Flyweight · 2026

Best Flyweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

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

Tatsuro Taira leads the flyweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 8.08 seconds / 15 min , followed by Asu Almabayev (6.98) and Tagir Ulanbekov (6.11) .

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

1

Tatsuro Taira

8-2-0 · 10 UFC fights · #4 division

8.08

Elo 1597
2

Asu Almabayev

6-1-0 · 7 UFC fights · #6 division

6.98

Elo 1573
3

Tagir Ulanbekov

6-2-0 · 8 UFC fights · #8 division

6.11

Elo 1552
4

Rei Tsuruya

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #12 division

5.59

Elo 1520
5

Allan Nascimento

4-2-0 · 6 UFC fights · #11 division

5.00

Elo 1522
6

Ronaldo Rodriguez

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #29 division

4.92

Elo 1459
7

Alexandre Pantoja

14-4-0 · 18 UFC fights · #1 division

4.84

Elo 1646
8

Tim Elliott

10-12-0 · 22 UFC fights · #26 division

4.49

Elo 1463
9

Alex Perez

8-6-0 · 14 UFC fights · #10 division

4.22

Elo 1523
10

Andre Lima

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #21 division

4.05

Elo 1488
11

Jimmy Flick

2-4-0 · 6 UFC fights · #39 division

3.86

Elo 1406
12

Clayton Carpenter

2-3-0 · 5 UFC fights · #35 division

3.71

Elo 1419
13

Amir Albazi

5-2-0 · 7 UFC fights · #7 division

3.64

Elo 1565
14

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #23 division

3.57

Elo 1478
15

Kyoji Horiguchi

9-2-0 · 11 UFC fights · #5 division

3.26

Elo 1578
16

Victor Altamirano

2-4-0 · 6 UFC fights · #37 division

2.77

Elo 1410
17

Brandon Moreno

11-7-2 · 20 UFC fights · #9 division

2.71

Elo 1540
18

Jose Johnson

1-3-0 · 4 UFC fights · #40 division

2.60

Elo 1405
19

Joseph Morales

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #20 division

2.55

Elo 1493
20

Carlos Hernandez

3-4-0 · 7 UFC fights · #34 division

2.55

Elo 1424
21

Azat Maksum

1-3-0 · 4 UFC fights · #41 division

2.31

Elo 1395
22

Hyunsung Park

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #24 division

2.23

Elo 1470
23

Felipe Bunes

1-3-0 · 4 UFC fights · #38 division

2.20

Elo 1410
24

Matheus Nicolau

7-4-0 · 11 UFC fights · #15 division

2.17

Elo 1512
25

Bruno Silva

9-13-0 · 22 UFC fights · #32 division

2.15

Elo 1429

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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 Jun 20, 2026.