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Most time in the Octagon in UFC heavyweight history

Andrei Arlovski holds the UFC heavyweight record for most time in the Octagon with 6:49:58 fight time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Andrei Arlovski 6:49:58 42
2 Derrick Lewis 4:43:08 32
3 Marcin Tybura 4:39:26 25
4 Junior Dos Santos 4:07:01 23
5 Alexander Volkov 4:06:08 19
6 Stipe Miocic 3:35:42 19
7 Curtis Blaydes 3:28:31 22
8 Roy Nelson 3:22:33 19
9 Mark Hunt 3:20:54 18
10 Fabricio Werdum 3:13:24 18
11 Stefan Struve 3:07:32 24
12 Alistair Overeem 3:04:49 20
13 Ciryl Gane 3:01:56 14
14 Randy Couture 3:01:42 14
15 Ben Rothwell 2:50:40 17
16 Pedro Rizzo 2:49:19 14
17 Cheick Kongo 2:43:26 18
18 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 2:41:24 14
19 Tai Tuivasa 2:40:40 19
20 Chase Sherman 2:40:20 15
21 Frank Mir 2:35:40 27
22 Don'Tale Mayes 2:29:51 12
23 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 2:21:52 15
24 Serghei Spivac 2:20:30 16
25 Gabriel Gonzaga 2:17:35 22
26 Tim Sylvia 2:17:33 13
27 Travis Browne 2:16:31 17
28 Blagoy Ivanov 2:10:00 8
29 Tanner Boser 1:56:57 10
30 Mirko Filipovic 1:56:46 11
31 Aleksei Oleinik 1:55:40 17
32 Cain Velasquez 1:51:02 15
33 Daniel Omielanczuk 1:47:18 9
34 Jared Rosholt 1:46:33 8
35 Shamil Abdurakhimov 1:44:02 11
36 Walt Harris 1:43:53 16
37 Kevin Randleman 1:40:13 5
38 Maurice Smith 1:40:08 7
39 Augusto Sakai 1:39:35 9
40 Francis Ngannou 1:38:12 14
41 Martin Buday 1:36:45 8
42 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 1:33:18 11
43 Josh Barnett 1:31:53 10
44 Matt Mitrione 1:28:06 14
45 Alexandr Romanov 1:26:52 10
46 Daniel Cormier 1:25:56 6
47 Jake Collier 1:25:35 8
48 Rodrigo Nascimento 1:25:08 8
49 Jailton Almeida 1:24:10 9
50 Marcos Rogerio de Lima 1:23:06 12

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