Most submission attempts per 15 minutes in UFC welterweight history

Dustin Hazelett holds the UFC welterweight record for most submission attempts per 15 minutes with 5.70 per 15 min.

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

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Dustin Hazelett	5.70	8
2	TJ Waldburger	4.79	8
3	Tamdan McCrory	2.83	6
4	Daniel Roberts	2.46	7
5	Preston Parsons	2.31	6
6	Dennis Hallman	2.21	6
7	Chris Lytle	2.15	20
8	Martin Kampmann	2.00	12
9	David Mitchell	1.99	5
10	Miguel Baeza	1.99	7
11	Drew Fickett	1.90	7
12	David Zawada	1.69	5
13	Mickey Gall	1.58	13
14	Marcus Davis	1.52	14
15	Tony DeSouza	1.50	6
16	Roan Carneiro	1.44	7
17	Ramiz Brahimaj	1.44	10
18	Luke Cummo	1.42	7
19	Erick Silva	1.41	15
20	Mike Pyle	1.40	19
21	Brock Larson	1.38	5
22	Claudio Silva	1.32	7
23	Jeremiah Wells	1.31	8
24	Matt Brown	1.30	30
25	Ben Saunders	1.30	19
26	Justin Edwards	1.27	5
27	Paulo Thiago	1.21	13
28	Shavkat Rakhmonov	1.20	7
29	Nick Diaz	1.16	13
30	Anthony Johnson	1.13	10
31	Matt Hughes	1.11	23
32	Carlos Newton	1.10	5
33	Georges St-Pierre	1.05	21
34	Zak Cummings	1.03	8
35	Karo Parisyan	0.99	13
36	Jason Witt	0.98	5
37	Nick Osipczak	0.96	5
38	Anthony Rocco Martin	0.92	7
39	Josh Neer	0.92	10
40	Warlley Alves	0.91	13
41	Gabriel Bonfim	0.90	8
42	Rick Story	0.89	19
43	Sam Patterson	0.88	6
44	John Hathaway	0.87	9
45	Matt Serra	0.85	9
46	Kenny Robertson	0.85	9
47	Kevin Burns	0.85	5
48	Gunnar Nelson	0.83	15
49	Sean Brady	0.82	11
50	Ramazan Emeev	0.81	7

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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.