5 UFC records you have probably never heard of

#2 Most total fight time – Frankie Edgar (6 hours, 27 minutes and 49 seconds)

Nobody has spent more time in the Octagon than Frankie Edgar

Former UFC Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has come under fire over the years and has often been labelled a ‘point-fighter’ due to the propensity for his fights going the distance and requiring the judges to decide a winner. The fact that he holds the record for most total fight time in the UFC would appear to back this up, but it’s also a record to be admired too.

Making his debut at 2007’s UFC 67, Edgar’s UFC record currently stands at an impressive 17-6-1, and only two of those losses have come at the hands of non-UFC champions – to Brian Ortega and Gray Maynard. He’s also only been finished on one occasion during his Octagon tenure.

On the other side of the coin, Edgar also hasn’t finished that many of his opponents when he’s come out on top; of his 17 wins, he’s only picked up 7 stoppages before the final buzzer. In total then, he’s been the distance on a remarkable 16 occasions.

Of those 16 fights, 8 of them were 5-round affairs, meaning even more cage time. Edgar’s current total cage time then stands at a massive 6 hours, 27 minutes and 49 seconds – over 20 minutes more than his nearest rival Michael Bisping, and the Brit has 5 more UFC fights than ‘The Answer’.

With Edgar not looking anywhere near the end of his career, we can expect this record to be extended even further by the New Jersey native – I wouldn’t even be surprised if he were to reach 10 hours inside the Octagon by the time he hangs up his gloves.