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Most submission attempts: before 2000

Most submission attempts.

All time Since 2020 Since 2010 Since 2001Before 2000

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UFCStats has round-by-round statistics for only 83%–95% of fights in 1994–1998. Fights without them are left out of these totals.

UFC 1 (November 1993) is not in UFCStats, so its fights are missing.

74 fighters.

#	Fighter	Total
1	Royce Gracie	12
2	Oleg Taktarov	11
3	Frank Shamrock	9
=4	Marco Ruas	8
=4	Mark Coleman	8
=4	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	8
7	Ken Shamrock	7
8	Dan Severn	6
=9	Evan Tanner	5
=9	Jason DeLucia	5
=9	Jerry Bohlander	5
=9	Pete Williams	5
=13	Carlos Newton	4
=13	David Abbott	4
=13	Guy Mezger	4
=13	Harry Moskowitz	4
=13	Jeremy Horn	4
=13	Mikey Burnett	4
=13	Remco Pardoel	4
=20	Don Frye	3
=20	Frank Hamaker	3
=20	Maurice Smith	3
=20	Patrick Smith	3
=20	Paul Varelans	3
=20	Randy Couture	3
=20	Vitor Belfort	3
=27	Fabiano Iha	2
=27	Joey Roberts	2
=27	Kazushi Sakuraba	2
=27	Kevin Randleman	2
=27	Kimo Leopoldo	2
=27	Marcus Silveira	2
=27	Pat Miletich	2
=27	Paul Jones	2
=27	Ron Waterman	2
=27	Scott Bessac	2
=27	Scott Ferrozzo	2
=38	Bas Rutten	1
=38	Brian Johnston	1
=38	Chris Brennan	1
=38	Christophe Leninger	1
=38	Dan Bobish	1
=38	Dan Henderson	1
=38	Ebenezer Fontes Braga	1
=38	Enson Inoue	1
=38	Eugene Jackson	1
=38	Fabio Gurgel	1
=38	Frank Caracci	1
=38	Gary Goodridge	1
=38	Geza Kalman	1
=38	Harold Howard	1
=38	Jens Pulver	1
=38	Joe Pardo	1
=38	Joe Son	1
=38	John Lober	1
=38	Johnny Rhodes	1
=38	Jorge Patino	1
=38	Keith Hackney	1
=38	Kenichi Yamamoto	1
=38	Kevin Jackson	1
=38	Larry Cureton	1
=38	Mark Kerr	1
=38	Mike van Arsdale	1
=38	Robert Lucarelli	1
=38	Saeed Hosseini	1
=38	Scott Morris	1
=38	Steve Jennum	1
=38	Steve Nelmark	1
=38	Steven Graham	1
=38	Todd Medina	1
=38	Tony Fryklund	1
=38	Tra Telligman	1
=38	Valeri Ignatov	1
=38	Yoji Anjo	1

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