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Most control time in UFC middleweight history

Chael Sonnen holds the UFC middleweight record for most control time with 1:31:28 control time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Chael Sonnen 1:31:28 10
2 Anthony Hernandez 1:22:25 13
3 Yushin Okami 1:20:38 18
4 Thales Leites 1:19:01 21
5 Brendan Allen 1:14:07 18
6 Derek Brunson 1:09:33 21
7 Nate Marquardt 1:06:37 23
8 Matt Lindland 1:05:10 11
9 Chris Weidman 1:01:33 18
10 Antonio Carlos Junior 1:01:08 11
11 Ed Herman 1:00:13 17
12 Trevor Smith 57:25 12
13 Marvin Vettori 53:47 18
14 Eryk Anders 53:45 15
15 CB Dollaway 53:43 19
16 Rafael Natal 53:39 17
17 Chris Leben 52:36 22
18 Andre Petroski 52:32 13
19 Gerald Meerschaert 49:23 26
20 Krzysztof Jotko 48:49 17
21 Demian Maia 48:18 13
22 Cezar Ferreira 48:00 14
23 JunYong Park 47:44 13
24 Jacob Malkoun 47:28 9
25 Brad Tavares 46:38 28
26 Rodolfo Vieira 46:04 12
27 Khamzat Chimaev 45:28 6
28 Mark Munoz 42:51 14
29 Aaron Simpson 42:15 9
30 Jorge Rivera 38:52 15
31 Jacare Souza 38:12 15
32 Caio Borralho 37:18 9
33 Roman Dolidze 36:22 11
34 Evan Tanner 35:48 12
35 Jack Hermansson 35:03 18
36 David Branch 34:18 9
37 Elias Theodorou 33:55 11
38 Kelvin Gastelum 33:26 18
39 Francis Carmont 33:23 9
40 Jared Cannonier 32:04 14
41 Dustin Stoltzfus 31:44 11
42 Rich Franklin 31:11 10
43 Jason MacDonald 31:08 14
44 Andre Muniz 30:58 10
45 Ricardo Almeida 28:42 6
46 Andrew Sanchez 28:33 9
47 Nassourdine Imavov 28:25 11
48 Reinier de Ridder 28:00 6
49 Gegard Mousasi 27:55 11
50 Dan Miller 27:36 11

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