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Most submission attempts in UFC flyweight history

Deiveson Figueiredo holds the UFC flyweight record for most submission attempts with 20 submission attempts.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Deiveson Figueiredo 20 14
2 Louis Smolka 18 10
3 Tim Elliott 16 20
4 Alexandre Pantoja 14 19
5 John Moraga 12 14
5 Demetrious Johnson 12 15
5 Brandon Royval 12 13
8 Ray Borg 11 9
9 Neil Seery 10 7
9 Tagir Ulanbekov 10 8
9 Asu Almabayev 10 8
12 Brandon Moreno 9 21
12 Tatsuro Taira 9 9
14 Matt Schnell 8 12
14 Joseph Morales 8 6
14 Jimmy Flick 8 6
17 Jussier Formiga 7 16
17 Jafel Filho 7 5
19 Chris Cariaso 6 9
19 Josh Sampo 6 4
19 Wilson Reis 6 11
19 Andre Lima 6 6
23 John Lineker 5 8
23 Paddy Holohan 5 5
23 Naoki Inoue 5 2
23 Muhammad Mokaev 5 7
23 Jake Hadley 5 5
23 Jesus Aguilar 5 7
23 Charles Johnson 5 14
23 Edgar Chairez 5 6
31 Joseph Benavidez 4 19
31 Louis Gaudinot 4 4
31 Ben Nguyen 4 7
31 Matheus Nicolau 4 10
31 Rogerio Bontorin 4 5
31 Allan Nascimento 4 5
31 HyunSung Park 4 5
31 Clayton Carpenter 4 5
31 Cody Durden 4 13
31 Felipe Bunes 4 4
31 Alessandro Costa 4 7
31 Alden Coria 4 4
43 Jose Maria 3 2
43 Ryan Benoit 3 8
43 Richie Vaculik 3 4
43 Justin Scoggins 3 8
43 Jon Delos Reyes 3 3
43 Yuta Sasaki 3 6
43 Jenel Lausa 3 4
43 Malcolm Gordon 3 6
43 Jose Ochoa 3 4
43 Joshua Van 3 12
43 Fabia Sintes 3 1

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