Cub Swanson
70″ reach · +2.95% reach advantage · 60th percentile
Cub Swanson has a reach of 70″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +2.95%, above average for lightweight MMA and the 60th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.95%
70″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 26th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 3: bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
31–14
45 bouts on record
Finish rate
61%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 36th percentile
The career, bout by bout
45 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
23y
2004–2026
Longest unbeaten run
8
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2005
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
45
45 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | W | Nate Landwehr | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2024 | W | Billy Quarantillo | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2024 | L | Andre Fili | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | W | Hakeem Dawodu | Decision | 3 |
| 2022 | L | Jonathan Martinez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Darren Elkins | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | L | Giga Chikadze | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2020 | W | Daniel Pineda | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2019 | W | Kron Gracie | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Shane Burgos | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Renato Moicano | Submission | 1 |
| 2018 | L | Frankie Edgar | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Brian Ortega | Submission | 2 |
| 2017 | W | Artem Lobov | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Choi Doo-ho | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Hacran Dias | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Max Holloway | Submission | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Frankie Edgar | Submission | 5 |
| 2014 | W | Jeremy Stephens | Decision | 5 |
| 2013 | W | Dennis Siver | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Dustin Poirier | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Ross Pearson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | George Roop | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2011 | L | Ricardo Lamas | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Mackens Semerzier | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Chad Mendes | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | John Franchi | Submission | 3 |
| 2009 | L | José Aldo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Hiroyuki Takaya | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Donny Walker | Submission | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Jens Pulver | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Micah Miller | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Tommy Lee | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Chuck Kim | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Charlie Valencia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Richard Montano | Decision | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Shannon Gugerty | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Fernando Arreola | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Mike Corey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Armando Sanchez | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Martin Bautista | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Joe Morales | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Shannon Gugerty | Submission | 1 |
30 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Marcus Davis+2.95% 70″ reach · 60th pct
- Francisco Trinaldo+2.95% 70″ reach · 60th pct
- Abel Nazario Trujillo+2.95% 70″ reach · 60th pct
- Gray Maynard+2.95% 70″ reach · 60th pct
- Drew Dober+2.95% 70″ reach · 60th pct
- Kai Kamaka III+3% 69″ reach · 63rd pct
- Diego Brandão+3% 69″ reach · 63rd pct
- Charlie Brenneman+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th 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: Cub Swanson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-11. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.