Most submission attempts per 15 minutes in UFC flyweight history

Jafel Filho holds the UFC flyweight record for most submission attempts per 15 minutes with 2.49 per 15 min.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Jafel Filho	2.49	5
2	Jimmy Flick	2.39	6
3	Louis Smolka	2.22	10
4	Joseph Morales	2.20	6
5	Deiveson Figueiredo	1.80	14
6	Edgar Chairez	1.75	6
7	Neil Seery	1.55	7
8	Tagir Ulanbekov	1.52	8
9	Asu Almabayev	1.44	8
10	Jake Hadley	1.40	5
11	HyunSung Park	1.40	5
12	Clayton Carpenter	1.33	5
13	Tatsuro Taira	1.32	9
14	Paddy Holohan	1.31	5
15	Ray Borg	1.28	9
16	Matt Schnell	1.24	12
17	Brandon Royval	1.18	13
18	Malcolm Gordon	1.16	6
19	Andre Lima	1.14	6
20	Rogerio Bontorin	1.14	5
21	Jesus Aguilar	1.11	7
22	John Moraga	1.07	14
23	Ben Nguyen	1.00	7
24	Allan Nascimento	0.95	5
25	Yuta Sasaki	0.94	6
26	Tim Elliott	0.93	20
27	John Lineker	0.88	8
28	Alessandro Costa	0.88	7
29	Alexandre Pantoja	0.88	19
30	Muhammad Mokaev	0.85	7
31	Chris Cariaso	0.76	9
32	Wilson Reis	0.76	11
33	Demetrious Johnson	0.64	15
34	Jussier Formiga	0.58	16
35	Matheus Nicolau	0.55	10
36	Ryan Benoit	0.49	8
37	Justin Scoggins	0.48	8
38	Cody Durden	0.48	13
39	Charles Johnson	0.43	14
40	Ode Osbourne	0.41	9
41	Askar Askarov	0.40	5
42	Lone'er Kavanagh	0.38	5
43	Brandon Moreno	0.38	21
44	Amir Albazi	0.31	6
45	Alex Perez	0.30	14
46	Zach Makovsky	0.29	7
47	Joseph Benavidez	0.29	19
48	Sumudaerji	0.28	9
49	Steve Erceg	0.28	8
50	Bruno Silva	0.27	11

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.