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Average UFC fight length by referee

Across the UFC record, fights are longest under Jerin Valel at 11:42 (90 fights) and shortest under Gary Copeland at 9:13 (50 fights).

How long a UFC fight actually lasts, measured from the opening bell to the stoppage or the final horn.
Computed from 7,170 fights · 30 referees · updated 20 September 2026
Average fight length by referee30 bars. Highest: Jerin Valel at 11:42 from 90 fights. The table below carries every value.Herb DeanHerb Dean: 10:52 (1,222 fights)10:52John McCarthyJohn McCarthy: 9:20 (621 fights)9:20Marc GoddardMarc Goddard: 11:30 (599 fights)11:30Dan MiragliottaDan Miragliotta: 10:19 (489 fights)10:19Jason HerzogJason Herzog: 11:05 (455 fights)11:05Mark SmithMark Smith: 10:46 (436 fights)10:46Chris TognoniChris Tognoni: 10:38 (434 fights)10:38Keith PetersonKeith Peterson: 11:41 (391 fights)11:41Mario YamasakiMario Yamasaki: 9:24 (388 fights)9:24Yves LavigneYves Lavigne: 10:40 (264 fights)10:40Steve MazzagattiSteve Mazzagatti: 9:32 (199 fights)9:32Mike BeltranMike Beltran: 10:40 (197 fights)10:40Leon RobertsLeon Roberts: 10:54 (192 fights)10:54Kerry HatleyKerry Hatley: 10:33 (163 fights)10:33Josh RosenthalJosh Rosenthal: 10:51 (120 fights)10:51Kevin MacDonaldKevin MacDonald: 10:13 (109 fights)10:13Jerin ValelJerin Valel: 11:42 (90 fights)11:42Steve PercevalSteve Perceval: 10:31 (90 fights)10:31Jacob MontalvoJacob Montalvo: 11:06 (78 fights)11:06John SharpJohn Sharp: 10:40 (76 fights)10:40Rich MitchellRich Mitchell: 10:44 (76 fights)10:44Lukasz BosackiLukasz Bosacki: 10:28 (73 fights)10:28Kevin MulhallKevin Mulhall: 10:56 (59 fights)10:56Osiris MaiaOsiris Maia: 9:50 (56 fights)9:50Daniel MovahediDaniel Movahedi: 11:05 (55 fights)11:05Blake GriceBlake Grice: 11:35 (54 fights)11:35Gary CopelandGary Copeland: 9:13 (50 fights)9:13Kevin SatakiKevin Sataki: 10:49 (48 fights)10:49Neil HallNeil Hall: 10:28 (44 fights)10:28Kim WinslowKim Winslow: 10:53 (42 fights)10:53
Average fight length by referee · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
RefereeAverage lengthTotal timeFights
Herb Dean10:52221 hours1,222
John McCarthy9:2097 hours621
Marc Goddard11:30115 hours599
Dan Miragliotta10:1984 hours489
Jason Herzog11:0584 hours455
Mark Smith10:4678 hours436
Chris Tognoni10:3877 hours434
Keith Peterson11:4176 hours391
Mario Yamasaki9:2461 hours388
Yves Lavigne10:4047 hours264
Steve Mazzagatti9:3232 hours199
Mike Beltran10:4035 hours197
Leon Roberts10:5435 hours192
Kerry Hatley10:3329 hours163
Josh Rosenthal10:5122 hours120
Kevin MacDonald10:1319 hours109
Jerin Valel11:4218 hours90
Steve Perceval10:3116 hours90
Jacob Montalvo11:0614 hours78
John Sharp10:4014 hours76
Rich Mitchell10:4414 hours76
Lukasz Bosacki10:2813 hours73
Kevin Mulhall10:5611 hours59
Osiris Maia9:509 hours56
Daniel Movahedi11:0510 hours55
Blake Grice11:3510 hours54
Gary Copeland9:138 hours50
Kevin Sataki10:499 hours48
Neil Hall10:288 hours44
Kim Winslow10:538 hours42
See also. This page is how often; these are the extremes on the same record: Longest UFC fights ever · Shortest UFC fights ever · Latest finishes in UFC history · Most octagon time in UFC history
What counts. Fight length 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. A handful of bouts carry a recorded clock that cannot be right (a decision timed short of the round it was scored in); they are left out of this page rather than averaged in. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. The 30 referees with the most UFC bouts on the official record. A referee does not choose the assignments, so these are differences in the fights each one was given as much as in how each one calls them. 1,544 fights are outside this table. They were officiated by somebody outside those 30, or carry no referee on the record. They are not missing from our record — they are on the year-by-year archive like every other bout; there is simply no row here for them to sit in. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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