Most time in the Octagon in UFC welterweight history

Neil Magny holds the UFC welterweight record for most time in the Octagon with 7:31:09 fight time.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Fight time	Fights
1	Neil Magny	7:31:09	38
2	Belal Muhammad	5:47:38	22
3	Leon Edwards	5:35:37	20
4	Georges St-Pierre	5:28:12	21
5	Kamaru Usman	5:23:57	18
6	Stephen Thompson	5:19:31	22
7	Robbie Lawler	5:05:19	23
8	Colby Covington	4:48:05	17
9	Thiago Alves	4:41:37	26
10	Matt Brown	4:36:34	30
11	Alex Morono	4:32:18	23
12	Demian Maia	4:26:38	20
13	Court McGee	4:11:43	20
14	Carlos Condit	4:11:17	19
15	Max Griffin	4:09:31	19
16	Tim Means	4:02:53	26
17	Rick Story	3:57:13	19
18	Josh Koscheck	3:54:35	24
19	Diego Sanchez	3:53:37	19
20	Vicente Luque	3:52:33	24
21	Randy Brown	3:51:14	22
22	Jon Fitch	3:43:58	17
23	Santiago Ponzinibbio	3:42:17	20
24	Johny Hendricks	3:42:13	18
25	Tyron Woodley	3:40:01	16
26	Chris Lytle	3:35:59	20
27	Gilbert Burns	3:31:53	15
28	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	3:28:42	18
29	Jake Matthews	3:26:49	17
30	Matt Hughes	3:23:33	23
31	Dong Hyun Kim	3:19:38	18
32	Nicolas Dalby	3:19:00	15
33	Jorge Masvidal	3:13:39	15
34	Rafael Dos Anjos	3:07:20	11
35	Ian Machado Garry	3:07:18	12
36	Rory MacDonald	2:58:02	13
37	Li Jingliang	2:54:29	17
38	Niko Price	2:52:15	22
39	Alex Oliveira	2:51:48	19
40	Bryan Barberena	2:49:48	15
41	Jake Ellenberger	2:48:57	21
42	Nick Diaz	2:48:48	13
43	Mike Pierce	2:47:35	14
44	Joshua Burkman	2:47:02	15
45	Mike Perry	2:46:58	15
46	Gunnar Nelson	2:41:49	15
47	Sergio Moraes	2:39:43	13
48	John Howard	2:36:55	13
49	Nate Diaz	2:33:53	10
50	Matthew Riddle	2:31:54	11

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