Most submission wins in UFC middleweight history

Gerald Meerschaert holds the UFC middleweight record for most submission wins with 11 submission wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Gerald Meerschaert	11	26
2	Brendan Allen	7	18
3	Thales Leites	5	21
3	Demian Maia	5	13
3	Rousimar Palhares	5	11
3	Antonio Carlos Junior	5	11
3	Rodolfo Vieira	5	12
3	Anthony Hernandez	5	13
9	Jason MacDonald	4	14
9	Ed Herman	4	17
9	Jacare Souza	4	15
12	Evan Tanner	3	12
12	Jeremy Horn	3	10
12	Martin Kampmann	3	5
12	Nate Marquardt	3	23
12	Anderson Silva	3	21
12	Dan Miller	3	11
12	Chris Weidman	3	18
12	Cezar Ferreira	3	14
12	Luke Rockhold	3	10
12	Julian Marquez	3	8
12	Kevin Holland	3	16
12	Jack Hermansson	3	18
12	Andre Muniz	3	10
12	Tresean Gore	3	8
12	JunYong Park	3	13
27	Murilo Bustamante	2	3
27	Ricardo Almeida	2	6
27	Ivan Salaverry	2	7
27	Joe Doerksen	2	9
27	Chris Leben	2	22
27	Mike Swick	2	6
27	Kendall Grove	2	13
27	Rob Kimmons	2	7
27	CB Dollaway	2	19
27	Alan Belcher	2	13
27	Tom Lawlor	2	8
27	Ryan Jensen	2	8
27	Court McGee	2	5
27	Kyle Noke	2	5
27	Francis Carmont	2	9
27	Magnus Cedenblad	2	6
27	Brad Scott	2	6
27	Derek Brunson	2	21
27	Marvin Vettori	2	18
27	Eric Spicely	2	7
27	Karl Roberson	2	7
27	Markus Perez	2	7
27	Khamzat Chimaev	2	6
27	Andre Petroski	2	13
27	Dricus Du Plessis	2	11
27	Bo Nickal	2	7
27	Joe Pyfer	2	8
27	Dustin Stoltzfus	2	11
27	Michel Pereira	2	8
27	Abus Magomedov	2	8
27	Reinier de Ridder	2	6
27	Brunno Ferreira	2	11
27	Baisangur Susurkaev	2	3
27	Robert Valentin	2	5

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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.