Aaron Riley
30–14 · 44 recorded bouts · 1997–2013
Aaron Riley finished 63% of 30 wins inside the distance — the 33rd percentile for welterweight MMA, where the median is 73%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Aaron Riley, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
30–14
45 bouts on record
Finish rate
63%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 33rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
44 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
1997–2013
Longest unbeaten run
11
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1999
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
44
44 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | L | Justin Salas | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Tony Ferguson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Joe Brammer | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Ross Pearson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Shane Nelson | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Jorge Gurgel | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Steve Claveau | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Thiago Meller | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Ryan Schultz | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | L | Eddie Alvarez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Darrell Smith | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | L | Spencer Fisher | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Michihiro Omigawa | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Andrew Chappelle | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Maicon Alarcao | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Nuri Shakir | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | L | Sam Morgan | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Cedric Marks | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Nick Gilardi | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | L | Chris Lytle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Alexandre Barros | Decision | 3 |
| 2002 | L | Robbie Lawler | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Mike Willus | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Yves Edwards | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Earl Thompson | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Steve Berger | Decision | 3 |
| 2000 | W | Aaron Stregles | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Jeremy Bennett | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Colin O'Rourke | Decision | 3 |
| 1999 | L | Falaniko Vitale | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Yves Edwards | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Joe Merit | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | D | CJ Fernandes | Draw | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Billy Johnson | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Rob Tallack | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Tony Apponte | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | James Julian | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Shane Garrett | Decision | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Phil Stroffolino | Submission | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Brian Boclair | Submission | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Chris Mounce | Submission | — |
| 1997 | W | Billy Johnson | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Mario Roberto | Submission | — |
| 1997 | W | Chris Malgieri | Submission | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 299 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Aaron Riley on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-10-16. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.