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UFC submission rate by round

In Round 1, 20% of UFC fights ended by submission. In Round 5 it is 3%.

How often a UFC fight ends in a tap, across the whole official record.
Computed from 8,723 fights · 5 rounds · updated 20 September 2026
Submission rate by round5 bars. Highest: Round 1 at 20% from 8,723 fights. The table below carries every value.0%5%10%15%20%Round 1: 20% (8,723 fights)Round 1Round 2: 13% (6,257 fights)Round 2Round 3: 6% (4,820 fights)Round 3Round 4: 7% (386 fights)Round 4Round 5: 3% (335 fights)Round 5
Submission rate by round · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
RoundSubmission rateSubmissionsFights
Round 120%1,7198,723
Round 213%8446,257
Round 36%3004,820
Round 47%26386
Round 53%9335
See also. This page is how often; these are the extremes on the same record: Fastest submissions in UFC history · Most submissions in UFC history
What counts. A submission is the official record’s own method code; a technical submission from strikes is filed as a KO/TKO and is not counted here. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. Each row is the fights that REACHED that round, so the share is the chance of it happening once the round has started — not a share of all fights. A fight that went three rounds is counted in all three rows, which is why these do not add up. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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