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Most octagon time in UFC middleweight history

The fighter with the most octagon time in UFC middleweight history is Sean Strickland, with 6 hours 46 minutes, fought between 15 March 2014 and 9 May 2026.

Total time spent fighting inside the octagon — every bout added up, opening bell to finish or final horn.
Correct as of 20 October 2026 · UFC middleweight bouts only, 1994–2026 · 8,929 fights · 358 qualify for this record
#Octagon timeFighterFights countedAverageFirstLast
16h 46mSean Strickland2516:152014-03-152026-05-09
26h 04mBrad Tavares2813:002010-06-192026-03-14
35h 51mMichael Bisping2812:322006-06-242017-11-25
45h 47mKelvin Gastelum2613:212013-04-132026-04-11
55h 37mRobert Whittaker2513:302012-12-142026-07-11
65h 25mIsrael Adesanya1917:082018-02-102026-03-28
75h 23mMarvin Vettori1917:022016-08-202026-10-03
85h 08mKevin Holland2910:382018-08-042026-04-11
94h 53mJared Cannonier2113:572015-01-032026-07-18
104h 30mAnderson Silva2510:502006-06-282020-10-31
114h 23mThales Leites2112:332006-11-112018-09-22
124h 16mEd Herman269:522006-06-242023-04-15
134h 12mYushin Okami2112:002006-08-262018-12-01
144h 05mBrendan Allen2012:172019-10-182026-10-10
153h 59mNate Marquardt259:342005-08-062017-11-11
163h 58mThiago Santos249:572013-08-032022-08-06
173h 58mEryk Anders2011:542017-07-222026-03-14
183h 57mPatrick Cote2111:172004-10-222017-04-08
193h 51mSam Alvey249:372014-08-162022-08-06
203h 49mGerald Meerschaert278:292016-12-092026-10-10
213h 44mChris Camozzi1911:472010-06-192017-05-28
223h 40mDan Henderson1812:131998-05-152016-10-08
233h 36mTim Boetsch249:012008-02-022019-03-09
243h 34mKrzysztof Jotko1712:382013-12-062022-10-01
253h 31mRafael Natal1712:262010-09-152017-07-22
263h 23mJack Hermansson1910:422016-09-032025-11-22
273h 22mRich Franklin2010:072003-04-252012-11-10
283h 18mChris Leben229:022005-04-092013-12-28
293h 16mUriah Hall1910:192013-04-132022-07-02
303h 11mYoel Romero1314:432013-04-202020-03-07
313h 09mChris Weidman199:572011-03-032024-12-07
323h 05mRoman Dolidze1512:212020-07-182026-08-22
333h 03mNassourdine Imavov1215:152020-10-032025-09-06
343h 00mMarc-Andre Barriault1810:012019-05-042026-10-17
353h 00mOmari Akhmedov1512:002013-11-092021-07-10
363h 00mDerek Brunson218:342012-12-292023-03-04
372h 55mMichel Pereira1610:582019-05-182026-06-27
382h 53mDricus Du Plessis1115:472020-10-102026-07-18
392h 44mCB Dollaway208:142008-06-212018-09-15
402h 42mAnthony Hernandez1312:282019-02-022026-08-22
412h 39mJunYong Park1312:172019-08-312025-10-25
422h 37mJacare Souza169:502013-05-182021-05-15
432h 37mChris Curtis1213:062021-11-062026-03-14
442h 36mCezar Ferreira1510:252012-06-232019-07-13
452h 33mElias Theodorou1113:582014-04-162019-05-04
462h 33mTrevin Giles1410:582017-07-082024-11-02
472h 31mPaulo Costa1212:382017-03-112026-04-11
482h 30mTrevor Smith1212:322013-07-272019-12-07
492h 30mRoman Kopylov1311:332019-11-092026-10-03
502h 28mAntonio Carlos Junior1311:272014-05-312021-01-23
512h 27mDan Miller1311:192008-09-172015-07-12
522h 24mVitor Belfort265:331997-02-072018-05-12
532h 22mChael Sonnen1410:112005-10-072013-11-16
542h 21mGregory Rodrigues1410:052021-06-052026-08-22
552h 20mEdmen Shahbazyan168:472018-11-302026-09-19
562h 14mAndre Petroski1310:202021-08-282026-05-16
572h 10mMark Munoz158:422009-03-072015-05-16
582h 10mHector Lombard1210:512012-07-212018-09-22
592h 09mRodolfo Vieira1210:492019-08-102026-09-26
602h 09mAndrew Sanchez1012:572016-07-082021-10-16
612h 08mDarren Stewart149:102016-11-192021-08-28
622h 08mChristian Leroy Duncan1111:392023-03-182026-10-10
632h 06mAaron Simpson1111:312009-04-012012-10-05
642h 04mCaio Borralho815:372022-04-162026-03-07
652h 03mKendall Grove139:282006-06-242011-05-28
662h 03mAlan Belcher148:472006-08-262013-04-27
672h 02mCody Brundage167:402021-09-252026-05-16
682h 02mEvan Tanner177:121999-01-082008-06-21
692h 01mPunahele Soriano1210:072019-12-142026-09-05
702h 01mMichal Oleksiejczuk196:222017-12-302026-06-27
712h 00mGegard Mousasi1210:002013-04-062017-04-08
721h 56mMatt Lindland129:442000-12-162005-08-20
