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Most octagon time in UFC bantamweight history

The fighter with the most octagon time in UFC bantamweight history is Marlon Vera, with 6 hours 5 minutes, fought between 15 November 2014 and 19 September 2026.

Total time spent fighting inside the octagon — every bout added up, opening bell to finish or final horn.
Correct as of 20 September 2026 · UFC bantamweight bouts only, 1994–2026 · 8,878 fights · 264 qualify for this record
#Octagon timeFighterFights countedAverageFirstLast
16h 05mMarlon Vera2713:322014-11-152026-09-19
25h 30mAljamain Sterling2314:222014-02-222026-04-25
34h 59mMerab Dvalishvili1717:352017-12-092025-12-06
44h 42mPetr Yan1617:372018-06-232025-12-06
54h 38mRob Font2113:142014-07-052026-03-07
64h 12mPedro Munhoz2211:272014-02-222024-11-02
74h 10mCory Sandhagen1714:432018-01-272026-07-11
84h 05mUrijah Faber1813:382011-03-192019-12-14
93h 55mRenan Barao1713:502011-05-282019-11-16
103h 51mJohn Dodson1713:372011-12-032020-08-15
113h 50mRani Yahya2110:592011-01-222024-04-27
123h 47mSong Yadong1812:382017-11-252026-08-29
133h 46mRaphael Assuncao1911:562011-03-192023-03-11
143h 40mTJ Dillashaw1812:152011-12-032022-10-22
153h 35mRicky Simon1712:402018-04-212026-03-28
163h 23mChris Gutierrez1513:322018-11-302025-10-04
173h 19mJonathan Martinez1513:182018-10-272024-11-16
183h 17mRaoni Barcelos1513:082018-07-142026-04-25
193h 10mDavey Grant1611:532013-11-302026-04-25
203h 09mSean O'Malley1611:502017-12-012026-06-14
213h 08mJohn Lineker1611:462012-05-052019-04-27
223h 03mDominick Cruz1018:192011-07-022022-08-13
232h 59mCody Stamann1511:592017-07-082024-11-09
242h 58mCody Garbrandt189:542015-01-032026-07-11
252h 55mKyung Ho Kang1412:302013-03-022024-06-22
262h 54mIuri Alcantara189:402011-08-272018-08-25
272h 47mDouglas Silva de Andrade1411:582014-02-152026-02-28
282h 41mTakeya Mizugaki1411:322011-03-032016-12-17
292h 41mVince Morales1213:272018-11-242026-05-02
302h 39mMiles Johns1312:182019-09-142026-08-08
312h 36mMario Bautista1510:252019-01-192026-07-11
322h 31mBrad Pickett1410:512011-11-052017-03-18
332h 31mEddie Wineland169:262011-03-192022-06-18
342h 22mMontel Jackson1310:582018-08-042026-04-25
352h 18mAlejandro Perez1310:402014-11-152022-02-26
362h 17mKyler Phillips1013:452020-02-292026-04-18
372h 17mJimmie Rivera1112:272015-07-182021-02-27
382h 15mGeorge Roop1310:252008-12-132015-09-26
392h 13mBrian Kelleher177:512017-06-032024-07-20
402h 13mUmar Nurmagomedov1013:202021-01-202026-08-29
412h 10mAiemann Zahabi1111:492017-02-192026-06-14
422h 09mFrankie Saenz1012:552014-08-162020-08-01
432h 07mScott Jorgensen1210:372011-06-042015-11-21
442h 06mAndre Ewell914:012018-09-222021-12-18
452h 01mBrad Katona913:272018-07-062025-05-10
462h 00mAlatengheili913:252019-08-312025-04-26
471h 59mBryan Caraway1011:572011-12-032018-11-30
481h 56mChico Camus814:362012-08-112015-09-26
491h 55mJohn Castaneda912:522020-07-252026-04-18
501h 52mCody Gibson1110:112014-02-222026-07-25
511h 51mTaylor Lapilus813:552015-04-112024-09-28
521h 48mCasey Kenney813:302019-03-302021-08-07
531h 44mSaid Nurmagomedov119:282018-07-142025-07-26
541h 41mFrancisco Rivera119:162011-06-042016-07-30
551h 41mDa'Mon Blackshear1010:082022-08-132025-07-26
561h 41mYves Jabouin1010:062011-04-302015-08-23
571h 40mAoriqileng119:072021-04-242026-08-29
581h 39mMike Easton714:162011-10-012014-06-14
591h 37mJack Shore910:522019-09-282024-11-02
601h 36mAndre Soukhamthath713:432017-03-042019-08-31
611h 34mJose Quinonez910:302014-11-152020-12-05
621h 34mFarid Basharat713:272023-03-042026-07-11
631h 30mErik Perez910:012012-06-012016-11-05
641h 29mThomas Almeida108:592014-11-082021-03-27
651h 28mBrett Johns712:372016-11-192020-07-18
661h 27mTony Gravely810:572020-01-252023-03-11
671h 27mIvan Menjivar99:432004-06-192014-03-01
681h 26mVictor Henry712:222022-01-222025-04-05
691h 26mMarlon Moraes117:492017-06-032022-03-12
701h 25mAdrian Yanez117:442020-10-312026-07-11
711h 25mDaniel Marcos712:092023-01-212025-11-08
721h 24mJean Matsumoto614:092024-04-062026-06-27
731h 24mJavid Basharat712:012022-03-122026-02-07
741h 23mMark De La Rosa711:542017-12-302020-06-13
751h 20mMarcus Brimage810:032011-12-032015-07-18
761h 20mMichael McDonald98:542011-03-262016-07-13
771h 19mVinicius Oliveira613:132024-03-022026-06-20
781h 18mRussell Doane89:462014-01-042018-02-24
791h 17mMitch Gagnon89:442012-07-212019-05-04
801h 15mEdwin Figueroa612:312011-03-262013-11-16
811h 15mMichinori Tanaka515:002014-06-142017-02-04
821h 14mVaughan Lee89:172011-11-052015-07-18
831h 14mAlbert Morales612:212016-09-172018-02-24
841h 13mDamian Stasiak612:182015-04-112018-07-22
851h 13mChad Anheliger514:402022-02-192024-11-02
861h 13mRicky Turcios612:102021-08-282026-03-07
871h 12mGuido Cannetti107:152014-11-152023-03-11
881h 12mTrevin Jones612:042020-08-222023-03-04
891h 12mDan Argueta612:032022-06-042024-10-12
901h 11mRaul Rosas Jr.710:082022-12-102026-03-07
911h 10mJoe Soto88:512014-08-302018-02-03
921h 09mJohnny Eduardo88:382011-08-272021-10-02
931h 08mJohnny Munoz611:272020-08-012023-10-07
941h 07mMatthew Lopez611:182016-07-132018-12-08
951h 07mHugo Viana611:122012-06-232015-08-01
961h 05mRoland Delorme79:232011-12-032014-08-23
971h 05mChris Beal513:062014-04-262016-06-18
981h 04mMarco Beltran610:462014-11-152017-10-07
991h 03mLeandro Issa512:362014-01-042016-09-03
1001h 02mLuke Sanders87:522016-01-172021-05-01
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. 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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