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Most time in the Octagon in UFC middleweight history

Brad Tavares holds the UFC middleweight record for most time in the Octagon with 6:04:18 fight time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Brad Tavares 6:04:18 28
2 Michael Bisping 5:15:15 24
3 Israel Adesanya 5:00:48 18
4 Marvin Vettori 4:58:47 18
5 Sean Strickland 4:33:52 15
6 Robert Whittaker 4:27:21 19
7 Thales Leites 4:23:53 21
8 Anderson Silva 4:06:46 21
9 Kelvin Gastelum 4:03:18 18
10 Nate Marquardt 3:54:27 23
11 Brendan Allen 3:52:03 18
12 Jared Cannonier 3:47:17 14
13 Chris Camozzi 3:44:08 19
14 Gerald Meerschaert 3:40:54 26
15 Yushin Okami 3:40:20 18
16 Krzysztof Jotko 3:34:56 17
17 Rafael Natal 3:31:38 17
18 Jack Hermansson 3:20:36 18
19 Chris Leben 3:18:55 22
20 Uriah Hall 3:16:08 19
21 Yoel Romero 3:11:22 13
22 Chris Weidman 3:10:00 18
23 Eryk Anders 3:02:04 15
24 Derek Brunson 3:00:06 21
25 Marc-Andre Barriault 2:57:55 17
26 Dricus Du Plessis 2:53:46 11
27 Kevin Holland 2:42:06 16
28 Anthony Hernandez 2:42:05 13
29 JunYong Park 2:39:46 13
30 Tim Boetsch 2:38:50 17
31 Nassourdine Imavov 2:38:09 11
32 Ed Herman 2:33:51 17
33 Elias Theodorou 2:33:48 11
34 Cezar Ferreira 2:31:56 14
35 Sam Alvey 2:30:40 16
36 Trevor Smith 2:30:25 12
37 Roman Kopylov 2:30:20 13
38 CB Dollaway 2:29:50 19
39 Roman Dolidze 2:27:13 11
40 Demian Maia 2:23:02 13
41 Gregory Rodrigues 2:21:18 14
42 Edmen Shahbazyan 2:20:35 16
43 Caio Borralho 2:18:55 9
44 Andre Petroski 2:14:24 13
45 Alan Belcher 2:13:42 13
46 Jacare Souza 2:12:34 15
47 Rodolfo Vieira 2:09:51 12
48 Dan Miller 2:09:23 11
49 Christian Leroy Duncan 2:08:12 11
50 Chris Curtis 2:07:17 10

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