Aaron Simpson
73″ reach · +1.37% reach advantage · 22nd percentile
Aaron Simpson has a reach of 73″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of +1.37%, unusually short for welterweight MMA and the 22nd percentile of the 174 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.37%
73″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 42nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 62nd pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA competed at 2: middleweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
12–5
17 bouts on record
Finish rate
58%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 22nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
17 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
2000–2013
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2008
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
17
17 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | L | Joshua Burkman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | L | Mike Pierce | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Kenny Robertson | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Ronny Markes | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Eric Schafer | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Brad Tavares | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Mario Miranda | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Mark Muñoz | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Chris Leben | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Tom Lawlor | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Ed Herman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Tim McKenzie | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | David Avellan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Travis Degraw | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Scott Dingman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Tim Coulson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Billy Onlewski | Submission | 1 |
9 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Donald Cerrone+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Paweł Pawlak+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Richard Walsh+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Park Jun-yong+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Santiago Ponzinibbio+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Jordan Mein+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
- Omari Akhmedov+1.37% 73″ reach · 22nd pct
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 174 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 Simpson (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-03-15. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.