Issue 184

November 2019

Colby Covington's convincing win over Robbie Lawler featured many of his trademark takedowns, leading us to wonder who is the welterweight king of the move and who defends it best?

TAKEDOWNS LANDED

1 GEORGES ST-PIERRE 87

2 JOHNY HENDRICKS 61

3 COLBY COVINGTON 58

4 JON FITCH 53

4 Karo Parisyan 53

6 Kamaru Usman 42

7 NEIL MAGNY 41

8 DEMIAN MAIA 40

9 RICK STORY 40

10 MATT HUGHES 39

TAKEDOWN ACCURACY

Robbie Lawler 76.2%

Georges St-Pierre 73.3%

Luigi Fioravanti 71.9%

Jonathan Goulet 70%

Thiago Alves 60.9%

Jordan Mein 60.9%

Omari Akhmedov 60%

Karo Parisyan 59.6%

Gunnar Nelson 58.3%

Tim Means 55%

TAKEDOWN DEFENSE

Tyron Woodley 93.7%

Robert Whittaker 90.5%

Rory MacDonald 88.9%

Matt Riddle 87%

Jake Ellenberger 86.2%

Georges St-Pierre 85.2%

Luigi Fioravanti 85%

Sean Strickland 83.3%

Darren Till 83.3%

Tarec Saffiedine 80.8%