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Most control time in UFC history

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC record for most control time with 2:42:02 control time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterControl timeFights
1 Georges St-Pierre 2:42:02 22
2 Clay Guida 2:36:27 37
3 Demian Maia 2:35:19 33
4 Kamaru Usman 2:27:14 20
5 Rafael Dos Anjos 2:16:45 37
6 Darren Elkins 2:09:02 31
7 Jon Fitch 2:08:26 18
8 Randy Couture 2:06:42 24
9 Colby Covington 2:05:04 17
10 Tito Ortiz 1:59:29 27
11 Matt Hughes 1:57:51 25
12 Islam Makhachev 1:53:58 19
13 Valentina Shevchenko 1:53:49 19
14 Grant Dawson 1:50:26 15
15 Aljamain Sterling 1:49:33 23
16 Gillian Robertson 1:49:23 21
17 Merab Dvalishvili 1:47:25 17
18 Frankie Edgar 1:45:37 30
19 Gleison Tibau 1:43:42 28
20 Demetrious Johnson 1:42:16 18
21 Charles Oliveira 1:42:03 37
22 Diego Sanchez 1:39:22 32
23 Chael Sonnen 1:38:54 14
24 Nik Lentz 1:38:43 25
25 Dong Hyun Kim 1:38:36 18
26 Yushin Okami 1:35:55 21
27 Neil Magny 1:35:37 38
28 Khabib Nurmagomedov 1:34:41 13
29 Jim Miller 1:34:12 47
30 Josh Koscheck 1:32:12 25
31 Curtis Blaydes 1:31:20 22
32 Beneil Dariush 1:30:59 26
33 Kevin Lee 1:29:32 19
34 Rani Yahya 1:28:23 21
35 Sean Sherk 1:27:17 12
36 Tim Elliott 1:26:39 23
37 Bryce Mitchell 1:24:37 13
38 Jon Jones 1:24:32 24
39 Matthew Riddle 1:22:28 12
40 Anthony Hernandez 1:22:25 13
41 Jasmine Jasudavicius 1:21:15 13
42 Michael Chiesa 1:21:03 22
43 Mark Bocek 1:20:46 13
44 Rashad Evans 1:20:35 23
45 Johny Hendricks 1:20:18 21
46 Thales Leites 1:19:01 21
47 Mike Pierce 1:18:42 14
48 Ray Borg 1:18:40 12
49 Glover Teixeira 1:18:33 23
50 Alexandre Pantoja 1:18:29 19

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