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 21, 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	Jim Miller	6h 55m	43	43
2	Clay Guida	5h 45m	30	30
3	Rafael Dos Anjos	5h 11m	24	24
4	Gleison Tibau	5h 2m	27	27
5	Michael Johnson	5h	27	27
6	King Green	4h 59m	28	28
7	Edson Barboza	4h 29m	25	25
8	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	4h 26m	20	20
9	Francisco Trinaldo	4h 18m	21	21
10	Ross Pearson	4h 7m	21	21
11	Tony Ferguson	4h 6m	21	21
12	Sam Stout	3h 58m	19	19
13	John Makdessi	3h 58m	19	19
14	Dustin Poirier	3h 57m	20	20
15	Jeremy Stephens	3h 53m	21	21
16	Frankie Edgar	3h 51m	13	13
17	Evan Dunham	3h 49m	20	20
18	Beneil Dariush	3h 44m	26	26
19	BJ Penn	3h 43m	16	16
20	Donald Cerrone	3h 42m	23	23
21	Joe Lauzon	3h 33m	27	27
22	Benson Henderson	3h 28m	12	12
23	Gray Maynard	3h 27m	16	16
24	Anthony Pettis	3h 24m	19	19
25	Nik Lentz	3h 22m	16	16
26	Justin Gaethje	3h 22m	16	16
27	Ronald Paradeiser	3h 20m	19	19
28	Paul Felder	3h 11m	14	14
29	Nasrat Haqparast	3h 11m	16	16
30	Charles Oliveira	3h 9m	24	24
31	Al Iaquinta	3h 8m	14	14
32	Yves Edwards	3h 7m	19	19
33	Spencer Fisher	3h 6m	15	15
34	Thiago Moises	3h 6m	17	17
35	Kevin Lee	3h 5m	17	17
36	Drew Dober	3h 4m	24	24
37	Dan Hooker	3h 4m	18	18
38	Marc Diakiese	3h 3m	16	16
39	Thiago Tavares	3h 2m	18	18
40	Stevie Ray	3h	16	16
41	Diego Ferreira	3h	18	18
42	Nate Diaz	2h 58m	16	16
43	Matt Wiman	2h 56m	18	18
44	Danny Castillo	2h 53m	14	14
45	Clay Collard	2h 51m	14	14
46	Islam Makhachev	2h 50m	16	16
47	Scott Holtzman	2h 47m	13	13
48	Rafa Garcia	2h 44m	12	12
49	Drakkar Klose	2h 44m	14	14
50	Khabib Nurmagomedov	2h 43m	12	12
51	Mateusz Gamrot	2h 39m	14	14
52	Austin Hubbard	2h 37m	12	12
53	Ludovit Klein	2h 36m	12	12
54	Rustam Khabilov	2h 36m	12	12
55	Arman Tsarukyan	2h 32m	13	13
56	Chris Wade	2h 30m	13	13
57	Vinc Pichel	2h 30m	12	12
58	Rafael Fiziev	2h 30m	13	13
59	Natan Schulte	2h 29m	13	13
60	Rashid Magomedov	2h 29m	11	11
61	Mark Bocek	2h 28m	13	13
62	Alexander Hernandez	2h 27m	15	15
63	Farès Ziam	2h 27m	12	12
64	Tyson Griffin	2h 26m	12	12
65	Diego Sanchez	2h 26m	11	11
T-66	Jared Gordon	2h 24m	14	14
T-66	Efrain Escudero	2h 24m	12	12
68	Mateusz Legierski	2h 22m	11	11
69	Lando Vannata	2h 20m	12	12
70	Mac Danzig	2h 19m	12	12
71	Hermes Franca	2h 19m	10	10
72	Marcin Held	2h 15m	11	11
73	Melvin Guillard	2h 12m	19	19
74	Kenny Florian	2h 11m	12	12
75	Joaquim Silva	2h 11m	12	12
76	Davi Ramos	2h 10m	11	11
77	Daron Cruickshank	2h 7m	12	12
78	Grant Dawson	2h 6m	11	11
79	Caol Uno	2h 4m	10	10
80	Mason Jones	2h 3m	10	10
81	Jamie Mullarkey	2h 2m	13	13
82	Alex Martinez	2h	9	9
83	Joe Stevenson	2h	13	13
84	Michel Prazeres	1h 58m	9	9
85	Jens Pulver	1h 57m	9	9
86	Viacheslav Borshchev	1h 56m	11	11
87	Loik Radzhabov	1h 54m	10	10
88	Norman Parke	1h 54m	8	8
89	Dennis Siver	1h 54m	12	12
T-90	Anthony Njokuani	1h 53m	8	8
T-90	Matěj Kuzník	1h 53m	11	11
92	Raush Manfio	1h 53m	8	8
93	Kurt Pellegrino	1h 53m	11	11
94	James Vick	1h 53m	13	13
95	Jan Široký	1h 51m	9	9
96	Sean Sherk	1h 50m	6	6
97	Leonardo Santos	1h 50m	10	10
98	Joe Solecki	1h 49m	10	10
99	Karol Ryšavý	1h 49m	13	13
100	Matt Frevola	1h 49m	13	13

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.