Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC welterweights

Among UFC welterweights, Drew Fickett holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 32 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 311 welterweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Drew Fickett	32	66
2	Brock Larson	27	52
3	Chris Lytle	22	54
3	Nick Thompson	22	53
5	Brian Ebersole	20	71
6	Chris Brennan	19	36
7	Dave Menne	18	64
7	Jesse Taylor	18	51
9	Joel Alvarez	17	28
9	Donald Cerrone	17	55
9	David Mitchell	17	29
9	Matt Hughes	17	54
9	Igor Araujo	17	36
9	Keita Nakamura	17	51
15	Jorge Patino	16	62
15	Rousimar Palhares	16	33
15	Mike Pyle	16	42
18	Shonie Carter	15	91
18	Anthony Lapsley	15	33
18	Simeon Thoresen	15	24
18	Keith Wisniewski	15	44
18	Brian Foster	15	43
23	Demian Maia	14	39
23	Josh Neer	14	53
23	Sammy Morgan	14	31
23	Steve Berger	14	47
23	Dave Strasser	14	37
23	James Krause	14	36
23	Jutaro Nakao	14	50
30	TJ Waldburger	13	25
30	Carlos Condit	13	46
30	Jason Von Flue	13	27
30	Gabriel Bonfim	13	21
30	Gunnar Nelson	13	26
30	Michael Chiesa	13	27
30	Erick Silva	13	32
30	Yaroslav Amosov	13	31
30	Islam Makhachev	13	30
30	Jorge Santiago	13	37
40	Brian Gassaway	12	52
40	Danny Mitchell	12	30
40	Karo Parisyan	12	37
40	Jake Shields	12	46
40	Zak Ottow	12	28
40	Ramiz Brahimaj	12	20
40	Nate Diaz	12	35
47	Kevin Holland	11	45
47	Daniel Roberts	11	22
47	Benson Henderson	11	43
47	Michel Prazeres	11	34
47	Derrick Krantz	11	38
47	Roan Carneiro	11	35
47	Brodie Farber	11	24
47	Laverne Clark	11	49
47	Seth Baczynski	11	40
47	Bojan Velickovic	11	40

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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.