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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Submission Attempts per 15 Min

Threat density on the ground — most submission attempts per 15 minutes.

Toshiomi Kazama leads the bantamweight Sub / 15 min board at 1.89 sub attempts / 15 min , followed by Jafel Filho (1.84) and Saimon Oliveira (1.67) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window Sub / 15 min. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Toshiomi Kazama
    1-3-0 4 fights #75
    1.89
  2. 2
    Jafel Filho
    3-3-0 6 fights #48
    1.84
  3. 3
    Saimon Oliveira
    0-4-0 4 fights #80
    1.67
  4. 4
    Colby Thicknesse
    2-1-0 3 fights #49
    1.67
  5. 5
    Da'Mon Blackshear
    5-4-1 10 fights #42
    1.48
  6. 6
    Serhiy Sidey
    2-1-0 3 fights #46
    1.33
  7. 7
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    1.29
  8. 8
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #10
    1.27
  9. 9
    Elijah Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #20
    1.19
  10. 10
    Deiveson Figueiredo
    14-7-1 22 fights #11
    1.18
  11. 11
    Said Nurmagomedov
    7-4-0 11 fights #26
    1.15
  12. 12
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    0.92
  13. 13
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    0.92
  14. 14
    Jake Hadley
    3-4-0 7 fights #62
    0.90
  15. 15
    Mario Bautista
    11-3-0 14 fights #8
    0.85
  16. 16
    Raul Rosas Jr.
    6-1-0 7 fights #12
    0.85
  17. 17
    Kyung Ho Kang
    8-5-0 13 fights #36
    0.84
  18. 18
    Dan Argueta
    1-3-0 4 fights #71
    0.82
  19. 19
    Benardo Sopaj
    2-1-0 3 fights #47
    0.81
  20. 20
    Marlon Vera
    15-11-0 26 fights #28
    0.76
  21. 21
    Felipe Lima
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    0.73
  22. 22
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-4-0 15 fights #9
    0.68
  23. 23
    Nathan Fletcher
    1-2-0 3 fights #68
    0.67
  24. 24
    Brian Kelleher
    8-9-0 17 fights #54
    0.67
  25. 25
    Cody Durden
    7-8-1 16 fights #58
    0.65
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Jun 20, 2026.