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Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC light heavyweights

Among UFC light heavyweights, Gerald Meerschaert holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 29 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 159 light heavyweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Gerald Meerschaert 29 60
2 Travis Wiuff 27 101
3 Ken Shamrock 23 47
4 Renato Sobral 19 49
5 Alexandre Ferreira 17 24
5 Anthony Smith 17 62
7 Yuki Kondo 16 116
7 Nikita Krylov 16 43
9 Vinny Magalhaes 15 33
10 Chris Haseman 14 37
10 Frank Shamrock 14 35
10 Gadzhimurad Antigulov 14 31
10 Ed Herman 14 43
10 Mike Whitehead 14 35
10 Paul Craig 14 29
16 Reinier de Ridder 13 26
16 Vinicius Moreira 13 25
18 Zak Cummings 12 32
19 Krzysztof Soszynski 11 39
19 Glover Teixeira 11 42
21 Jason Brilz 10 30
21 Luis Henrique 10 30
21 Anthony Perosh 10 25
21 Klidson Abreu 10 28
25 Ovince Saint Preux 9 45
25 Jan Blachowicz 9 43
25 Igor Pokrajac 9 45
25 Misha Cirkunov 9 24
29 Vernon White 8 61
29 Sean Salmon 8 39
29 Hans Stringer 8 33
29 Danilo Marques 8 21
29 Mark Coleman 8 26
34 Homer Moore 7 37
34 Vladimir Matyushenko 7 35
34 Robert Drysdale 7 8
34 Abdul-Kerim Edilov 7 21
34 Stephan Bonnar 7 24
34 Francimar Barroso 7 37
34 Forrest Griffin 7 26
34 Goran Reljic 7 33
34 Roger Hollett 7 18
34 Carmelo Marrero 7 23
44 Tito Ortiz 6 34
44 Cory Walmsley 6 10
44 Zhang Mingyang 6 27
44 Cyrille Diabate 6 30
44 James McSweeney 6 33
44 Sam Hoger 6 14
44 Ricardo Romero 6 14
44 David Heath 6 25
44 Jimmy Crute 6 20
44 Maxim Grishin 6 49
44 Mike van Arsdale 6 13

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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.