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Middleweight · 2026

Best Middleweight Submission Attempts per 15 Min

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

Julian Marquez leads the middleweight Sub / 15 min board at 2.67 sub attempts / 15 min , followed by Robert Valentin (2.54) and Anthony Hernandez (1.64) .

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

Submission Attempts per 15 Min in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Julian Marquez
    3-5-0 8 fights #60
    2.67
  2. 2
    Robert Valentin
    2-3-0 5 fights #58
    2.54
  3. 3
    Anthony Hernandez
    9-3-0 12 fights #12
    1.64
  4. 4
    Kyle Daukaus
    4-5-0 10 fights #46
    1.53
  5. 5
    Gerald Meerschaert
    12-14-0 26 fights #49
    1.49
  6. 6
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    1.47
  7. 7
    Khamzat Chimaev
    9-1-0 10 fights #2
    1.37
  8. 8
    Ryan Loder
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    1.37
  9. 9
    Andre Petroski
    8-5-0 13 fights #34
    1.23
  10. 10
    Jackson Mcvey
    1-2-0 3 fights #56
    1.20
  11. 11
    Andre Muniz
    6-4-0 10 fights #30
    1.18
  12. 12
    Dustin Stoltzfus
    4-7-0 11 fights #65
    1.06
  13. 13
    Zach Reese
    4-4-0 9 fights #45
    1.02
  14. 14
    Brendan Allen
    15-4-0 19 fights #5
    1.01
  15. 15
    Nassourdine Imavov
    9-2-0 12 fights #6
    0.98
  16. 16
    Tresean Gore
    4-4-0 8 fights #44
    0.96
  17. 17
    Rodolfo Vieira
    6-5-0 11 fights #41
    0.91
  18. 18
    Baisangur Susurkaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #20
    0.91
  19. 19
    Junyong Park
    9-4-0 13 fights #26
    0.84
  20. 20
    Joe Pyfer
    7-1-0 8 fights #8
    0.84
  21. 21
    Chris Weidman
    12-8-0 20 fights #21
    0.82
  22. 22
    Jacob Malkoun
    6-3-0 9 fights #31
    0.75
  23. 23
    Roman Dolidze
    9-5-0 14 fights #25
    0.74
  24. 24
    Vicente Luque
    17-9-0 26 fights #15
    0.72
  25. 25
    Gilbert Urbina
    2-3-0 5 fights #53
    0.68
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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 Aug 15, 2026.