Ben Rothwell
81″ reach · +6.58% reach advantage · 87th percentile
Ben Rothwell has a reach of 81″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +6.58%, long for heavyweight MMA and the 87th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.58%
81″ reach on a 76″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 81″ (205.7 cm) | 85th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 76″ (193 cm) | 68th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
39–14
53 bouts on record
Finish rate
90%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 59th percentile
The career, bout by bout
57 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
26y
2001–2026
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2002
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
57
55 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | L | Andrei Arlovski | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2025 | W | Mick Terrill | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2024 | W | Todd Duffee | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2023 | W | Josh Copeland | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2022 | W | Bobo O'Bannon | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | L | Marcos Rogério de Lima | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | W | Chris Barnett | Submission | 2 |
| 2020 | L | Marcin Tybura | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2019 | L | Andrei Arlovski | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Junior dos Santos | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Josh Barnett | Submission | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Matt Mitrione | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Alistair Overeem | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Brandon Vera | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Gabriel Gonzaga | Submission | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Brendan Schaub | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Mark Hunt | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Gilbert Yvel | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Cain Velasquez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Chris Guillen | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Andrei Arlovski | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Krzysztof Soszyński | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Travis Fulton | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Roy Nelson | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Matt Thompson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Devin Cole | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Wojtek Kaszowski | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Bryan Vetell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Krzysztof Soszyński | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Dan Bobish | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Joey Smith | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Don Richard | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Allan Weickert | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Dan Christison | Submission | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Jonathan Wiezorek | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Matt Bear | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | L | Carlos Barreto | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Royce Louck | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | L | Ibragim Magomedov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Travis Fulton | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Johnathan Ivey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | L | Mike Whitehead | Decision | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Curtis Crawford | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Mike Priest | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Mike Radnov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Mike Marshalleck | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Steve Hutson | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Tim Sylvia | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Billy Herrington | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Darren Block | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Rob Shinkle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Kerry Schall | KO/TKO | — |
| — | W | Anthony Ferguson | KO/TKO | — |
31 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Ben Rothwell competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 39 | 14 | 28 |
| Kickboxing | 3 | 0 | — |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Soa Palelei+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Cheick Kongo+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Jake Hager+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Matt Skelton+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Bob Sapp+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Juan Espino+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Johnny Walker+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Ovince Saint Preux+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th 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 140 heavyweight 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: Ben Rothwell on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.