Most time in the Octagon in UFC bantamweight history

Marlon Vera holds the UFC bantamweight record for most time in the Octagon with 5:21:53 fight time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Fight time	Fights
1	Marlon Vera	5:21:53	24
2	Merab Dvalishvili	4:44:07	16
3	Petr Yan	4:42:04	16
4	Pedro Munhoz	4:12:12	22
5	Rob Font	3:58:06	19
6	Aljamain Sterling	3:55:40	18
7	Raphael Assuncao	3:44:19	18
8	Urijah Faber	3:40:33	17
9	TJ Dillashaw	3:40:11	17
10	Cory Sandhagen	3:36:39	15
11	Song Yadong	3:28:24	16
12	Ricky Simon	3:28:15	17
13	Raoni Barcelos	3:27:23	15
14	Davey Grant	3:10:23	16
15	Sean O'Malley	3:09:27	16
16	Dominick Cruz	3:03:16	10
17	Renan Barao	2:55:18	13
18	Cody Garbrandt	2:50:44	16
19	Jonathan Martinez	2:49:39	13
20	Chris Gutierrez	2:43:47	12
21	Takeya Mizugaki	2:41:34	14
22	Kyung Ho Kang	2:40:10	13
23	Mario Bautista	2:36:24	15
24	Rani Yahya	2:32:33	15
25	Vince Morales	2:32:02	11
26	Eddie Wineland	2:31:00	16
27	Montel Jackson	2:30:17	14
28	Miles Johns	2:21:49	11
29	Jose Aldo	2:18:24	8
30	Kyler Phillips	2:17:32	10
31	Alatengheili	2:15:47	10
32	Umar Nurmagomedov	2:10:07	9
33	Frankie Saenz	2:09:16	10
34	Iuri Alcantara	2:09:14	15
35	John Dodson	2:07:47	10
36	Alejandro Perez	2:03:52	12
37	Alex Caceres	2:02:36	10
38	Jimmie Rivera	2:02:02	10
39	Cody Stamann	1:59:47	11
40	Aiemann Zahabi	1:55:09	10
41	Deiveson Figueiredo	1:55:01	9
42	Cody Gibson	1:52:09	11
43	Bryan Caraway	1:50:54	9
44	Henry Cejudo	1:49:49	7
45	Brad Katona	1:46:04	8
46	John Lineker	1:43:34	8
47	Douglas Silva de Andrade	1:42:37	9
48	Francisco Rivera	1:41:59	11
49	Da'Mon Blackshear	1:41:27	10
50	Mike Easton	1:39:52	7

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