# Top 12 Submission Finishes in UFC History

> Fourteen seconds, twenty-eight seconds, and one pulled out of a fight that was already lost.

*By YPB Team · Published August 5, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-12-submission-finishes-in-ufc-history*

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1. **Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano**
   An armbar fourteen seconds into UFC 184, the fastest submission ever in a UFC title fight.
2. **Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen**
   Losing every round for twenty-three minutes, Silva pulled a triangle-armbar out of nothing.
3. **Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor**
   Diaz weathered two rounds of power shots and took McGregor's back for a rear-naked choke.
4. **Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor**
   A neck crank in the fourth round that closed out the promotion's biggest grudge match.
5. **Rousimar Palhares vs Mike Pierce**
   A heel hook thirty-one seconds in, from the most feared leg-locker the division has had.
6. **Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock**
   The gi-choke finish that showed the early UFC audience what jiu-jitsu actually was.
7. **Demian Maia vs Chael Sonnen**
   A triangle choke from a jiu-jitsu specialist against one of the division's best wrestlers.
8. **Brian Ortega vs Cub Swanson**
   A guillotine in the last seconds of the second round, after Swanson had escaped everything else.
9. **Jon Jones vs Lyoto Machida**
   A standing guillotine that left Machida unconscious and sliding down the fence.
10. **Ryan Hall vs BJ Penn**
   A heel hook in ninety seconds, a leg-lock finish nobody expected against a jiu-jitsu black belt.
11. **Bryce Mitchell vs Matt Sayles**
   A twister, only the second one ever landed in the UFC and the strangest finish on the list.
12. **Kevin Holland vs Michael Chiesa**
   A slick D'Arce choke that ended a grappling match Holland was not supposed to win.

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