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Most rear-naked choke wins in UFC middleweight history

Brendan Allen holds the UFC middleweight record for most rear-naked choke wins with 6 rear-naked choke wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterRear-naked choke winsFights
1 Brendan Allen 6 18
2 Antonio Carlos Junior 5 11
2 Gerald Meerschaert 5 26
4 Demian Maia 3 13
4 JunYong Park 3 13
6 Joe Doerksen 2 9
6 Ed Herman 2 17
6 Thales Leites 2 21
6 Kyle Noke 2 5
6 Francis Carmont 2 9
6 Derek Brunson 2 21
6 Karl Roberson 2 7
6 Dustin Stoltzfus 2 11
6 Anthony Hernandez 2 13
6 Baisangur Susurkaev 2 3
16 Kevin Jackson 1 2
16 Evan Tanner 1 12
16 Paul Jones 1 2
16 Phillip Miller 1 1
16 David Terrell 1 3
16 Kalib Starnes 1 5
16 Martin Kampmann 1 5
16 Nate Marquardt 1 23
16 Anderson Silva 1 21
16 Jason MacDonald 1 14
16 Dan Miller 1 11
16 Tomasz Drwal 1 3
16 Alan Belcher 1 13
16 Court McGee 1 5
16 Nick Ring 1 6
16 Vitor Belfort 1 13
16 Karlos Vemola 1 3
16 Tor Troeng 1 4
16 Caio Magalhaes 1 7
16 Luke Barnatt 1 6
16 Sean Strickland 1 15
16 Gegard Mousasi 1 11
16 Ricardo Abreu 1 2
16 Cathal Pendred 1 1
16 Roan Carneiro 1 2
16 Luke Rockhold 1 10
16 Josh Samman 1 5
16 Eric Spicely 1 7
16 Georges St-Pierre 1 1
16 Charles Byrd 1 4
16 Markus Perez 1 7
16 Kevin Holland 1 16
16 Edmen Shahbazyan 1 16
16 Marvin Vettori 1 18
16 Julian Marquez 1 8
16 Rodolfo Vieira 1 12
16 Bryan Battle 1 2
16 Aliaskhab Khizriev 1 2
16 Joseph Holmes 1 4
16 Caio Borralho 1 9
16 Michel Pereira 1 8
16 Bo Nickal 1 7
16 Dricus Du Plessis 1 11
16 Khamzat Chimaev 1 6
16 Reinier de Ridder 1 6
16 Dusko Todorovic 1 11
16 Joe Pyfer 1 8
16 Robert Valentin 1 5
16 Nursulton Ruziboev 1 6

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