Most submission attempts per 15 minutes in UFC light heavyweight history

Renato Sobral holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most submission attempts per 15 minutes with 3.43 per 15 min.

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

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Renato Sobral	3.43	9
2	Frank Shamrock	3.04	5
3	Wilson Gouveia	2.56	6
4	Eric Schafer	2.54	7
5	Misha Cirkunov	2.25	11
6	Jimmy Crute	2.13	12
7	Jason Lambert	1.96	7
8	Anthony Perosh	1.93	9
9	Paul Craig	1.55	17
10	Ryan Spann	1.39	12
11	Sam Hoger	1.34	5
12	Jason Brilz	1.29	7
13	Michael Bisping	1.19	5
14	Stephan Bonnar	1.12	15
15	Krzysztof Soszynski	1.12	9
16	David Heath	0.98	5
17	Eliot Marshall	0.94	6
18	Vitor Belfort	0.94	7
19	Glover Teixeira	0.91	23
20	Daniel Cormier	0.86	9
21	Nikita Krylov	0.85	19
22	Vinny Magalhaes	0.77	5
23	Tyson Pedro	0.76	11
24	Randy Couture	0.75	10
25	Forrest Griffin	0.69	15
26	Vitor Petrino	0.69	6
27	Brendson Ribeiro	0.68	9
28	Bogdan Guskov	0.68	7
29	Lyoto Machida	0.67	15
30	Elvis Sinosic	0.66	6
31	Fabio Maldonado	0.63	9
32	Thiago Silva	0.61	12
33	Ed Herman	0.58	9
34	Oumar Sy	0.58	6
35	Sean O'Connell	0.54	7
36	Phil Davis	0.53	13
37	Tim Boetsch	0.52	7
38	Ilir Latifi	0.51	12
39	Dan Henderson	0.49	8
40	Anthony Smith	0.48	18
41	Jon Jones	0.44	22
42	Ryan Bader	0.44	20
43	Tito Ortiz	0.44	23
44	Johnny Walker	0.42	16
45	Alexander Gustafsson	0.41	17
46	Ovince Saint Preux	0.38	26
47	Alex Pereira	0.38	7
48	Jan Blachowicz	0.36	23
49	Jimi Manuwa	0.36	12
50	Julius Walker	0.33	5

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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.