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UFC submission rate by year (1995–2026)

Name: UFC submission rate by year
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In 1995, 56% of UFC fights ended by submission. In 2026 it is 18%. The high is 56% in 1995; the low 15% in 2021.

How often a UFC fight ends in a tap, across the whole official record.

Computed from 8,673 fights · 31 years · 2 withheld under 30 fights (50 bouts) · updated 20 September 2026

Submission rate by year · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.

Year	Submission rate	Submissions	Fights
1995	56%	18	32
1996	25%	9	36
1997	47%	18	38
1999	17%	7	42
2000	26%	11	42
2001	23%	9	39
2002	15%	8	52
2003	21%	8	39
2004	28%	11	39
2005	27%	21	79
2006	30%	47	158
2007	32%	54	169
2008	25%	51	201
2009	22%	46	213
2010	24%	59	250
2011	19%	55	295
2012	21%	70	333
2013	18%	67	376
2014	19%	95	494
2015	19%	88	464
2016	18%	89	483
2017	18%	80	446
2018	19%	90	469
2019	16%	80	506
2020	18%	82	444
2021	15%	73	497
2022	19%	98	506
2023	20%	102	504
2024	16%	83	513
2025	18%	92	515
2026	18%	72	399

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. Every calendar year on the official record. 2026 is not finished. The last row covers the 399 fights of 2026 that have happened so far, and it will move as the year goes on — every other row is a complete calendar year. 2 years withheld. 1994, 1998 rest on fewer than 30 fights (50 between them), so no percentage is printed for them — a rate off a handful of bouts is arithmetic, not a statistic. 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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