Most control time in a fight
The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.
Updated October 2, 2026
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| # | Fighter | Most control time in a fight | Fight time | Fight | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Georges St-Pierre | 20:31 | 25:00 | Dan HardyWelterweight | Mar 27, 2010 |
| 2 |   Islam Makhachev | 19:10 | 25:00 | Jack Della MaddalenaWelterweight | Nov 16, 2025 |
| 3 |   Kamaru Usman | 18:24 | 25:00 | Rafael Dos AnjosWelterweight | Dec 1, 2018 |
| 4 | Kamaru Usman | 18:13 | 25:00 | Tyron WoodleyWelterweight | Mar 3, 2019 |
| 5 | Kamaru Usman | 16:38 | 25:00 | Jorge MasvidalWelterweight | Jul 12, 2020 |
| 6 |  Abubakar Vagaev | 16:16 | 25:00 | Albert TumenovWelterweight | Feb 8, 2025 |
| 7 | Matt Hughes | 16:15 | 18:37 | Carlos NewtonWelterweight | Jul 13, 2002 |
| 8 |  Colby Covington | 16:14 | 25:00 | Jorge MasvidalWelterweight | Mar 6, 2022 |
| 9 | Matt Hughes | 15:52 | 18:01 | Hayato SakuraiWelterweight | Mar 22, 2002 |
| 10 |  Michael Chiesa | 15:21 | 25:00 | Neil MagnyWelterweight | Jan 20, 2021 |
| 11 | Georges St-Pierre | 15:00 | 25:00 | Carlos ConditWelterweight | Nov 17, 2012 |
| 12 | Matt Hughes | 14:59 | 25:00 | Sean SherkWelterweight | Apr 25, 2003 |
| 13 | Georges St-Pierre | 14:58 | 20:00 | BJ PennWelterweight | Jan 31, 2009 |
| 14 |  Diego Sanchez | 14:22 | 15:00 | Craig WhiteWelterweight | Sep 8, 2018 |
| 15 |  Rinat Fakhretdinov | 14:11 | 15:00 | Bryan BattleWelterweight | Dec 18, 2022 |
| 16 |   Demian Maia | 13:48 | 25:00 | Ryan LaFlareWelterweight | Mar 21, 2015 |
| 17 |   David Kozma | 13:46 | 25:00 | Petr KnížeWelterweight | Apr 9, 2022 |
| 18 | Georges St-Pierre | 13:44 | 25:00 | Nick DiazWelterweight | Mar 16, 2013 |
| 19 | David Kozma | 13:36 | 25:00 | Samuel KrištofičWelterweight | Mar 16, 2019 |
| 20 |   Bartosz Fabinski | 13:33 | 15:00 | Hector UrbinaWelterweight | Nov 21, 2015 |
| 21 | Matt Hughes | 13:31 | 15:00 | Renato VerissimoWelterweight | Jun 19, 2004 |
| 22 |   John Hathaway | 13:23 | 15:00 | Paul TaylorWelterweight | Nov 14, 2009 |
| 23 | John Hathaway | 13:15 | 15:00 | Andre RicardoWelterweight | Oct 15, 2022 |
| T-24 |  Charlie Brenneman | 13:10 | 15:00 | Daniel RobertsWelterweight | Jan 20, 2012 |
| T-24 |   Seokhyeon Ko | 13:10 | 15:00 | Phil RoweWelterweight | Nov 1, 2025 |
| T-24 | Georges St-Pierre | 13:10 | 25:00 | Thiago AlvesWelterweight | Jul 11, 2009 |
| T-24 | Matt Hughes | 13:10 | 15:00 | Chris LytleWelterweight | Mar 3, 2007 |
| 28 | Gil Castillo | 13:03 | 15:00 | Chris BrennanWelterweight | Jan 11, 2002 |
| 29 | Kamaru Usman | 13:02 | 15:00 | Alexander YakovlevWelterweight | Jul 24, 2016 |
| T-30 | Bartosz Fabinski | 13:01 | 15:00 | Emil MeekWelterweight | Jul 22, 2018 |
| T-30 |   Kevin Ruart | 13:01 | 15:05 | Omar El DafrawyWelterweight | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 32 | Rinat Fakhretdinov | 13:00 | 15:00 | Andreas MichailidisWelterweight | Jun 4, 2022 |
