Most control time in a fight

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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 November 6, 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			Fight
1	Sean Sherk	22:18	25:00	Hermes Franca	Jul 7, 2007
2	Khamzat Chimaev	21:40	25:00	Dricus Du Plessis	Aug 17, 2025
3	Tito Ortiz	21:32	25:00	Vladimir Matyushenko	Sep 28, 2001
4	Randy Couture	21:14	25:00	Tito Ortiz	Sep 26, 2003
5	Jailton Almeida	21:10	25:00	Derrick Lewis	Nov 5, 2023
6	Charles Oliveira	20:49	25:00	Max Holloway	Mar 7, 2026
7	Georges St-Pierre	20:31	25:00	Dan Hardy	Mar 27, 2010
8	Alikhan Vakhaev	20:08	25:00	Kirill Kornilov	Nov 7, 2025
9	Marvin Vettori	20:01	25:00	Kevin Holland	Apr 10, 2021
10	Chael Sonnen	19:53	23:10	Anderson Silva	Aug 7, 2010
11	Curtis Blaydes	19:52	25:00	Alexander Volkov	Jun 21, 2020
12	Sean Sherk	19:49	25:00	Kenny Florian	Oct 14, 2006
13	Cory Sandhagen	19:38	25:00	Rob Font	Aug 6, 2023
14	Tito Ortiz	19:13	25:00	Wanderlei Silva	Apr 14, 2000
15	Islam Makhachev	19:10	25:00	Jack Della Maddalena	Nov 16, 2025
16	Karlos Vemola	18:47	25:00	Alex Lohoré	Dec 30, 2020
17	Amanda Nunes	18:29	25:00	Germaine de Randamie	Dec 15, 2019
18	Kamaru Usman	18:24	25:00	Rafael Dos Anjos	Dec 1, 2018
19	Kamaru Usman	18:13	25:00	Tyron Woodley	Mar 3, 2019
20	Demetrious Johnson	17:47	23:15	Ray Borg	Oct 7, 2017
21	Kevin Randleman	17:39	25:00	Pete Williams	Nov 19, 1999
22	Cain Velasquez	17:23	23:09	Junior Dos Santos	Oct 19, 2013
23	Karlos Vemola	17:20	25:00	Attila Végh	Jun 14, 2025
24	Kubanychbek Abdisalam Uulu	17:07	25:00	Kamal Magomedov	Feb 18, 2023
25	Arcangelo Oliveira	17:05	25:00	Lucas Campos	Aug 26, 2023
26	Will Fleury	17:01	25:00	Karlos Vemola	Dec 29, 2024
27	Benson Henderson	16:58	25:00	Nate Diaz	Dec 8, 2012
28	Derek Brunson	16:55	25:00	Kevin Holland	Mar 21, 2021
29	Rose Namajunas	16:40	22:25	Paige VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
30	Kamaru Usman	16:38	25:00	Jorge Masvidal	Jul 12, 2020
31	Demetrious Johnson	16:36	25:00	Tim Elliott	Dec 4, 2016
32	Stipe Miocic	16:27	22:47	Mark Hunt	May 9, 2015
33	Abubakar Vagaev	16:16	25:00	Albert Tumenov	Feb 8, 2025
34	Matt Hughes	16:15	18:37	Carlos Newton	Jul 13, 2002
35	Colby Covington	16:14	25:00	Jorge Masvidal	Mar 6, 2022
36	Frankie Edgar	16:10	24:56	Cub Swanson	Nov 22, 2014
37	Zhang Weili	16:07	25:00	Amanda Lemos	Aug 20, 2023
38	Valentina Shevchenko	16:04	25:00	Alexa Grasso	Sep 15, 2024
39	Jens Pulver	16:02	25:00	Dennis Hallman	Sep 28, 2001
40	Matt Hughes	15:52	18:01	Hayato Sakurai	Mar 22, 2002
41	Alexandre Pantoja	15:51	25:00	Brandon Royval	Dec 17, 2023
T-42	Randy Couture	15:50	25:00	Tim Sylvia	Mar 3, 2007
T-42	Tito Ortiz	15:50	19:42	Frank Shamrock	Sep 24, 1999
44	Anthony Hernandez	15:42	22:22	Michel Pereira	Oct 19, 2024
45	Larissa Pacheco	15:25	25:00	Kayla Harrison	Nov 25, 2022
46	Michael Chiesa	15:21	25:00	Neil Magny	Jan 20, 2021
47	Felipe Lima	15:11	25:00	Jonas Mågård	Jul 29, 2023
48	Ali Bagov	15:06	25:00	Daud Shaikhaev	Jun 28, 2024
49	Stipe Miocic	15:02	25:00	Francis Ngannou	Jan 21, 2018
T-50	Kevin Lee	15:00	22:18	Edson Barboza	Apr 22, 2018
