Most control time

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The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.

Updated September 25, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter	Most control time	Fight time	Bouts
1	Demetrious Johnson	1h 27m	4h 39m	15
2	Alexandre Pantoja	1h 18m	4h	19
3	Tim Elliott	1h 13m	4h 19m	20
4	Brandon Moreno	1h 4m	5h 56m	21
5	Ray Borg	1h 3m	2h 8m	9
6	Dustin Ortiz	1h 1m	2h 54m	14
7	Tatsuro Taira	53:28	1h 43m	9
8	Jussier Formiga	52:39	3h 1m	16
9	Asu Almabayev	51:03	2h	9
10	Cody Durden	50:05	2h 5m	13
11	Muhammad Mokaev	46:57	1h 35m	9
12	Wilson Reis	43:05	1h 58m	11
13	Tagir Ulanbekov	40:19	1h 39m	8
14	Joseph Benavidez	37:00	3h 30m	19
15	Justin Scoggins	36:27	1h 34m	8
16	Louis Smolka	36:04	2h 2m	10
17	Kyoji Horiguchi	33:09	2h 33m	11
18	Ali Bagautinov	31:50	1h 53m	7
19	Yuya Wakamatsu	31:41	1h 4m	6
20	Henry Cejudo	31:34	1h 49m	9
21	Jarred Brooks	31:16	1h 15m	6
22	Jawany Scott	30:32	1h 26m	6
23	Paddy Holohan	30:28	57:15	5
24	Makoto Takahashi	30:21	1h 25m	9
25	Aaron Aby	29:13	1h 35m	6
26	Erson Yamamoto	28:51	1h 8m	7
27	Deiveson Figueiredo	27:00	2h 47m	14
28	Zach Makovsky	25:56	2h 17m	10
29	Bidzina Gavashelishvili	25:21	1h 15m	5
30	Liz Carmouche	24:57	59:13	5
31	John Moraga	24:26	2h 48m	14
32	Yuki Ito	24:17	1h 37m	7
33	Allan Nascimento	23:30	1h 18m	6
34	Askar Askarov	23:29	1h 15m	5
35	Alex Perez	23:19	1h 35m	14
36	Rogerio Bontorin	22:57	1h 8m	6
37	Jimmy Flick	22:53	1h 3m	7
38	Amir Albazi	22:17	1h 37m	6
39	Jena Bishop	21:28	1h 2m	7
40	Fran Breen	20:21	56:15	6
41	Sam Creasey	19:52	1h 30m	5
42	Hiromasa Ougikubo	19:46	1h 15m	5
43	Veronika Smolková	19:34	46:36	5
44	André Lima	19:13	1h 34m	7
45	Eric Shelton	19:10	1h 30m	6
46	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	18:22	2h 16m	10
47	Dakota Ditcheva	18:20	1h 3m	10
48	Michelangelo Lupoli	18:19	1h 3m	5
49	Hu Yong	18:10	1h 5m	5
50	Bruno Silva	17:43	1h 51m	11
51	Carlos Hernandez	17:01	1h 27m	8
52	Victor Altamirano	16:35	1h 34m	7
53	Jafel Filho	16:11	53:44	6
54	Jesus Aguilar	16:02	1h 19m	8
55	John Dodson	15:52	2h 29m	10
56	Avazbek Kholmirzaev	15:48	34:54	5
57	Clayton Carpenter	15:38	1h	6
58	Ian McCall	15:36	1h 30m	6
59	Brandon Royval	14:24	2h 32m	13
60	Chris Cariaso	14:06	1h 58m	9
61	Sergio Pettis	14:02	2h 17m	9
62	Lone'er Kavanagh	13:50	1h 36m	7
63	Kai Kara-France	13:47	2h 40m	13
64	Malcolm Gordon	13:18	38:50	6
65	Joshua Van	12:53	2h 51m	12
66	Davide Scarano	11:53	1h 5m	5
67	Matheus Nicolau	11:16	1h 50m	10
68	Yuta Sasaki	11:15	47:41	6
69	David Dvorak	11:11	1h 45m	9
70	CJ Vergara	10:46	1h 24m	9
71	Valentina Scatizzi	10:42	50:20	5
72	Jenel Lausa	10:32	1h 9m	5
73	Charles Johnson	10:28	2h 56m	14
74	Jake Hadley	9:36	1h 2m	6
75	Hiroya Kondo	9:29	55:04	5
76	Steve Erceg	9:12	1h 49m	8
77	Matt Schnell	8:04	1h 37m	12
78	Eimar Darcy	8:01	38:54	5
79	Mitch Raposo	7:36	1h 8m	5
80	Alessandro Costa	6:46	1h 23m	8
81	Neil Seery	6:35	1h 37m	7
82	Luis Gurule	6:34	1h 7m	5
83	Ben Nguyen	6:23	59:47	7
84	Sumudaerji	6:12	1h 40m	8
85	Ryan Benoit	6:07	1h 31m	8
86	Kevin Borjas	5:07	1h 35m	8
87	John Lineker	4:46	1h 25m	8
88	Daniel Barez	4:39	1h 2m	5
89	Raulian Paiva	4:09	57:38	5
90	Joseph Morales	3:39	46:24	5
91	Manel Kape	3:38	2h 4m	11
92	Daniel Lacerda	2:47	22:04	5
93	Joby Sanchez	2:42	1h 4m	6
94	Tyson Nam	2:10	1h 9m	6
95	Ode Osbourne	2:08	58:16	8
96	Jean Claude Saclag	1:45	18:05	5
97	Édgar Cháirez	1:17	54:00	6
98	Jordan Espinosa	0:43	1h 5m	7

Ranked across every MMA promotion we track. BKFC is bare-knuckle boxing — two-minute rounds, and a punch count that is not a significant-strike count — so it is ranked only on its own boards.

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