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FightIndex
Era profile

1990s MMA

What 1990s MMA fighters actually measure — 167 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

Across the 167 1990s MMA fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 2.85% — a median reach of 74″ on a median height of 72″. 80% fight orthodox.

The era's shape

Median reach

74″

188 cm

Median height

72″

182.9 cm

Median reach advantage

2.85%

of body height

Median finish rate

85%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

167

31 with a reach on file

-5.6%1990s MMA reach advantage9.9%

Stance

  • orthodox80%
  • southpaw20%

By country

  • United States69
  • Japan39
  • Brazil16
  • Kingdom of the Netherlands8
  • United Kingdom6
  • Australia5
  • Canada4
  • Russia4
  • South Africa3
  • Poland2

Longest reach for the frame

#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Butterbean78″71″+9.87%
2Marvin Eastman75″68.9″+8.86%
3Renzo Gracie76″70″+8.55%
4James Toney74″69″+7.24%
5Matt Skelton80″75″+6.67%
6Royce Gracie76.4″72″+6.07%
7Chris Brennan72″68″+5.91%
8Jérôme Philippe Le Banner79″75″+5.35%
9Michele Aboro67″64″+4.67%
10Chris Haseman74″71″+4.27%
11Daniel Henderson74″71″+4.27%
12Trevor Prangley76″73″+4.1%
13Imamu Mayfield78″75″+3.99%
14Lou Savarese80″77″+3.89%
15Kazushi Sakuraba73.5″70.9″+3.72%
16Jeff Monson71″69″+2.85%
17Shannon Ritch71″69″+2.85%
18Matt Lindland74″72″+2.79%
19Evan Tanner74″72″+2.79%
20Jeremy Allen Williams75″73″+2.75%
21Elvis Sinosic77″75″+2.68%
22Tommy Morrison76″74″+2.66%
23Martha Salazar70″69″+1.43%
24Frank Shamrock71″70″+1.41%
25Tra Telligman75″74″+1.33%
26Cung Le70″69.7″+0.45%
27Don Frye73″72.8″+0.22%
28Francois Botha74″74″0%
29Jorge Rivera73″73″0%
30Ken Shamrock72.8″73″-0.22%
31Tony Fryklund68″72″-5.58%

All 167 on the site

How this is worked out

  1. Every 1990s MMA fighter in the dataset.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
  3. Medians, not means — a single outlier should not move the typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

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Amit Sharma

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.