T-50	Georges St-Pierre	15:00	25:00	Carlos Condit	Nov 17, 2012
52	Matt Hughes	14:59	25:00	Sean Sherk	Apr 25, 2003
T-53	Georges St-Pierre	14:58	20:00	BJ Penn	Jan 31, 2009
T-53	Max Holzer	14:58	19:14	Deniz Ilbay	Apr 5, 2025
55	Charles Oliveira	14:52	25:00	Michael Chandler	Nov 17, 2024
56	Rafael Dos Anjos	14:44	25:00	Anthony Pettis	Mar 14, 2015
57	Tiago Pereira	14:24	25:00	Jonathan Frazao	Jul 25, 2026
58	Diego Sanchez	14:22	15:00	Craig White	Sep 8, 2018
59	Chihiro Sawada	14:21	15:00	Itsuki Hirata	Nov 16, 2025
60	Kenichi Yamamoto	14:16	15:00	Daiju Takase	Nov 19, 1999
61	Rafael Dos Anjos	14:15	25:00	Paul Felder	Nov 15, 2020
62	Vladimir Matyushenko	14:14	15:00	Yuki Kondo	Jun 29, 2001
63	Rinat Fakhretdinov	14:11	15:00	Bryan Battle	Dec 18, 2022
T-64	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	14:06	15:00	Maurice Greene	May 9, 2021
T-64	Randy Couture	14:06	15:00	Vitor Belfort	Aug 21, 2004
T-64	Danny Sabatello	14:06	15:00	Taylor Moore	Nov 10, 2020
67	Luis Pena	14:01	15:00	Steve Garcia	Mar 1, 2020
68	Cain Velasquez	13:57	25:00	Junior Dos Santos	Dec 30, 2012
69	Ray Borg	13:53	15:00	Geane Herrera	Aug 8, 2015
70	Royston Wee	13:52	15:00	Dave Galera	Jan 4, 2014
71	Chael Sonnen	13:51	15:00	Dan Miller	May 23, 2009
T-72	Evan Tanner	13:49	15:00	Chris Haseman	Jul 13, 2002
T-72	Thomas Petersen	13:49	15:00	Don'Tale Mayes	May 4, 2025
T-72	Aljamain Sterling	13:49	25:00	Youssef Zalal	Apr 25, 2026
T-75	Demian Maia	13:48	25:00	Ryan LaFlare	Mar 21, 2015
T-75	Mirsad Bektic	13:48	15:00	Paul Redmond	Jan 24, 2015
77	Pat Sabatini	13:47	15:00	Joanderson Brito	Apr 6, 2025
T-78	Grant Dawson	13:46	15:00	Joe Solecki	Jun 2, 2024
T-78	David Kozma	13:46	25:00	Petr Kníže	Apr 9, 2022
80	Georges St-Pierre	13:44	25:00	Nick Diaz	Mar 16, 2013
T-81	Demetrious Johnson	13:43	24:59	Kyoji Horiguchi	Apr 25, 2015
T-81	Ali Bagov	13:43	19:13	Artem Reznikov	Dec 24, 2023
T-81	Johnny Eblen	13:43	24:51	Costello van Steenis	Jul 19, 2025
84	Tatsuya Kawajiri	13:37	15:00	Jason Knight	Dec 11, 2015
85	David Kozma	13:36	25:00	Samuel Krištofič	Mar 16, 2019
T-86	Marc Diakiese	13:35	15:00	Damir Hadzovic	Jul 23, 2022
T-86	Demetrious Johnson	13:35	23:43	John Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
88	Bartosz Fabinski	13:33	15:00	Hector Urbina	Nov 21, 2015
89	Matt Hughes	13:31	15:00	Renato Verissimo	Jun 19, 2004
90	Beneil Dariush	13:30	15:00	Thiago Moises	Nov 11, 2018
T-91	Justin McCully	13:29	15:00	Antoni Hardonk	Apr 5, 2007
T-91	Tariq Pell	13:29	15:00	Bruno Guimarães	Nov 15, 2025
93	Loopy Godinez	13:26	15:00	Ariane Carnelossi	May 8, 2022
T-94	Valentina Shevchenko	13:24	25:00	Zhang Weili	Nov 16, 2025
T-94	Trevor Smith	13:24	15:00	Chris Camozzi	May 28, 2017
96	John Hathaway	13:23	15:00	Paul Taylor	Nov 14, 2009
T-97	Sara McMann	13:22	15:00	Lina Lansberg	Jan 26, 2020
T-97	Rafael Dos Anjos	13:22	25:00	Renato Moicano	Mar 6, 2022
T-99	Karlos Vemola	13:21	15:00	Henrique da Silva	Jul 27, 2019
T-99	Dario Bellandi	13:21	25:00	Robin Roos	Jul 25, 2024

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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