In the current study, we identified six mitochondrial-associated lncRNAs (AC116025.2, UBE2Q1-AS1, AC131025.3, C8orf44, RAP2C-AS1, AC005972.3) that were used to form an independent prognostic risk model for BLCA. This evidence concerns the gene C8orf44 and bladder transitional cell carcinoma.