731h 55mJorge Rivera157:422003-09-262012-01-20
741h 53mRicardo Almeida1110:182001-05-042011-03-19
751h 53mAlessio Di Chirico1110:162016-04-102022-09-03
761h 53mDustin Stoltzfus1110:162020-11-212026-08-15
771h 51mConstantinos Philippou1011:102011-03-192015-05-16
781h 50mJeremy Horn138:301998-05-152009-01-17
791h 50mBrian Stann1110:032009-04-182013-03-02
801h 48mFrancis Carmont912:042011-10-292014-08-23
811h 46mIsmail Naurdiev813:182019-02-232026-10-03
821h 44mDavid Loiseau911:362003-04-252010-06-12
831h 40mJacob Malkoun911:082020-10-242026-05-02
841h 39mTom Watson714:142012-09-292015-08-08
851h 38mKhamzat Chimaev109:522020-07-152026-05-09
861h 37mTom Lawlor118:522008-12-132016-03-05
871h 37mShara Magomedov713:542023-10-212026-06-27
881h 36mDaniel Kelly109:402014-11-072018-05-27
891h 36mWellington Turman910:442019-07-132023-12-02
901h 36mPhil Baroni109:392001-02-232011-01-01
911h 33mJamie Pickett910:252020-12-192024-03-02
921h 33mBrad Scott811:372012-12-142018-05-27
931h 32mNick Catone811:362009-02-072014-02-01
941h 32mJoe Doerksen910:142004-08-212010-12-11
951h 31mYoshihiro Akiyama713:042009-07-112015-11-28
961h 30mMichael Page615:002024-03-092026-09-05
971h 28mAndre Muniz108:532019-11-162025-10-04
981h 28mNick Ring614:452011-02-262013-12-06
991h 28mBrunno Ferreira118:012023-01-212026-09-19
1001h 27mAbdul Razak Alhassan146:162016-11-192025-01-11
See also. This page is the extreme; these are how often it happens across the whole record: Average UFC fight length by weight class
What counts. Fight time is elapsed time from the opening bell, derived from the round the bout ended in, the clock at that moment and how long each round of that format was booked for — so an open-format bout from the 1990s is measured by its real length rather than as though every round were five minutes. Nine bouts on the record carry a clock that cannot be right (a decision recorded as ending before the bell of the round it was scored in). A career total is a sum, so one wrong clock stays wrong: those bouts are left out of the total and out of the fight count beside it. One name on the record is shared by two different fighters our source roster cannot tell apart, so any career total under it would be two people’s added together. It is left out of every page in this family entirely — the same reason that fighter’s own page is withheld — rather than published as a total that is nobody’s. A bout carries a weight class; a career does not. On a division page each fighter is filed under the division they were in for most of the bouts THIS record counts — where the wins were actually won, not where they finished up — with a tie going to their most recent bout. Fighters whose counted bouts carry no weight class on the record (catchweight, open weight, the 1990s tournaments) appear only on the all-divisions page. Ties. 2 of the rows below share the same 2 hours 3 minutes. Where two fighters share a total they are listed by the earlier start to their record and then alphabetically — they did not reach the same number in any order, so a tie-break claiming precedence would be an assertion the record does not contain. How a fighter gets a division. A bout carries a weight class; a career does not. On a division page each fighter is filed under the division they were in for most of the bouts THIS record counts — where the wins were actually won, not where they finished up — with a tie going to their most recent bout. Fighters whose counted bouts carry no weight class on the record (catchweight, open weight, the 1990s tournaments) appear only on the all-divisions page. Check us. Every total here is counted from the official UFC statistical record on each build; nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Each name links that fighter’s own page, where every fight the total is made of has its own row and its own bout page — so a number can be checked one fight at a time. Search every fight to filter the whole record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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