Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC lightweights

Among UFC lightweights, Dennis Hallman holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 41 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 252 lightweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Dennis Hallman	41	76
2	Rich Clementi	27	69
2	Naoyuki Kotani	27	62
4	John Gunderson	23	53
5	Charles Oliveira	22	49
5	Akbarh Arreola	22	39
5	Jim Miller	22	59
8	Jason Dent	19	35
8	Caol Uno	19	64
8	Carlo Prater	19	61
11	John Alessio	17	54
11	Yves Edwards	17	66
11	Joe Lauzon	17	43
14	John Maguire	16	39
14	Efrain Escudero	16	49
14	Marcin Held	16	42
14	Gleison Tibau	16	60
18	Hermes Franca	15	47
18	Cody McKenzie	15	28
18	Pat Healy	15	59
18	Din Thomas	15	36
18	Damon Jackson	15	34
18	Clay Guida	15	63
18	Marcus Aurelio	15	32
25	Zhang Lipeng	14	51
25	Alvin Robinson	14	24
25	Grant Dawson	14	28
28	Aaron Riley	13	45
28	TJ Grant	13	26
28	Gabe Ruediger	13	26
28	Paul Sass	13	16
28	Ivan Jorge	13	35
28	Yan Cabral	13	18
34	Sean Sherk	12	41
34	Leandro Silva	12	44
34	Terry Etim	12	21
34	Norman Parke	12	41
34	Jesse Ronson	12	41
34	Zhang Tiequan	12	19
34	Kurt Holobaugh	12	34
34	Genki Sudo	12	21
34	Paddy Pimblett	12	28
34	Diego Lopes	12	36
34	Jess Liaudin	12	31
45	King Green	11	56
45	Hacran Dias	11	43
45	Renato Moicano	11	29
45	Kajan Johnson	11	37
45	Rafael Dos Anjos	11	50
45	Jamie Varner	11	35
45	Mac Danzig	11	35
45	Shannon Gugerty	11	22
45	Khabib Nurmagomedov	11	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.