Most submission attempts in UFC light heavyweight history

Glover Teixeira holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most submission attempts with 16 submission attempts.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission attempts	Fights
1	Glover Teixeira	16	23
2	Renato Sobral	15	9
3	Stephan Bonnar	13	15
3	Paul Craig	13	17
5	Jimmy Crute	11	12
6	Jon Jones	10	22
7	Frank Shamrock	9	5
7	Eric Schafer	9	7
9	Tito Ortiz	8	23
9	Forrest Griffin	8	15
9	Lyoto Machida	8	15
9	Nikita Krylov	8	19
13	Wilson Gouveia	7	6
13	Daniel Cormier	7	9
13	Jan Blachowicz	7	23
13	Ryan Spann	7	12
17	Sam Hoger	6	5
17	Jason Brilz	6	7
17	Krzysztof Soszynski	6	9
17	Ryan Bader	6	20
17	Phil Davis	6	13
17	Ovince Saint Preux	6	26
17	Misha Cirkunov	6	11
17	Anthony Smith	6	18
25	Randy Couture	5	10
25	Jason Lambert	5	7
25	Seth Petruzelli	5	4
25	Alexander Gustafsson	5	17
25	Fabio Maldonado	5	9
25	Anthony Perosh	5	9
31	Evan Tanner	4	5
31	Vitor Belfort	4	7
31	Jeff Newton	4	1
31	Michael Bisping	4	5
31	Dan Henderson	4	8
31	Thiago Silva	4	12
31	Eliot Marshall	4	6
31	Mauricio Rua	4	24
31	Tyson Pedro	4	11
31	Ed Herman	4	9
41	Rob MacDonald	3	3
41	David Heath	3	5
41	Rodney Wallace	3	3
41	Ildemar Alcantara	3	1
41	Ilir Latifi	3	12
41	Patrick Walsh	3	1
41	Robert Drysdale	3	1
41	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	3	6
41	John Allan	3	3
41	Roman Dolidze	3	4
41	Johnny Walker	3	16
41	Vitor Petrino	3	6
41	Brendson Ribeiro	3	9
41	Bogdan Guskov	3	7
41	Ion Cutelaba	3	21
41	Magomed Ankalaev	3	17

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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.