Most submission attempts in UFC bantamweight history

Marlon Vera holds the UFC bantamweight record for most submission attempts with 16 submission attempts.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission attempts	Fights
1	Marlon Vera	16	24
2	Rani Yahya	14	15
2	Raoni Barcelos	14	15
4	Aljamain Sterling	13	18
5	Alex Caceres	12	10
5	TJ Dillashaw	12	17
7	Mario Bautista	11	15
8	Dustin Pague	10	6
8	Mitch Gagnon	10	8
8	Da'Mon Blackshear	10	10
11	Urijah Faber	9	17
11	John Albert	9	5
11	Kyung Ho Kang	9	13
14	Pedro Munhoz	8	22
14	Joe Soto	8	7
14	Said Nurmagomedov	8	10
17	Michael McDonald	7	9
17	Roland Delorme	7	7
17	Iuri Alcantara	7	15
17	Dustin Kimura	7	5
17	Cody Gibson	7	11
17	Johnny Munoz	7	5
23	Matthew Lopez	6	6
23	Brett Johns	6	7
23	Manny Bermudez	6	3
23	Brady Hiestand	6	5
27	Renan Barao	5	13
27	Bryan Caraway	5	9
27	Sergio Pettis	5	5
27	Leandro Issa	5	5
27	Rob Font	5	19
27	Brian Kelleher	5	11
27	Cole Smith	5	3
27	Merab Dvalishvili	5	16
27	Saidyokub Kakhramonov	5	3
27	Dan Argueta	5	4
27	Vince Morales	5	11
27	Colby Thicknesse	5	3
27	Jakub Wiklacz	5	2
40	Francisco Rivera	4	11
40	Jeff Hougland	4	3
40	Vaughan Lee	4	7
40	Yaotzin Meza	4	3
40	Russell Doane	4	7
40	Jose Quinonez	4	9
40	Ian Entwistle	4	2
40	Felipe Arantes	4	4
40	Nathaniel Wood	4	5
40	Pingyuan Liu	4	4
40	Montel Jackson	4	14
40	Tony Kelley	4	3
40	Saimon Oliveira	4	4
40	Raul Rosas Jr.	4	8
40	Rinya Nakamura	4	6
40	Serhiy Sidey	4	3

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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.