Brian Foster
73″ reach · +4.27% reach advantage · 71st percentile
Brian Foster has a reach of 73″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +4.27%, above average for lightweight MMA and the 71st percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.27%
73″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 74th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 58th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
29–11
40 bouts on record
Finish rate
97%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 95th percentile
The career, bout by bout
41 recorded bouts from 2006 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
2006–2024
Longest unbeaten run
6
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
41
39 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | L | Evan Cutts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2024 | W | Roderick Stewart | Submission | 2 |
| 2020 | W | Cliff Wright | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | L | Amirkhan Adaev | DQ | 2 |
| 2019 | L | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | Submission | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Ramsey Nijem | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Jon Fitch | Submission | 2 |
| 2016 | W | Luiz Firmino | Submission | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Justin Gaethje | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | João Zeferino | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | W | LaRue Burley | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Marcio Navarro | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | L | Jake Shields | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Gilbert Smith | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Rodrigo Soria | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Mitch Whitesel | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | James Wood | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | L | Daniel Roberts | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | LaVerne Clark | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Jack Mason | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Matt Brown | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Forrest Petz | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Chris Lytle | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Brock Larson | Submission | 2 |
| 2009 | L | Rick Story | Submission | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Kyle Baker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Mike Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Nathan Coy | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Diego Brandão | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Douglas Edwards | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Nuri Shakir | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Ken Jackson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Phet Phongsavane | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Derik Bolton | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Steve Carl | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | James Inhoff | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Jeff Davis | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | TJ Waldburger | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Deric Harris | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Luis Palomino | KO/TKO | — |
| — | L | João Zeferino | Submission | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Brian Foster competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 29 | 11 | 15 |
| Kickboxing | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Jorge Masvidal+4.27% 74″ reach · 71st pct
- Brad Blackburn+4.27% 73″ reach · 71st pct
- Brent Primus+4.27% 73″ reach · 71st pct
- Frank Camacho+4.27% 73″ reach · 71st pct
- Paddy Pimblett+4.27% 73″ reach · 71st pct
- Caros Fodor+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th pct
- Gadzhi Rabadanov+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th pct
- Dennis Hallman+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th 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 161 lightweight 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: Brian Foster (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-12-30. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.