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Most submission attempts in UFC middleweight history

Gerald Meerschaert holds the UFC middleweight record for most submission attempts with 22 submission attempts.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Gerald Meerschaert 22 26
2 Thales Leites 20 21
3 Kendall Grove 17 13
4 Brendan Allen 16 18
5 Anthony Hernandez 15 13
6 Joe Doerksen 14 9
6 Nate Marquardt 14 23
6 Rousimar Palhares 14 11
9 Ed Herman 13 17
9 Demian Maia 13 13
11 CB Dollaway 12 19
11 Dan Miller 12 11
11 Nassourdine Imavov 12 11
14 Evan Tanner 11 12
14 Jeremy Horn 11 10
14 Jason MacDonald 11 14
14 Julian Marquez 11 8
14 Andre Petroski 11 13
19 Ricardo Almeida 10 6
19 Ivan Salaverry 10 7
19 Chris Leben 10 22
19 Chris Weidman 10 18
23 Matt Lindland 9 11
23 Tom Lawlor 9 8
23 Tim Boetsch 9 17
23 JunYong Park 9 13
27 Yushin Okami 8 18
27 Rob Kimmons 8 7
27 Matt Horwich 8 2
27 Tim Credeur 8 5
27 Jacare Souza 8 15
27 Marvin Vettori 8 18
27 Dustin Stoltzfus 8 11
34 Alan Belcher 7 13
34 Chris Camozzi 7 19
34 Rafael Natal 7 17
34 Derek Brunson 7 21
34 Kevin Holland 7 16
34 Rodolfo Vieira 7 12
34 Andre Muniz 7 10
34 Dricus Du Plessis 7 11
42 Anderson Silva 6 21
42 Caio Magalhaes 6 7
42 Trevor Smith 6 12
42 Luke Rockhold 6 10
42 Antonio Carlos Junior 6 11
42 Roman Dolidze 6 11
42 Wes Schultz 6 3
49 Eugene Jackson 5 7
49 Ryan Jensen 5 8
49 Mike Massenzio 5 6
49 Mark Munoz 5 14
49 Francis Carmont 5 9
49 Cezar Ferreira 5 14
49 Oskar Piechota 5 6
49 Markus Perez 5 7
49 Jack Hermansson 5 18
49 Wellington Turman 5 7
49 Kyle Daukaus 5 10
49 Jacob Malkoun 5 9
49 Tresean Gore 5 8
49 Josh Fremd 5 6
49 Bo Nickal 5 7
49 Robert Valentin 5 5

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