| T-33 | Kamaru Usman | 12:57 | 25:00 | Joaquin BuckleyWelterweight | Jun 15, 2025 |
| T-33 |  Michael Lombardo | 12:57 | 15:00 | Korey KuppeWelterweight | Sep 15, 2020 |
| 35 | Kamaru Usman | 12:56 | 15:00 | Emil MeekWelterweight | Jan 14, 2018 |
| T-36 |  Karo Parisyan | 12:54 | 15:00 | Chris LytleWelterweight | Feb 5, 2005 |
| T-36 | Demian Maia | 12:54 | 15:00 | Jon FitchWelterweight | Feb 2, 2013 |
| 38 |  Anthony Johnson | 12:45 | 15:00 | Dan HardyWelterweight | Mar 26, 2011 |
| 39 | Colby Covington | 12:36 | 25:00 | Rafael Dos AnjosWelterweight | Jun 9, 2018 |
| 40 |  Punahele Soriano | 12:35 | 15:00 | Nikolay VeretennikovWelterweight | Oct 5, 2025 |
| 41 |   Myktybek Orolbai | 12:33 | 15:00 | Chris CurtisWelterweight | Mar 14, 2026 |
| 42 |  Josh Koscheck | 12:31 | 14:28 | Drew FickettWelterweight | Oct 3, 2005 |
| T-43 | Claude Patrick | 12:30 | 15:00 | James WilksWelterweight | Oct 16, 2010 |
| T-43 |   Yushin Okami | 12:30 | 15:00 | Dhiego LimaWelterweight | Apr 15, 2018 |
| T-43 | Islam Makhachev | 12:30 | 25:00 | Ian Machado GarryWelterweight | Aug 15, 2026 |
| T-46 |  Dong Hyun Kim | 12:25 | 15:00 | Amir SadollahWelterweight | May 29, 2010 |
| T-46 |   Robert Pukač | 12:25 | 15:00 | Tomáš MelišWelterweight | Sep 17, 2022 |
| 48 |   Dalibor Dragojević | 12:19 | 15:00 | Igor JúniorWelterweight | Oct 4, 2025 |
| 49 | Ricardo Almeida | 12:18 | 15:00 | TJ GrantWelterweight | Dec 12, 2010 |
| 50 |  Jon Fitch | 12:17 | 15:00 | Paulo ThiagoWelterweight | Jul 11, 2009 |
| T-51 | Charlie Brenneman | 12:16 | 15:00 | Amilcar AlvesWelterweight | Jan 23, 2011 |
| T-51 |  Joshua Burkman | 12:16 | 15:00 | Chad ReinerWelterweight | Jan 25, 2007 |
| T-53 | Jon Fitch | 12:15 | 15:00 | Ben SaundersWelterweight | Mar 27, 2010 |
| T-53 |   Jay-Jay Wilson | 12:15 | 14:42 | Mads BurnellWelterweight | Apr 18, 2025 |
| T-55 | Dong Hyun Kim | 12:11 | 15:00 | Paulo ThiagoWelterweight | Nov 10, 2012 |
| T-55 | Sean Sherk | 12:11 | 15:00 | Jutaro NakaoWelterweight | Mar 22, 2002 |
| T-55 |   Nicolò Solli | 12:11 | 15:00 | Daniel KarlssonWelterweight | Oct 4, 2025 |
| 58 |  Sean Brady | 12:09 | 15:00 | Joaquin BuckleyWelterweight | May 9, 2026 |
| T-59 |  Yan Cabral | 12:07 | 15:00 | David MitchellWelterweight | Oct 9, 2013 |
| T-59 | Paul Kelly | 12:07 | 15:00 | Paul TaylorWelterweight | Jan 19, 2008 |
| T-59 | Georges St-Pierre | 12:07 | 15:00 | Karo ParisyanWelterweight | Jan 31, 2004 |
| 62 | Matthew Riddle | 12:06 | 15:00 | Dan CramerWelterweight | Aug 8, 2009 |
| 63 |   Mikhail Odintsov | 12:05 | 15:00 | Herbert BatistaWelterweight | May 10, 2025 |
| 64 | Demian Maia | 12:03 | 14:31 | Matt BrownWelterweight | May 15, 2016 |
| 65 |  Belal Muhammad | 12:02 | 25:00 | Leon EdwardsWelterweight | Jul 28, 2024 |
| T-66 |  Vicente Luque | 12:01 | 25:00 | Rafael Dos AnjosWelterweight | Aug 12, 2023 |
| T-66 | Colby Covington | 12:01 | 21:19 | Tyron WoodleyWelterweight | Sep 20, 2020 |
| T-66 | Josh Koscheck | 12:01 | 15:00 | Paul DaleyWelterweight | May 8, 2010 |
