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Most triangle choke wins in UFC history

Paul Craig holds the UFC record for most triangle choke wins with 4 triangle choke wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterTriangle choke winsFights
1 Paul Craig 4 21
2 Matt Schnell 3 17
3 Evan Tanner 2 17
3 Ivan Salaverry 2 7
3 Spencer Fisher 2 17
3 Josh Neer 2 15
3 Jason MacDonald 2 14
3 Tamdan McCrory 2 9
3 Joe Lauzon 2 27
3 Nate Diaz 2 27
3 Demian Maia 2 33
3 Cole Miller 2 20
3 Stefan Struve 2 24
3 TJ Waldburger 2 8
3 Donald Cerrone 2 38
3 Marion Reneau 2 13
17 Jason DeLucia 1 3
17 Royce Gracie 1 10
17 Carlos Newton 1 7
17 Elvis Sinosic 1 7
17 Ricardo Almeida 1 11
17 Matt Serra 1 14
17 Lee Murray 1 1
17 Genki Sudo 1 3
17 Renato Sobral 1 10
17 Mark Hominick 1 7
17 Dean Lister 1 6
17 Rory Singer 1 4
17 Hermes Franca 1 11
17 Joe Riggs 1 12
17 Anderson Silva 1 25
17 Thiago Tavares 1 18
17 Chris Lytle 1 20
17 Kevin Burns 1 5
17 Nate Loughran 1 2
17 Kendall Grove 1 13
17 DaMarques Johnson 1 10
17 Mike Pyle 1 19
17 Chris Leben 1 22
17 Brian Stann 1 11
17 Paul Sass 1 5
17 Mark Bocek 1 13
17 Pablo Garza 1 6
17 Alex Caceres 1 30
17 Robert McDaniel 1 3
17 Rony Jason 1 9
17 Sergio Moraes 1 14
17 Michael McDonald 1 9
17 Jimy Hettes 1 6
17 Russell Doane 1 8
17 Charles Oliveira 1 37
17 Jake Matthews 1 24
17 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 1 12
17 Godofredo Pepey 1 11
17 Joe Duffy 1 8
17 Danny Roberts 1 14
17 Brian Ortega 1 14
17 Iuri Alcantara 1 18
17 Eric Spicely 1 7
17 Tony Ferguson 1 24
17 Kyung Ho Kang 1 14
17 Anthony Pettis 1 20
17 Manny Bermudez 1 5
17 Maurice Greene 1 8
17 Megan Anderson 1 6
17 David Zawada 1 5
17 Randy Brown 1 22
17 Billy Quarantillo 1 12
17 Amir Albazi 1 7
17 Khabib Nurmagomedov 1 13
17 Anthony Smith 1 25
17 Jimmy Flick 1 6
17 Jordan Leavitt 1 10
17 Jake Hadley 1 7
17 Yair Rodriguez 1 16
17 Nikita Krylov 1 22
17 Davey Grant 1 16
17 Kurt Holobaugh 1 9
17 Edgar Chairez 1 8
17 Paddy Pimblett 1 9
17 Toshiomi Kazama 1 4
17 Ignacio Bahamondes 1 11
17 Joseph Morales 1 6
17 Tommy Gantt 1 2

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data.