Brandon Vera
78″ reach · +3.99% reach advantage · 55th percentile
Brandon Vera has a reach of 78″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +3.99%, above average for heavyweight MMA and the 55th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.99%
78″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 54th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 48th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA competed at 3: light heavyweight, cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
16–10
26 bouts on record
Finish rate
75%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 29th percentile
The career, bout by bout
27 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2022. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
21y
2002–2022
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
27
26 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | L | Amir Aliakbari | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | L | Arjan Bhullar | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2019 | L | Aung La Nsang | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Mauro Cerilli | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Hideki Sekine | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Paul Cheng | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Igor Subora | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Ben Rothwell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Maurício Rua | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2011 | W | Eliot Marshall | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | N | Thiago Silva | — | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Jon Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Randy Couture | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Krzysztof Soszynski | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Michael Patt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Keith Jardine | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Reese Andy | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | L | Fabrício Werdum | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Tim Sylvia | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Frank Mir | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Assuério Silva | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Justin Eilers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Fabiano Scherner | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Mike Whitehead | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Don Richards | Decision | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Adam Rivera | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Andre Mussi | KO/TKO | — |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Kevin Rosier+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Josh Parisian+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Imamu Mayfield+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Ali Isaev Али Исаев+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Ante Delija+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Jailton Almeida+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Ruslan Magomedov Руслан Магомедов+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th 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: Brandon Vera on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-27. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.