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Most time in the Octagon in UFC light heavyweight history

Jon Jones holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most time in the Octagon with 5:40:15 fight time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Jon Jones 5:40:15 22
2 Jan Blachowicz 4:54:52 23
3 Tito Ortiz 4:33:55 23
4 Glover Teixeira 4:25:06 23
5 Mauricio Rua 4:24:50 24
6 Rashad Evans 4:03:36 20
7 Ovince Saint Preux 3:55:07 26
8 Magomed Ankalaev 3:31:39 17
9 Ryan Bader 3:24:41 20
10 Anthony Smith 3:06:45 18
11 Alexander Gustafsson 3:03:58 17
12 Lyoto Machida 2:58:54 15
13 Devin Clark 2:55:28 15
14 Khalil Rountree Jr. 2:55:10 18
15 Stephan Bonnar 2:53:23 15
16 Forrest Griffin 2:53:16 15
17 Quinton Jackson 2:50:17 12
18 Phil Davis 2:48:47 13
19 Ion Cutelaba 2:48:02 21
20 Gian Villante 2:45:03 15
21 Alonzo Menifield 2:44:48 19
22 Corey Anderson 2:42:40 15
23 Chuck Liddell 2:41:36 19
24 Matt Hamill 2:34:51 15
25 Thiago Santos 2:30:40 9
26 Volkan Oezdemir 2:30:37 16
27 Dustin Jacoby 2:29:22 16
28 Nikita Krylov 2:21:43 19
29 Paul Craig 2:05:46 17
30 Modestas Bukauskas 2:04:52 13
31 Keith Jardine 2:04:50 12
32 Rogerio Nogueira 2:02:45 13
33 Dan Henderson 2:01:41 8
34 Daniel Cormier 2:01:29 9
35 Igor Pokrajac 2:01:01 13
36 Fabio Maldonado 1:59:54 9
37 Brandon Vera 1:58:55 9
38 Dominick Reyes 1:57:48 15
39 Aleksandar Rakic 1:57:31 11
40 Patrick Cummins 1:56:49 13
41 Jamahal Hill 1:54:56 11
42 Francimar Barroso 1:54:45 9
43 Johnny Walker 1:48:26 16
44 Kennedy Nzechukwu 1:48:14 11
45 Marcin Prachnio 1:47:21 11
46 Ed Herman 1:42:52 9
47 Kyle Kingsbury 1:42:14 9
48 Randy Couture 1:40:08 10
49 Thiago Silva 1:39:06 12
50 Da Woon Jung 1:34:09 9

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