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Light Heavyweight · 2026

Best Light Heavyweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

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

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev leads the light heavyweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 10.07 seconds / 15 min , followed by Julius Walker (8.86) and Austen Lane (6.24) .

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

Control Time per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #13
    10.07
  2. 2
    Julius Walker
    2-3-0 5 fights #30
    8.86
  3. 3
    Austen Lane
    1-5-0 7 fights #42
    6.24
  4. 4
    Jimmy Crute
    6-4-2 12 fights #17
    6.02
  5. 5
    Oumar Sy
    3-3-0 6 fights #27
    5.69
  6. 6
    Reinier De Ridder
    5-2-0 7 fights #8
    5.52
  7. 7
    Nikita Krylov
    12-10-0 22 fights #20
    5.30
  8. 8
    Sedriques Dumas
    3-6-0 10 fights #41
    5.07
  9. 9
    Bruno Lopes
    1-3-0 4 fights #39
    5.03
  10. 10
    Tuco Tokkos
    1-3-0 4 fights #40
    4.38
  11. 11
    Magomed Ankalaev
    13-2-1 17 fights #2
    4.26
  12. 12
    Iwo Baraniewski
    3-1-0 4 fights #23
    3.96
  13. 13
    Roman Dolidze
    9-6-0 15 fights #16
    3.82
  14. 14
    Ivan Erslan
    1-3-0 4 fights #34
    3.60
  15. 15
    Ion Cutelaba
    9-11-1 21 fights #26
    3.48
  16. 16
    Alonzo Menifield
    12-6-1 19 fights #10
    3.44
  17. 17
    Gerald Meerschaert
    12-15-0 27 fights #31
    3.23
  18. 18
    Navajo Stirling
    6-0-0 6 fights #4
    2.81
  19. 19
    Rodolfo Bellato
    2-2-1 6 fights #28
    2.80
  20. 20
    Zhang Mingyang
    3-2-0 5 fights #25
    2.74
  21. 21
    Felipe Franco
    1-2-0 3 fights #32
    2.49
  22. 22
    Billy Elekana
    3-1-0 4 fights #21
    2.41
  23. 23
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-9-2 23 fights #11
    1.99
  24. 24
    Jiri Prochazka
    6-3-0 9 fights #9
    1.83
  25. 25
    Modestas Bukauskas
    9-5-0 14 fights #19
    1.71
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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 Oct 17, 2026.