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Most control time in UFC light heavyweight history

Tito Ortiz holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most control time with 1:59:29 control time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Tito Ortiz 1:59:29 23
2 Jon Jones 1:19:44 22
3 Glover Teixeira 1:18:33 23
4 Ryan Bader 1:16:26 20
5 Rashad Evans 1:13:54 20
6 Corey Anderson 1:06:53 15
7 Mauricio Rua 1:01:34 24
8 Magomed Ankalaev 1:00:07 17
9 Stephan Bonnar 59:29 15
10 Randy Couture 59:25 10
11 Phil Davis 56:50 13
12 Devin Clark 51:11 15
13 Nikita Krylov 50:37 19
14 Patrick Cummins 47:06 13
15 Daniel Cormier 42:15 9
16 Jan Blachowicz 39:12 23
17 Ion Cutelaba 38:58 21
18 Alonzo Menifield 37:49 19
19 Lyoto Machida 37:24 15
20 Aleksandar Rakic 37:16 11
21 Matt Hamill 36:00 15
22 Jason Brilz 31:11 7
23 Jimmy Crute 31:06 12
24 Alexander Gustafsson 30:32 17
25 Renato Sobral 29:38 9
26 Ovince Saint Preux 28:04 26
27 Julius Walker 26:49 5
28 Vladimir Matyushenko 24:31 9
29 Forrest Griffin 23:42 15
30 Vitor Petrino 23:29 6
31 James Te Huna 22:53 9
32 Danilo Marques 22:37 4
33 Francimar Barroso 22:25 9
34 Ryan Jimmo 22:05 7
35 Igor Pokrajac 21:59 13
36 Quinton Jackson 21:49 12
37 Kyle Kingsbury 21:42 9
38 Krzysztof Soszynski 21:19 9
39 Da Woon Jung 20:48 9
40 Dan Henderson 20:44 8
41 Kennedy Nzechukwu 20:17 11
42 Thiago Silva 20:10 12
43 Oumar Sy 19:39 6
44 Philipe Lins 19:28 4
45 Alessio Sakara 18:55 7
46 Brandon Vera 18:50 9
47 Paul Craig 18:49 17
48 Jordan Johnson 18:43 3
49 Ryan Spann 17:27 12
50 Joey Beltran 17:20 3

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