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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

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

Grant Dawson leads the lightweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 9.76 seconds / 15 min , followed by Nurullo Aliev (8.80) and Benoit Saint Denis (7.08) .

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

Control Time per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Grant Dawson
    12-2-1 15 fights #6
    9.76
  2. 2
    Nurullo Aliev
    4-0-0 4 fights #12
    8.80
  3. 3
    Benoit Saint Denis
    9-4-0 13 fights #8
    7.08
  4. 4
    Terrance McKinney
    8-6-0 14 fights #46
    6.77
  5. 5
    Claudio Puelles
    5-4-0 9 fights #44
    6.69
  6. 6
    Joe Solecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #42
    6.54
  7. 7
    Arman Tsarukyan
    11-2-0 13 fights #3
    6.44
  8. 8
    Damon Jackson
    6-6-1 14 fights #59
    6.20
  9. 9
    Beneil Dariush
    17-8-1 26 fights #11
    6.10
  10. 10
    Clay Guida
    18-19-0 37 fights #62
    5.54
  11. 11
    Quillan Salkilld
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    5.54
  12. 12
    Chase Hooper
    9-5-0 14 fights #38
    5.34
  13. 13
    Charles Oliveira
    25-11-0 37 fights #2
    5.19
  14. 14
    Jared Gordon
    9-8-0 18 fights #47
    5.07
  15. 15
    Anshul Jubli
    1-2-0 3 fights #80
    4.90
  16. 16
    Francis Marshall
    4-3-0 7 fights #61
    4.78
  17. 17
    Mateusz Gamrot
    9-5-0 14 fights #13
    4.75
  18. 18
    Tofiq Musayev
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    4.75
  19. 19
    Mateusz Rebecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #39
    4.33
  20. 20
    Trey Ogden
    3-3-0 7 fights #58
    4.11
  21. 21
    Fares Ziam
    8-4-0 12 fights #28
    4.04
  22. 22
    Mason Jones
    4-3-0 8 fights #48
    4.02
  23. 23
    Charlie Campbell
    2-1-0 3 fights #57
    3.96
  24. 24
    Rafael Dos Anjos
    21-16-0 37 fights #24
    3.86
  25. 25
    Billy Quarantillo
    6-6-0 12 fights #51
    3.81
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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.