Division profile
Heavyweight MMA
What heavyweight MMA fighters actually measure — 319 of them, from Wikipedia's own infobox data.
Across the 319 heavyweight MMA fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3.29% — a median reach of 77.1″ on a median height of 75″. 81% fight orthodox.
The division's shape
Median reach
77.1″
195.8 cm
Median height
75″
190.5 cm
Median reach advantage
3.29%
of body height
Median finish rate
84%
of wins inside the distance
Stance
- orthodox81%
- southpaw18%
- switch1%
By era
- 1980s2
- 1990s7
- 2000s44
- 2010s57
- 2020s11
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Ngannou | 83″ | 76″ | +9.22% |
| 2 | Bob Sapp | 82″ | 77″ | +6.49% |
| 3 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | 77.6″ | 73″ | +6.31% |
| 4 | Cain Velasquez | 77″ | 73″ | +5.5% |
| 5 | Frank Mir | 79″ | 75″ | +5.35% |
| 6 | Stipe Miocic | 80″ | 76″ | +5.28% |
| 7 | Jiří Procházka | 80″ | 76″ | +5.28% |
| 8 | Ciryl Gane | 81″ | 77″ | +5.16% |
| 9 | Maurício Rua | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 10 | Kimbo Slice | 77″ | 74″ | +4.04% |
| 11 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 12 | Alexander Gustafsson | 79″ | 77″ | +2.61% |
| 13 | Andrei Arlovski | 77″ | 76″ | +1.35% |
| 14 | Fabrício Werdum | 77″ | 76″ | +1.35% |
| 15 | Tom Aspinall | 78″ | 77″ | +1.28% |
| 16 | Tito Ortiz | 74″ | 74″ | 0% |
| 17 | Mirko Cro Cop | 73″ | 74″ | -1.38% |
How this is worked out
- Every heavyweight MMA fighter in the dataset with both a reach and a height recorded.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
- Medians, not means — one 7-foot outlier should not move the division's typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026