Chael Sonnen
73″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 6th percentile
Chael Sonnen has a reach of 73″ against a height of 73″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for heavyweight MMA and the 6th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
0%
73″ reach on a 73″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 8th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA competed at 3: middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
31–17
49 bouts on record
Finish rate
39%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 2nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
60 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2025. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
29y
1997–2025
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2003
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
60
54 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | L | Craig Jones | Submission | — |
| 2019 | L | Lyoto Machida | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | L | Fedor Emelianenko | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Quinton Jackson | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Wanderlei Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Tito Ortiz | Submission | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Craig Jones | Submission | — |
| 2016 | D | Michael Bisping | Draw | — |
| 2015 | D | Renato Sobral | Draw | — |
| 2014 | L | André Galvão | Submission | — |
| 2013 | L | Rashad Evans | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Maurício Rua | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Jon Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | L | Anderson Silva | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Michael Bisping | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Brian Stann | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | L | Anderson Silva | Submission | 5 |
| 2010 | W | Nate Marquardt | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Yushin Okami | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Dan Miller | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Demian Maia | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Paulo Filho | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Bryan Baker | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Paulo Filho | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Kyacey Uscola | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Amar Suloev | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Tim McKenzie | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Aleksei Oleinik | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Tim Credeur | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Jeremy Horn | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Trevor Prangley | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | L | Renato Sobral | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Tim Williams | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Adam Ryan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Terry Martin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Alex Stiebling | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Jeremy Horn | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | L | Keiichiro Yamamiya | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Justin Bailey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Arman Gambaryan | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Homer Moore | Decision | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Greg Curnut | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Jason Lambert | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | L | Forrest Griffin | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Renato Sobral | Decision | — |
| 2003 | D | Akihiro Gono | Draw | 2 |
| 2003 | L | Trevor Prangley | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | L | Alexandre Ferreira | — | — |
| 2002 | W | Justin Hawes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Jesse Ault | Decision | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Scott Shipman | Submission | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Jason Miller | Decision | 2 |
| 2001 | L | Alexandre Ferreira | Submission | — |
| 1997 | W | Ben Hailey | Decision | 1 |
| — | W | Jesse Ault | Decision | — |
| — | W | Léo Vieira | Decision | — |
| — | W | Beau Clark | — | — |
| — | W | Stephan Potvin | — | — |
| — | ? | ko-losses= | Draw | — |
| — | ? | Record | — | — |
36 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
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: Chael Sonnen on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.