| T-69 | Jon Fitch | 12:00 | 15:00 | Kuniyoshi HironakaWelterweight | Oct 14, 2006 |
| T-69 |  Mike Pierce | 12:00 | 13:11 | Amilcar AlvesWelterweight | Aug 29, 2010 |
| 71 | Belal Muhammad | 11:57 | 15:00 | Stephen ThompsonWelterweight | Dec 19, 2021 |
| 72 |  Roan Carneiro | 11:51 | 15:00 | Rich ClementiWelterweight | Apr 5, 2007 |
| 73 | Dennis Hallman | 11:49 | 15:00 | Ben SaundersWelterweight | Aug 7, 2010 |
| 74 | Mike Pierce | 11:47 | 15:00 | Brock LarsonWelterweight | Sep 16, 2009 |
| T-75 | Michael Chiesa | 11:45 | 15:00 | Diego SanchezWelterweight | Jul 7, 2019 |
| T-75 |  Evgeniy Galochkin | 11:45 | 15:00 | Lincoln HenriqueWelterweight | Nov 7, 2025 |
| 77 |  Jake Shields | 11:44 | 25:00 | Demian MaiaWelterweight | Oct 9, 2013 |
| 78 |   Máté Kertész | 11:42 | 15:00 | Vladislav KanchevWelterweight | Jul 23, 2022 |
| T-79 |  Charles Radtke | 11:41 | 14:29 | Daniel FrunzaWelterweight | Nov 1, 2025 |
| T-79 |   Shavkat Rakhmonov | 11:41 | 25:00 | Ian Machado GarryWelterweight | Dec 8, 2024 |
| 81 | Mike Pierce | 11:35 | 15:00 | Julio PaulinoWelterweight | Mar 21, 2010 |
| 82 | Jonathan Goulet | 11:32 | 15:00 | Luke CummoWelterweight | Jun 29, 2006 |
| 83 |   Carl Booth | 11:26 | 15:06 | Ahmad LabbanWelterweight | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 84 | Colby Covington | 11:22 | 15:00 | Mike PyleWelterweight | May 23, 2015 |
| 85 |  Alex Oliveira | 11:21 | 15:00 | James MoontasriWelterweight | Jul 24, 2016 |
| T-86 | Josh Koscheck | 11:20 | 15:00 | Dave MenneWelterweight | Jun 29, 2006 |
| T-86 |  Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov | 11:20 | 25:00 | Vitaliy SlipenkoWelterweight | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 88 | Mike Pierce | 11:19 | 15:00 | Carlos Eduardo RochaWelterweight | Jun 8, 2012 |
| 89 |  Sarek Shields | 11:16 | 15:00 | Joseph LucianoWelterweight | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 90 |   Themba Gorimbo | 11:15 | 15:00 | Takashi SatoWelterweight | May 20, 2023 |
| 91 |  Chance Rencountre | 11:14 | 15:00 | Ismail NaurdievWelterweight | Jul 7, 2019 |
| T-92 | Georges St-Pierre | 11:13 | 25:00 | Jon FitchWelterweight | Aug 9, 2008 |
| T-92 | Dong Hyun Kim | 11:13 | 15:00 | Siyar BahadurzadaWelterweight | Mar 2, 2013 |
| T-94 |  Jeremiah Wells | 11:12 | 15:00 | Matthew SemelsbergerWelterweight | Apr 22, 2023 |
| T-94 |   Farman Hasanov | 11:12 | 15:00 | Eric NolanWelterweight | Jun 27, 2026 |
| 96 |  Jan Fajk | 11:11 | 15:00 | Daniel HromekWelterweight | Dec 30, 2020 |
| T-97 | Sean Brady | 11:10 | 16:39 | Leon EdwardsWelterweight | Mar 22, 2025 |
| T-97 |  Chris Morris | 11:10 | 5:43 | Theo PinoWelterweight | Nov 22, 2025 |
| T-99 |  Johny Hendricks | 11:08 | 15:00 | Matt BrownWelterweight | Mar 14, 2015 |
| T-99 | Matthew Riddle | 11:08 | 15:00 | Steve BrunoWelterweight | Feb 7, 2009 |
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.
This board ranks single performances, not fighters — one fighter can hold more than one row.