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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 Cam Rowston (7.18) and Jacob Malkoun (7.11) .

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
    Cam Rowston
    3-0-0 3 fights #19
    7.18
  3. 3
    Jacob Malkoun
    6-3-0 9 fights #34
    7.11
  4. 4
    Anthony Hernandez
    9-4-0 13 fights #14
    6.99
  5. 5
    Ryan Loder
    1-2-0 3 fights #61
    6.78
  6. 6
    Kyle Daukaus
    4-6-0 11 fights #56
    6.42
  7. 7
    Kamaru Usman
    16-4-0 20 fights #3
    6.07
  8. 8
    Andre Petroski
    8-5-0 13 fights #37
    5.86
  9. 9
    Ikram Aliskerov
    5-1-0 6 fights #11
    5.70
  10. 10
    Rodolfo Vieira
    7-5-0 12 fights #41
    5.32
  11. 11
    Andre Muniz
    6-4-0 10 fights #33
    5.23
  12. 12
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    5.01
  13. 13
    Antonio Trocoli
    0-4-0 4 fights #71
    4.99
  14. 14
    Chris Weidman
    12-8-0 20 fights #23
    4.83
  15. 15
    Eryk Anders
    10-9-0 20 fights #40
    4.60
  16. 16
    Brendan Allen
    16-4-0 20 fights #4
    4.57
  17. 17
    Junyong Park
    9-4-0 13 fights #30
    4.48
  18. 18
    Jackson Mcvey
    2-2-0 4 fights #45
    4.32
  19. 19
    Donte Johnson
    3-0-0 3 fights #24
    4.30
  20. 20
    Gilbert Urbina
    2-3-0 5 fights #55
    4.26
  21. 21
    Azamat Bekoev
    2-2-0 4 fights #54
    4.25
  22. 22
    Dusko Todorovic
    4-7-0 11 fights #70
    4.25
  23. 23
    Dustin Stoltzfus
    4-7-0 11 fights #63
    4.21
  24. 24
    Caio Borralho
    8-1-0 9 fights #7
    4.03
  25. 25
    Baisangur Susurkaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #20
    4.02
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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.