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Heavyweight · 2026

Best Heavyweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

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

Jailton Almeida leads the heavyweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 10.49 seconds / 15 min , followed by Louie Sutherland (9.43) and Valter Walker (7.97) .

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

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  1. 1
    Jailton Almeida
    8-3-0 11 fights #9
    10.49
  2. 2
    Louie Sutherland
    1-3-0 4 fights #43
    9.43
  3. 3
    Valter Walker
    5-1-0 6 fights #13
    7.97
  4. 4
    Alexandr Romanov
    7-3-0 10 fights #14
    7.32
  5. 5
    Mario Pinto
    3-0-0 3 fights #12
    7.05
  6. 6
    Curtis Blaydes
    14-6-0 21 fights #7
    6.80
  7. 7
    Tallison Teixeira
    2-2-0 4 fights #31
    6.41
  8. 8
    Shamil Gaziev
    3-3-0 6 fights #30
    6.20
  9. 9
    Thomas Petersen
    3-4-0 7 fights #37
    5.80
  10. 10
    Marcus Buchecha
    0-2-1 3 fights #38
    5.07
  11. 11
    Serghei Spivac
    9-6-0 15 fights #18
    4.93
  12. 12
    Vitor Petrino
    7-2-0 9 fights #16
    4.86
  13. 13
    Hamdy Abdelwahab
    2-1-0 4 fights #28
    4.60
  14. 14
    Aleksandar Rakic
    7-5-0 12 fights #21
    4.58
  15. 15
    Josh Hokit
    4-0-0 4 fights #6
    4.24
  16. 16
    Marcin Tybura
    14-11-0 25 fights #23
    4.05
  17. 17
    Rodrigo Nascimento
    4-3-0 8 fights #24
    3.55
  18. 18
    Ryan Spann
    10-6-0 16 fights #20
    3.53
  19. 19
    Martin Buday
    7-1-0 8 fights #11
    3.48
  20. 20
    Rizvan Kuniev
    2-1-0 3 fights #22
    3.41
  21. 21
    Tom Aspinall C
    8-1-0 10 fights #2
    3.34
  22. 22
    Mohammed Usman
    4-2-0 6 fights #27
    2.83
  23. 23
    Kennedy Nzechukwu
    8-6-1 15 fights #25
    2.70
  24. 24
    Mick Parkin
    4-1-0 5 fights #19
    2.40
  25. 25
    Don'Tale Mayes
    4-7-0 12 fights #42
    1.96
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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.