Most submission attempts per 15 minutes in UFC heavyweight history

Frank Mir holds the UFC heavyweight record for most submission attempts per 15 minutes with 2.02 per 15 min.

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

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Frank Mir	2.02	27
2	Aleksei Oleinik	1.95	17
3	Stefan Struve	1.68	24
4	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	1.62	6
5	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	1.61	11
6	Jailton Almeida	1.43	9
7	Gabriel Gonzaga	1.20	22
8	Pete Williams	1.16	8
9	Ricco Rodriguez	1.08	7
10	Luis Henrique	1.04	5
11	Antoni Hardonk	0.88	8
12	Alexandr Romanov	0.86	10
13	Tim Hague	0.86	5
14	Josh Barnett	0.82	10
15	Kevin Randleman	0.75	5
16	Paul Buentello	0.72	6
17	Jake Collier	0.70	8
18	Matt Mitrione	0.68	14
19	Ian Freeman	0.65	6
20	Jeff Monson	0.64	6
21	Ciryl Gane	0.58	14
22	Ben Rothwell	0.53	17
23	Brock Lesnar	0.50	8
24	Tra Telligman	0.50	5
25	Randy Couture	0.50	14
26	Mike Russow	0.47	6
27	Fabricio Werdum	0.47	18
28	Maurice Smith	0.45	7
29	Maurice Greene	0.44	8
30	Serghei Spivac	0.43	16
31	Cain Velasquez	0.41	15
32	Brendan Schaub	0.39	11
33	Mirko Filipovic	0.39	11
34	Rodrigo Nascimento	0.35	8
35	Brandon Vera	0.33	7
36	Jake O'Brien	0.32	5
37	Francis Ngannou	0.31	14
38	Cheick Kongo	0.28	18
39	Parker Porter	0.26	8
40	Alistair Overeem	0.24	20
41	Travis Browne	0.22	17
42	Pat Barry	0.22	12
43	Heath Herring	0.20	5
44	Thomas Petersen	0.20	7
45	Andrei Arlovski	0.18	42
46	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	0.18	12
47	Daniel Cormier	0.17	6
48	Martin Buday	0.16	8
49	Walt Harris	0.14	16
50	Shamil Abdurakhimov	0.14	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.