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Light Heavyweight · 2026

Best Light Heavyweight Submission Attempts per 15 Min

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

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev leads the light heavyweight Sub / 15 min board at 8.45 sub attempts / 15 min , followed by Jimmy Crute (2.13) and Gerald Meerschaert (1.44) .

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

Submission Attempts per 15 Min in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #13
    8.45
  2. 2
    Jimmy Crute
    6-4-2 12 fights #17
    2.13
  3. 3
    Gerald Meerschaert
    12-15-0 27 fights #31
    1.44
  4. 4
    Nikita Krylov
    12-10-0 22 fights #20
    1.14
  5. 5
    Billy Elekana
    3-1-0 4 fights #21
    0.85
  6. 6
    Roman Dolidze
    9-6-0 15 fights #16
    0.73
  7. 7
    Tuco Tokkos
    1-3-0 4 fights #40
    0.70
  8. 8
    Brendson Ribeiro
    3-6-0 9 fights #33
    0.68
  9. 9
    Bogdan Guskov
    4-2-1 7 fights #12
    0.68
  10. 10
    Oumar Sy
    3-3-0 6 fights #27
    0.58
  11. 11
    Reinier De Ridder
    5-2-0 7 fights #8
    0.52
  12. 12
    Anthony Smith
    13-12-0 25 fights #24
    0.46
  13. 13
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-9-2 23 fights #11
    0.36
  14. 14
    Julius Walker
    2-3-0 5 fights #30
    0.33
  15. 15
    Ion Cutelaba
    9-11-1 21 fights #26
    0.27
  16. 16
    Dominick Reyes
    10-5-0 15 fights #7
    0.25
  17. 17
    Azamat Murzakanov
    6-1-0 7 fights #5
    0.24
  18. 18
    Magomed Ankalaev
    13-2-1 17 fights #2
    0.21
  19. 19
    Alonzo Menifield
    12-6-1 19 fights #10
    0.18
  20. 20
    Carlos Ulberg C
    10-1-0 11 fights #1
    0.18
  21. 21
    Jiri Prochazka
    6-3-0 9 fights #9
    0.16
  22. 22
    Modestas Bukauskas
    9-5-0 14 fights #19
    0.11
  23. 23
    Volkan Oezdemir
    9-7-0 16 fights #15
    0.10
  24. 24
    Khalil Rountree Jr.
    10-7-0 18 fights #14
    0.09
  25. 25
    Robert Whittaker
    18-7-0 25 fights #3
    0.00
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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 Oct 17, 2026.