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Most control time in UFC bantamweight history

Merab Dvalishvili holds the UFC bantamweight record for most control time with 1:38:10 control time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Merab Dvalishvili 1:38:10 16
2 Aljamain Sterling 1:09:10 18
3 Kyung Ho Kang 58:36 13
4 Rani Yahya 57:20 15
5 Ricky Simon 56:00 17
6 TJ Dillashaw 54:06 17
7 Raoni Barcelos 52:31 15
8 Umar Nurmagomedov 49:36 9
9 Urijah Faber 46:21 17
10 Brett Johns 45:04 7
11 Montel Jackson 43:54 14
12 Takeya Mizugaki 42:57 14
13 Petr Yan 42:19 16
14 Raul Rosas Jr. 41:17 8
15 Tony Gravely 37:41 8
16 Mario Bautista 35:57 15
17 Bryan Caraway 34:06 9
18 Erik Perez 32:47 9
19 Michinori Tanaka 30:33 5
20 Raphael Assuncao 29:29 18
21 Chico Camus 28:49 5
22 Brady Hiestand 28:30 5
23 Song Yadong 28:21 16
23 Kyler Phillips 28:21 10
25 Jonathan Martinez 28:05 13
26 SuYoung You 27:18 5
27 Cody Gibson 27:09 11
28 Cory Sandhagen 27:05 15
29 Frankie Saenz 26:58 10
30 Marlon Vera 26:51 24
31 Yves Jabouin 26:45 9
32 Jack Shore 26:37 6
33 Brian Kelleher 26:16 11
34 Brad Katona 26:12 8
35 Rinya Nakamura 25:47 6
36 Farid Basharat 25:33 6
37 Renan Barao 25:10 13
38 Russell Doane 24:19 7
39 Miles Johns 24:04 11
40 Leandro Issa 23:43 5
41 Da'Mon Blackshear 23:23 10
42 Jose Quinonez 23:06 9
43 Davey Grant 22:54 16
44 Sergey Morozov 22:46 5
45 Dominick Cruz 22:38 10
46 Royston Wee 21:40 3
47 George Roop 21:31 6
48 Bryce Mitchell 21:24 2
49 Saidyokub Kakhramonov 21:18 3
50 Alatengheili 21:08 10

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