantamweightProfessional record: 10-5-0
1473
Elo
58
Joo Sang Yoo
KRFeatherweightProfessional record: 9-2-0
1472
Elo
59
Harry Hardwick
GBFeatherweightProfessional record: 13-5-1
1388
Elo

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