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Most rear-naked choke wins in UFC welterweight history

Demian Maia holds the UFC welterweight 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 Demian Maia 6 20
2 Mickey Gall 5 13
3 Gunnar Nelson 4 15
4 Josh Koscheck 3 24
4 Drew Fickett 3 7
4 Jon Fitch 3 17
4 Jake Matthews 3 17
4 Shavkat Rakhmonov 3 7
4 Michael Chiesa 3 11
10 Matt Hughes 2 23
10 Rich Clementi 2 3
10 Erick Silva 2 15
10 Kelvin Gastelum 2 8
10 Colby Covington 2 17
10 Alex Oliveira 2 19
10 Keita Nakamura 2 10
10 Ramiz Brahimaj 2 10
18 BJ Penn 1 8
18 Georges St-Pierre 1 21
18 Kenny Florian 1 2
18 Anthony Torres 1 2
18 Mac Danzig 1 1
18 George Sotiropoulos 1 2
18 Jonathan Goulet 1 9
18 Steve Bruno 1 3
18 Brock Larson 1 5
18 James Wilks 1 4
18 Nick Osipczak 1 5
18 Ricardo Almeida 1 4
18 Seth Baczynski 1 10
18 Thiago Alves 1 26
18 James Head 1 4
18 Simeon Thoresen 1 3
18 Sergio Moraes 1 13
18 Kenny Robertson 1 9
18 Kiichi Kunimoto 1 5
18 Benson Henderson 1 2
18 Neil Magny 1 38
18 Peter Sobotta 1 10
18 Nate Diaz 1 10
18 Michael Graves 1 3
18 Yancy Medeiros 1 4
18 Leon Edwards 1 20
18 Luan Chagas 1 4
18 Jesse Taylor 1 1
18 Alex Garcia 1 10
18 Niko Price 1 22
18 Geoff Neal 1 14
18 Claudio Silva 1 7
18 Chance Rencountre 1 4
18 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 1 18
18 Belal Muhammad 1 22
18 Michel Pereira 1 8
18 Impa Kasanganay 1 2
18 Randy Brown 1 22
18 Khamzat Chimaev 1 3
18 Jeremiah Wells 1 8
18 Rafael Dos Anjos 1 11
18 Jack Della Maddalena 1 10
18 Kevin Jousset 1 4
18 Bryan Battle 1 7
18 Jared Gooden 1 7
18 Sam Patterson 1 6
18 Court McGee 1 20
18 Jacobe Smith 1 4
18 Charles Radtke 1 7
18 Jonathan Micallef 1 3

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