Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC flyweights

Among UFC flyweights, Allan Nascimento holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 16 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 89 flyweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Allan Nascimento	16	29
2	Marcos Vinicius	15	36
3	Wilson Reis	13	43
3	Phil Harris	13	36
5	Yuta Sasaki	12	36
5	Alexandre Pantoja	12	37
7	Asu Almabayev	11	27
7	Marco Beltran	11	30
7	Jussier Formiga	11	32
7	Brandon Moreno	11	36
7	Rogerio Bontorin	11	25
12	Brandon Royval	10	27
13	Amir Albazi	9	20
13	Matt Schnell	9	29
13	Naoki Inoue	9	26
13	Jarred Brooks	9	28
13	Edgar Chairez	9	22
13	Joseph Benavidez	9	36
13	Tagir Ulanbekov	9	20
20	Tatsuro Taira	8	20
20	Demetrious Johnson	8	30
20	Joseph Morales	8	17
20	Tim Elliott	8	37
20	Muhammad Mokaev	8	18
20	David Dvorak	8	30
20	Francisco Figueiredo	8	22
20	John Moraga	8	26
20	Paddy Holohan	8	15
29	Ulysses Gomez	7	14
29	Shane Howell	7	23
29	Askar Askarov	7	17
29	Alex Perez	7	38
29	Vaughan Lee	7	29
29	Zach Makovsky	7	33
29	Jerome Rivera	7	16
29	Jordan Espinosa	7	26
37	Kyoji Horiguchi	6	43
37	Josh Sampo	6	17
37	Ashkan Mokhtarian	6	17
37	Geane Herrera	6	13
37	Steve Erceg	6	19
37	Neil Seery	6	29
37	Eric Shelton	6	30
37	Malcolm Gordon	6	22
37	Cody Durden	6	30
37	Richie Vaculik	6	15
47	Matheus Nicolau	5	25
47	Manel Kape	5	30
47	Charles Johnson	5	29
47	Ben Nguyen	5	27
47	Ode Osbourne	5	24
47	Ronaldo Rodriguez	5	20
47	Darrell Montague	5	18
47	Jon Delos Reyes	5	13
47	Ali Bagautinov	5	29
47	Dustin Ortiz	5	29

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How we count: full professional records come from each fighter's Wikipedia page (CC BY-SA), checked against and topped up with official UFC results.