Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC middleweights

Among UFC middleweights, Jeremy Horn holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 64 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 245 middleweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Jeremy Horn	64	120
2	Ikuhisa Minowa	42	117
3	Joe Doerksen	35	67
4	Nursulton Ruziboev	21	51
4	Matt Horwich	21	56
6	Evan Tanner	20	40
6	Karlos Vemola	20	48
8	Jason MacDonald	19	41
8	Robert McDaniel	19	41
10	Joe Riggs	18	70
10	Pat Miletich	18	39
12	Jacare Souza	17	37
12	Nate Marquardt	17	58
14	Rob Kimmons	16	34
14	Sanae Kikuta	16	44
14	Falaniko Vitale	16	41
17	Andre Muniz	15	32
17	Brendan Allen	15	35
17	Denis Kang	15	55
17	Thales Leites	15	37
17	Andrei Semenov	15	45
17	Yuki Sasaki	15	49
23	Tom Breese	14	29
23	Trevor Prangley	14	47
23	Jason DeLucia	14	55
23	Jason Miller	14	34
27	Gegard Mousasi	13	60
27	Antonio Carlos Junior	13	27
27	Ryan Jensen	13	29
30	Kyle Daukaus	12	24
31	Alex Stiebling	11	32
31	Joe Vedepo	11	30
31	Dricus Du Plessis	11	27
31	Francis Carmont	11	37
31	Kendall Grove	11	44
31	Dean Lister	11	20
37	Mark Weir	10	40
37	Jerry Bohlander	10	15
37	Charles McCarthy	10	15
37	John Salter	10	25
37	Kalib Starnes	10	29
37	Eric Schafer	10	25
37	Rich Franklin	10	37
37	Luke Rockhold	10	22
37	Vicente Luque	10	38
37	Eugene Jackson	10	25
47	Lodune Sincaid	9	24
47	Marvin Vettori	9	31
47	Tony Fryklund	9	24
47	Ildemar Alcantara	9	44
47	Dan Miller	9	23
47	Rodolfo Vieira	9	17
47	Jason Day	9	31
47	Jason Lambert	9	39
47	Trevor Smith	9	25
47	Garreth McLellan	9	20
47	Markus Perez	9	22
47	Michel Pereira	9	49
47	Anthony Hernandez	9	20

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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.