Most control time in the UFC

Career: top 25

Ranked by a confidence-adjusted score, not the raw figure: a long record at a low rate ranks above a short one at zero. The figure shown is the raw one.

Rank	Fighter	Value	Fights	Sample	Last bout	Status
#1	Bartosz Fabinski	79.2%	6	51 min	17 April 2021	No bout in 18 months
#2	Gregor Gillespie	71.8%	8	59 min	8 May 2021	No bout in 18 months
#3	Pat Sabatini	71.0%	11	105 min	9 May 2026	Active
#4	Jailton Almeida	69.9%	11	92 min	7 February 2026	Active
#5	Chael Sonnen	69.4%	14	143 min	16 November 2013	No bout in 18 months
#6	Matt Lindland	66.2%	12	117 min	20 August 2005	No bout in 18 months
#7	Grant Dawson	65.1%	15	170 min	9 May 2026	Active
#8	Charlie Brenneman	61.8%	11	85 min	8 November 2014	No bout in 18 months
#9	Cain Velasquez	60.4%	15	111 min	17 February 2019	No bout in 18 months
#10	Mirsad Bektic	59.6%	10	102 min	19 September 2020	No bout in 18 months
#11	Tatiana Suarez	59.6%	10	113 min	11 April 2026	Active
#12	Julius Walker	59.0%	5	45 min	10 October 2026	Active
#13	Sara McMann	56.8%	13	124 min	26 March 2022	No bout in 18 months
#14	Matt Hughes	56.6%	24	208 min	24 September 2011	No bout in 18 months
#15	Khamzat Chimaev	56.5%	10	99 min	9 May 2026	Active
#16	Luana Santos	55.2%	7	77 min	20 June 2026	Active
#17	Brock Lesnar	55.1%	8	60 min	9 July 2016	No bout in 18 months
#18	Khabib Nurmagomedov	55.1%	13	172 min	24 October 2020	No bout in 18 months
#19	Bryce Mitchell	55.0%	13	154 min	6 June 2026	Active
#20	Mark Bocek	54.5%	13	148 min	16 April 2014	No bout in 18 months
#21	Rinat Fakhretdinov	54.0%	7	77 min	6 September 2025	Active
#22	Jason Witt	53.9%	6	33 min	13 August 2022	No bout in 18 months
#23	Myktybek Orolbai	53.9%	7	73 min	15 August 2026	Active
#24	Tatsuro Taira	53.9%	10	118 min	9 May 2026	Active
#25	Jon Fitch	53.7%	18	239 min	2 February 2013	No bout in 18 months

Last 5 fights: top 25

Ranked by a confidence-adjusted score, not the raw figure: a long record at a low rate ranks above a short one at zero. The figure shown is the raw one.

Rank	Fighter	Value	Fights	Sample	Last bout	Status
#1	Bartosz Fabinski	81.8%	5	36 min	17 April 2021	No bout in 18 months
#2	Pat Sabatini	78.1%	5	51 min	9 May 2026	Active
#3	Isaac Dulgarian	70.5%	4	33 min	1 November 2025	Active
#4	Gregor Gillespie	69.9%	5	36 min	8 May 2021	No bout in 18 months
#5	Grant Dawson	68.5%	5	54 min	9 May 2026	Active
#6	Sara McMann	68.0%	5	62 min	26 March 2022	No bout in 18 months
#7	Matt Lindland	66.9%	5	40 min	20 August 2005	No bout in 18 months
#8	Dennis Hallman	66.8%	5	39 min	10 December 2011	No bout in 18 months
#9	Philip De Fries	65.7%	5	27 min	6 April 2013	No bout in 18 months
#10	Ricardo Almeida	63.1%	5	57 min	19 March 2011	No bout in 18 months
#11	Thiago Tavares	63.1%	5	25 min	8 July 2016	No bout in 18 months
#12	Louie Sutherland	62.9%	4	20 min	8 August 2026	Active
#13	Benoit Saint Denis	62.4%	5	26 min	11 July 2026	Active
#14	Arman Tsarukyan	62.3%	5	43 min	19 September 2026	Active
#15	Alexia Thainara	62.0%	4	50 min	8 August 2026	Active
#16	Bryce Mitchell	61.7%	5	51 min	6 June 2026	Active
#17	Jessica-Rose Clark	61.5%	5	48 min	13 May 2023	No bout in 18 months
#18	Aisling Daly	60.6%	3	35 min	24 October 2015	No bout in 18 months
#19	Tereza Bleda	60.0%	3	29 min	13 December 2025	Active
#20	Sean Brady	59.9%	5	72 min	9 May 2026	Active
#21	Kayla Harrison	59.4%	3	32 min	7 June 2025	Active
#22	Danilo Marques	59.3%	4	38 min	5 February 2022	No bout in 18 months
#23	Julius Walker	59.0%	5	45 min	10 October 2026	Active
#24	Luana Santos	58.8%	5	58 min	20 June 2026	Active
#25	Nurullo Aliev	58.7%	4	60 min	25 July 2026	Active

What it measures. Own control time as % of fight time. Higher is better. Formula. Time spent controlling the opponent, as a share of total fight time. Minimum sample. Career: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Last five: at least 3 fights and 15 minutes of fight time. The Sample column is the amount behind each figure (minutes of fight time). A fighter below the minimum is not ranked and does not appear here; the figure is still shown, greyed, on their own page. Order. The table follows the published rank, which for rate stats is computed from a confidence-adjusted score rather than the raw figure, so the values can sit slightly out of order. The value shown is always the raw figure. Last bout and Active. The date of the fighter's most recent fight in this data. Active means a bout in the last 18 months. Coverage. Every figure is built from UFC fights that have round-by-round data. Some older bouts do not, and are left out rather than estimated. Check us. Rebuilt from the official UFC statistical record on every build; nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself.

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