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Most submission attempts in a fight in UFC women's strawweight history

Nadia Kassem and Loopy Godinez share the UFC women's strawweight records for most submission attempts in a fight with 6 submission attempts, against Alex Chambers at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterSubmission attemptsOpponentEvent
1 Nadia Kassem 6 Alex Chambers UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Nov 18, 2017
1 Loopy Godinez 6 Elise Reed Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 Sep 16, 2023
3 Mackenzie Dern 5 Randa Markos UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley Sep 19, 2020
3 Polyana Viana 5 Mallory Martin UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns Feb 13, 2021
5 Michelle Waterson-Gomez 4 Angela Magana The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale Jul 12, 2015
5 Rose Namajunas 4 Paige VanZant UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant Dec 10, 2015
5 Jaqueline Amorim 4 Montserrat Conejo Ruiz UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos Aug 12, 2023
5 Jaqueline Amorim 4 Cory McKenna UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura Mar 16, 2024
5 Virna Jandiroba 4 Amanda Lemos UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba Jul 20, 2024
10 Paige VanZant 3 Kailin Curran UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson Nov 22, 2014
10 Felice Herrig 3 Lisa Ellis The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Dec 12, 2014
10 Cynthia Calvillo 3 Amanda Cooper UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 Mar 4, 2017
10 Cynthia Calvillo 3 Pearl Gonzalez UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 Apr 8, 2017
10 Polyana Viana 3 Maia Stevenson UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders Feb 3, 2018
10 Cortney Casey 3 Michelle Waterson-Gomez UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje Apr 14, 2018
10 Ashley Yoder 3 Amanda Cooper UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez Nov 10, 2018
10 Livinha Souza 3 Sarah Frota UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2 Feb 2, 2019
10 Virna Jandiroba 3 Mallory Martin UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik Dec 7, 2019
10 Ashley Yoder 3 Miranda Granger UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos Nov 14, 2020
10 Mackenzie Dern 3 Tecia Pennington UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie Apr 9, 2022
10 Denise Gomes 3 Loma Lookboonmee UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song Sep 17, 2022
10 Jaqueline Amorim 3 Sam Hughes UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 Apr 8, 2023
10 Virna Jandiroba 3 Loopy Godinez UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot Mar 30, 2024
10 Virna Jandiroba 3 Yan Xiaonan UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes Apr 12, 2025
10 Jaqueline Amorim 3 Loma Lookboonmee UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo May 30, 2026
26 Claudia Gadelha 2 Tina Lahdemaki UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller Jul 16, 2014
26 Nina Nunes 2 Juliana Lima UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux Nov 8, 2014
26 Valerie Letourneau 2 Jessica Rakoczy UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi Apr 25, 2015
26 Alex Chambers 2 Kailin Curran UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt May 9, 2015
26 Kailin Curran 2 Emily Kagan UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant Dec 10, 2015
26 Cristina Stanciu 2 Maryna Moroz UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos Apr 10, 2016
26 Amanda Cooper 2 Tatiana Suarez The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale Jul 8, 2016
26 Michelle Waterson-Gomez 2 Paige VanZant UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson Dec 17, 2016
26 Nina Nunes 2 Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn Jan 15, 2017
26 Cynthia Calvillo 2 Joanne Wood UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio Jul 16, 2017
26 Claudia Gadelha 2 Jessica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami Sep 22, 2017
26 Amanda Cooper 2 Ashley Yoder UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez Nov 10, 2018
26 Zhang Weili 2 Jessica Aguilar UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 Nov 24, 2018
26 Amanda Ribas 2 Emily Whitmire UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos Jun 29, 2019
26 Amanda Ribas 2 Randa Markos UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira Mar 14, 2020
26 Virna Jandiroba 2 Felice Herrig UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Aug 15, 2020
26 Kay Hansen 2 Cory McKenna UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos Nov 14, 2020
26 Kanako Murata 2 Randa Markos UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos Nov 14, 2020
26 Jinh Yu Frey 2 Gloria de Paula UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad Mar 13, 2021
26 Montserrat Conejo Ruiz 2 Cheyanne Vlismas UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland Mar 20, 2021
26 Livinha Souza 2 Randa Markos UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori Oct 23, 2021
26 Vanessa Demopoulos 2 Silvana Gomez Juarez UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane Jan 22, 2022
26 Loopy Godinez 2 Ariane Carnelossi UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje May 7, 2022
26 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 2 Felice Herrig UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik Jun 4, 2022
26 Cory McKenna 2 Miranda Granger UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill Aug 6, 2022
26 Mackenzie Dern 2 Yan Xiaonan UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan Oct 1, 2022
26 Amanda Lemos 2 Zhang Weili UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley Aug 19, 2023
26 Zhang Weili 2 Yan Xiaonan UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill Apr 13, 2024
26 Gillian Robertson 2 Michelle Waterson-Gomez UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 Jun 29, 2024
26 Alexia Thainara 2 Molly McCann UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady Mar 22, 2025
26 Shauna Bannon 2 Puja Tomar UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady Mar 22, 2025
26 Talita Alencar 2 Ariane Carnelossi UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama Nov 1, 2025
26 Alexia Thainara 2 Bruna Brasil UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer Mar 28, 2026

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