Most time in the cage

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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 time in the cage	Fights	Bouts
1	Brandon Moreno	5h 56m	21	21
2	Demetrious Johnson	4h 39m	15	15
3	Tim Elliott	4h 19m	20	20
4	Alexandre Pantoja	4h	19	19
5	Joseph Benavidez	3h 30m	19	19
6	Jussier Formiga	3h 1m	16	16
7	Charles Johnson	2h 56m	14	14
8	Dustin Ortiz	2h 54m	14	14
9	Joshua Van	2h 51m	12	12
10	John Moraga	2h 48m	14	14
11	Deiveson Figueiredo	2h 47m	14	14
12	Kai Kara-France	2h 40m	13	13
13	Kyoji Horiguchi	2h 33m	11	11
14	Brandon Royval	2h 32m	13	13
15	John Dodson	2h 29m	10	10
16	Zach Makovsky	2h 17m	10	10
17	Sergio Pettis	2h 17m	9	9
18	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	2h 16m	10	10
19	Ray Borg	2h 8m	9	9
20	Cody Durden	2h 5m	13	13
21	Manel Kape	2h 4m	11	11
22	Louis Smolka	2h 2m	10	10
23	Asu Almabayev	2h	9	9
24	Wilson Reis	1h 58m	11	11
25	Chris Cariaso	1h 58m	9	9
26	Ali Bagautinov	1h 53m	7	7
27	Bruno Silva	1h 51m	11	11
28	Matheus Nicolau	1h 50m	10	10
29	Steve Erceg	1h 49m	8	8
30	Henry Cejudo	1h 49m	9	9
31	David Dvorak	1h 45m	9	9
32	Tatsuro Taira	1h 43m	9	9
33	Sumudaerji	1h 40m	8	8
34	Tagir Ulanbekov	1h 39m	8	8
35	Yuki Ito	1h 37m	7	7
36	Amir Albazi	1h 37m	6	6
37	Matt Schnell	1h 37m	12	12
38	Neil Seery	1h 37m	7	7
39	Lone'er Kavanagh	1h 36m	7	7
40	Kevin Borjas	1h 35m	8	8
41	Aaron Aby	1h 35m	6	6
42	Alex Perez	1h 35m	14	14
43	Muhammad Mokaev	1h 35m	9	9
44	André Lima	1h 34m	7	7
45	Justin Scoggins	1h 34m	8	8
46	Victor Altamirano	1h 34m	7	7
47	Ryan Benoit	1h 31m	8	8
T-48	Ian McCall	1h 30m	6	6
T-48	Eric Shelton	1h 30m	6	6
50	Sam Creasey	1h 30m	5	5
51	Carlos Hernandez	1h 27m	8	8
52	Jawany Scott	1h 26m	6	6
53	Makoto Takahashi	1h 25m	9	9
54	John Lineker	1h 25m	8	8
55	CJ Vergara	1h 24m	9	9
56	Alessandro Costa	1h 23m	8	8
57	Jesus Aguilar	1h 19m	8	8
58	Allan Nascimento	1h 18m	6	6
59	Jarred Brooks	1h 15m	6	6
T-60	Askar Askarov	1h 15m	5	5
T-60	Hiromasa Ougikubo	1h 15m	5	5
T-60	Bidzina Gavashelishvili	1h 15m	5	5
63	Tyson Nam	1h 9m	6	6
64	Jenel Lausa	1h 9m	5	5
65	Mitch Raposo	1h 8m	5	5
66	Rogerio Bontorin	1h 8m	6	6
67	Erson Yamamoto	1h 8m	7	7
68	Luis Gurule	1h 7m	5	5
69	Jordan Espinosa	1h 5m	7	7
70	Hu Yong	1h 5m	5	5
71	Davide Scarano	1h 5m	5	5
72	Yuya Wakamatsu	1h 4m	6	6
73	Joby Sanchez	1h 4m	6	6
74	Michelangelo Lupoli	1h 3m	5	5
75	Jimmy Flick	1h 3m	7	7
76	Dakota Ditcheva	1h 3m	10	10
77	Jena Bishop	1h 2m	7	7
78	Jake Hadley	1h 2m	6	6
79	Daniel Barez	1h 2m	5	5
80	Clayton Carpenter	1h	6	6
81	Ben Nguyen	59:47	7	7
82	Liz Carmouche	59:13	5	5
83	Ode Osbourne	58:16	8	8
84	Raulian Paiva	57:38	5	5
85	Paddy Holohan	57:15	5	5
86	Fran Breen	56:15	6	6
87	Hiroya Kondo	55:04	5	5
88	Édgar Cháirez	54:00	6	6
89	Jafel Filho	53:44	6	6
90	Valentina Scatizzi	50:20	5	5
91	Yuta Sasaki	47:41	6	6
92	Veronika Smolková	46:36	5	5
93	Joseph Morales	46:24	5	5
94	Eimar Darcy	38:54	5	5
95	Malcolm Gordon	38:50	6	6
96	Avazbek Kholmirzaev	34:54	5	5
97	Daniel Lacerda	22:04	5	5
98	Jean Claude Saclag	18:05	5	5

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.

Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics.