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Most control time in UFC lightweight history

Clay Guida holds the UFC lightweight record for most control time with 2:06:34 control time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Clay Guida 2:06:34 30
2 Gleison Tibau 1:40:00 27
3 Beneil Dariush 1:30:59 26
4 Khabib Nurmagomedov 1:29:08 12
5 Rafael Dos Anjos 1:28:36 25
6 Jim Miller 1:24:57 44
7 Grant Dawson 1:22:43 11
8 Mark Bocek 1:20:46 13
9 Islam Makhachev 1:20:21 16
10 Kevin Lee 1:17:17 16
11 Charles Oliveira 1:15:05 25
12 Arman Tsarukyan 1:05:19 13
13 Danny Castillo 1:05:03 14
14 Matt Wiman 1:00:24 18
15 Marc Diakiese 58:37 15
16 Nik Lentz 57:45 17
17 Benson Henderson 53:33 12
18 Sean Sherk 53:11 6
19 Evan Dunham 52:16 20
20 Gray Maynard 52:03 17
21 Joe Lauzon 51:43 27
22 Kurt Pellegrino 50:55 11
23 Scott Holtzman 50:46 13
24 Mateusz Gamrot 50:30 14
25 Jacob Volkmann 49:59 8
26 Thiago Tavares 49:13 14
27 Francisco Trinaldo 48:42 21
28 Frankie Edgar 48:05 13
29 Claudio Puelles 46:45 9
30 Caol Uno 46:23 10
31 Joe Solecki 45:57 9
32 King Green 45:31 30
33 Jens Pulver 44:39 9
34 BJ Penn 42:51 16
35 Jared Gordon 42:33 15
36 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 42:25 11
37 Gregor Gillespie 42:24 8
38 Alan Patrick 42:11 10
39 Ramsey Nijem 41:01 9
40 Michel Prazeres 40:44 9
41 Thiago Moises 39:38 16
42 Fares Ziam 39:30 12
43 Jeremy Stephens 39:25 18
44 Benoit Saint Denis 39:03 12
45 Joe Stevenson 38:38 13
46 Yves Edwards 37:41 20
47 Norman Parke 37:23 9
48 Vinc Pichel 36:40 12
49 Renato Moicano 36:09 11
50 Drakkar Klose 35:51 14

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