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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

Cage control — most seconds spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of cage time.

Raul Rosas Jr. leads the bantamweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 8.53 seconds / 15 min , followed by Bryce Mitchell (8.25) and Rinya Nakamura (7.81) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window Ctrl / 15 min. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Raul Rosas Jr.
    6-1-0 7 fights #12
    8.53
  2. 2
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #10
    8.25
  3. 3
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    7.81
  4. 4
    Rafael Estevam
    3-1-0 4 fights #38
    7.79
  5. 5
    Dan Argueta
    1-3-0 6 fights #67
    6.10
  6. 6
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-1-0 9 fights #2
    5.82
  7. 7
    Rei Tsuruya
    2-1-0 3 fights #44
    5.59
  8. 8
    Merab Dvalishvili
    14-3-0 17 fights #1
    5.39
  9. 9
    Changho Lee
    2-1-0 3 fights #50
    5.35
  10. 10
    Nathan Fletcher
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    4.99
  11. 11
    Elijah Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    4.92
  12. 12
    Farid Basharat
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    4.80
  13. 13
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    4.74
  14. 14
    Caolan Loughran
    2-2-0 4 fights #51
    4.72
  15. 15
    Montel Jackson
    9-4-0 13 fights #22
    4.59
  16. 16
    Suyoung You
    3-1-0 4 fights #37
    4.55
  17. 17
    Jafel Filho
    3-3-0 6 fights #48
    4.45
  18. 18
    Ricky Simon
    10-6-1 17 fights #28
    4.35
  19. 19
    Brad Katona
    4-5-0 9 fights #56
    4.27
  20. 20
    Quang Le
    1-3-0 4 fights #69
    4.18
  21. 21
    Toshiomi Kazama
    1-3-0 4 fights #71
    4.15
  22. 22
    Cameron Saaiman
    3-3-0 6 fights #53
    3.74
  23. 23
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-4-0 15 fights #9
    3.71
  24. 24
    Cody Gibson
    3-8-0 11 fights #75
    3.63
  25. 25
    Colby Thicknesse
    2-1-0 3 fights #49
    3.59
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.