Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC heavyweights

Among UFC heavyweights, Dan Severn holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 60 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 154 heavyweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Dan Severn	60	127
2	Aleksei Oleinik	51	81
3	Jeff Monson	37	89
4	Ricco Rodriguez	28	82
5	Josh Barnett	21	43
5	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	21	46
7	Alistair Overeem	18	67
7	Stefan Struve	18	42
9	Philip De Fries	17	36
10	Heath Herring	16	45
11	Ryan Spann	14	36
11	Sean McCorkle	14	27
11	Alexandr Romanov	14	27
14	Wes Sims	13	42
14	Jailton Almeida	13	28
16	Bobby Hoffman	12	49
16	Fabricio Werdum	12	35
18	Ben Rothwell	11	53
18	Damian Grabowski	11	27
20	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	10	53
20	Daniel Omielanczuk	10	42
22	Assuerio Silva	9	25
22	Paul Buentello	9	52
22	Frank Mir	9	32
22	Brad Imes	9	20
22	Gary Goodridge	9	46
27	Gabriel Gonzaga	8	29
27	Mike Russow	8	19
27	Kimo Leopoldo	8	18
27	Ron Waterman	8	24
27	Marco Ruas	8	15
27	Serghei Spivac	8	25
33	Ante Delija	7	34
33	Maurice Greene	7	21
33	Jon Jones	7	30
33	Ian Freeman	7	28
33	Marcin Tybura	7	39
33	Jared Vanderaa	7	31
33	Chris Tuchscherer	7	26
33	Gilbert Yvel	7	58
33	Viktor Pesta	7	28
33	Daniel Cormier	7	26
33	Mark Kerr	7	27
44	Blagoy Ivanov	6	27
44	Ruan Potts	6	18
44	Valter Walker	6	17
44	Joe Charles	6	20
44	Rodrigo Nascimento	6	18
44	Rob Broughton	6	24
44	Justin Eilers	6	27
44	Adam Wieczorek	6	14
44	Junior Albini	6	26
44	Justin McCully	6	18

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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.