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Middleweight · 2026

Best Middleweight Control Time per 15 Minutes

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

Khamzat Chimaev leads the middleweight Ctrl / 15 min board at 8.48 seconds / 15 min , followed by Anthony Hernandez (7.85) and Cam Rowston (7.18) .

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

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  1. 1
    Khamzat Chimaev
    9-1-0 10 fights #2
    8.48
  2. 2
    Anthony Hernandez
    9-3-0 12 fights #12
    7.85
  3. 3
    Cam Rowston
    3-0-0 3 fights #19
    7.18
  4. 4
    Jacob Malkoun
    6-3-0 9 fights #31
    7.11
  5. 5
    Ryan Loder
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    6.78
  6. 6
    Kyle Daukaus
    4-5-0 10 fights #46
    6.13
  7. 7
    Kamaru Usman
    16-4-0 20 fights #3
    6.07
  8. 8
    Andre Petroski
    8-5-0 13 fights #34
    5.86
  9. 9
    Ikram Aliskerov
    5-1-0 6 fights #13
    5.70
  10. 10
    Jackson Mcvey
    1-2-0 3 fights #56
    5.50
  11. 11
    Andre Muniz
    6-4-0 10 fights #30
    5.23
  12. 12
    Sedriques Dumas
    3-5-0 9 fights #67
    5.14
  13. 13
    Reinier De Ridder
    4-2-0 6 fights #23
    5.11
  14. 14
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    5.01
  15. 15
    Antonio Trocoli
    0-4-0 4 fights #70
    4.99
  16. 16
    Chris Weidman
    12-8-0 20 fights #21
    4.83
  17. 17
    Rodolfo Vieira
    6-5-0 11 fights #41
    4.60
  18. 18
    Eryk Anders
    10-9-0 20 fights #39
    4.60
  19. 19
    Junyong Park
    9-4-0 13 fights #26
    4.48
  20. 20
    Brendan Allen
    15-4-0 19 fights #5
    4.45
  21. 21
    Donte Johnson
    3-0-0 3 fights #22
    4.30
  22. 22
    Gilbert Urbina
    2-3-0 5 fights #53
    4.26
  23. 23
    Azamat Bekoev
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    4.25
  24. 24
    Dusko Todorovic
    4-7-0 11 fights #69
    4.25
  25. 25
    Dustin Stoltzfus
    4-7-0 11 fights #65
    4.21
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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.