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Most rear-naked choke wins in UFC history

Demian Maia holds the UFC record for most rear-naked choke wins with 9 rear-naked choke wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterRear-naked choke winsFights
1 Demian Maia 9 33
2 Michael Chiesa 8 22
3 Kenny Florian 7 17
3 Charles Oliveira 7 37
3 Renato Moicano 7 20
3 Brendan Allen 7 20
7 Gunnar Nelson 5 16
7 Jake Matthews 5 24
7 Antonio Carlos Junior 5 13
7 Mickey Gall 5 13
7 Alexandre Pantoja 5 19
7 Gillian Robertson 5 21
7 Gerald Meerschaert 5 27
7 Grant Dawson 5 15
15 BJ Penn 4 27
15 Jim Miller 4 47
15 Daniel Cormier 4 15
15 Yuta Sasaki 4 9
15 Kevin Lee 4 19
15 Glover Teixeira 4 23
15 Jailton Almeida 4 11
22 Josh Koscheck 3 25
22 Drew Fickett 3 7
22 Jon Fitch 3 18
22 Kurt Pellegrino 3 12
22 Rich Clementi 3 10
22 Mark Bocek 3 13
22 Cole Miller 3 20
22 Donald Cerrone 3 38
22 Anthony Perosh 3 12
22 Bryan Caraway 3 10
22 Khabib Nurmagomedov 3 13
22 Urijah Faber 3 18
22 Beneil Dariush 3 26
22 Alex Caceres 3 30
22 Jussier Formiga 3 16
22 Chas Skelly 3 12
22 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 3 12
22 Nikita Krylov 3 22
22 Rose Namajunas 3 19
22 Cynthia Calvillo 3 13
22 Davi Ramos 3 7
22 Darren Elkins 3 31
22 Anthony Smith 3 25
22 Jack Shore 3 9
22 Shavkat Rakhmonov 3 7
22 Benoit Saint Denis 3 13
22 Mario Bautista 3 15
22 JunYong Park 3 13
50 Dan Severn 2 13
50 Randy Couture 2 24
50 Yves Edwards 2 21
50 Matt Hughes 2 25
50 Joe Doerksen 2 9
50 Forrest Griffin 2 15
50 Georges St-Pierre 2 22
50 Clay Guida 2 37
50 Ed Herman 2 26
50 Joe Lauzon 2 27
50 Mac Danzig 2 13
50 Thales Leites 2 21
50 Dennis Siver 2 21
50 Court McGee 2 25
50 Alexander Gustafsson 2 18
50 Kyle Noke 2 12
50 Roland Delorme 2 7
50 Francis Carmont 2 9
50 Rafael Dos Anjos 2 37
50 Erick Silva 2 15
50 Mitch Gagnon 2 8
50 King Green 2 32
50 Kelvin Gastelum 2 26
50 Derek Brunson 2 21
50 Thiago Tavares 2 18
50 Benson Henderson 2 14
50 Diego Ferreira 2 18
50 Colby Covington 2 17
50 Tony Ferguson 2 24
50 Jon Tuck 2 9
50 Islam Makhachev 2 19
50 Alex Oliveira 2 22
50 Michelle Waterson-Gomez 2 15
50 Amanda Nunes 2 18
50 Keita Nakamura 2 11
50 Ben Nguyen 2 7
50 Miesha Tate 2 14
50 Brandon Moreno 2 21
50 Aleksei Oleinik 2 17
50 Karl Roberson 2 10
50 Tatiana Suarez 2 10
50 Marlon Vera 2 27
50 Macy Chiasson 2 14
50 Raoni Barcelos 2 16
50 Nathaniel Wood 2 15
50 Kyung Ho Kang 2 14
50 Gavin Tucker 2 7
50 Mariya Agapova 2 6
50 Deiveson Figueiredo 2 23
50 Joe Solecki 2 9
50 Michel Pereira 2 16
50 Jalin Turner 2 15
50 Umar Nurmagomedov 2 10
50 Julianna Pena 2 12
50 Ramiz Brahimaj 2 10
50 Bryan Battle 2 9
50 Khamzat Chimaev 2 10
50 Terrance McKinney 2 14
50 Paddy Pimblett 2 9
50 Alexa Grasso 2 16
50 Thiago Moises 2 16
50 HyunSung Park 2 5
50 Erin Blanchfield 2 10
50 Clayton Carpenter 2 5
50 Bruno Silva 2 12
50 Chase Hooper 2 14
50 Dustin Stoltzfus 2 11
50 Anthony Hernandez 2 13
50 Youssef Zalal 2 13
50 Brady Hiestand 2 5
50 Joselyne Edwards 2 13
50 Edgar Chairez 2 8
50 Yadier del Valle 2 4
50 Baisangur Susurkaev 2 3
50 Bia Mesquita 2 3
50 Stephanie Luciano 2 4
50 Billy Elekana 2 4
50 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2 3
50 Rei Tsuruya 2 4

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data.