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Dave Herman

22–5 · 28 recorded bouts · 2006–2014

Dave Herman finished 91% of 22 wins inside the distance — the 62nd percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height76″ (193 cm)
Stance
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
Peak era2010s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Dave Herman, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 win vs Mike Cooke (2006)win vs Justin Kuhn (2007)win vs Chuck Geyer (2007)win vs Terry Tucker (2007)win vs Jordan Wall (2007)win vs Andre Mussi (2007)win vs James Samuels (2007)win vs James Ferguson (2007)win vs Seth Parker (2007)win vs Greg Hammer (2007)win vs Jeff Orieze (2007)win vs Chris Guillen (2008)win vs Kerry Schall (2008)win vs Ron Waterman (2008)win vs Mario Rinaldi (2008)win vs Jim York (2009)win vs Don Frye (2009)win vs Josh Barnes (2009)loss vs Choi Mu-Bae (2009)win vs Yoshihiro Nakao (2010)win vs Michal Kita (2010)loss vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (2010)win vs John-Olav Einemo (2011)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2012)loss vs Roy Nelson (2012)loss vs Stefan Struve (2012)loss vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2013)win vs Kalib Starnes (2014)
winlossdraw / NC2006–2014

Record

MMA record

22–5

27 bouts on record

Finish rate

91%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 62nd percentile

KO/TKO: 17 (77%)Submission: 3 (14%)Decision: 2 (9%)
  • KO/TKO 77%
  • Submission 14%
  • Decision 9%

The career, bout by bout

28 recorded bouts from 2006 to 2014. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

9y

2006–2014

Longest unbeaten run

18

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2007

10 bouts

Recorded bouts

28

28 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2014 W Kalib Starnes Decision3
2013 L Gabriel Gonzaga KO/TKO1
2012 L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission2
2012 L Roy Nelson KO/TKO1
2012 L Stefan Struve KO/TKO2
2011 W John-Olav Einemo KO/TKO2
2010 W Yoshihiro Nakao Decision3
2010 W Michal Kita Submission1
2010 L Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou DQ2
2009 W Jim York KO/TKO1
2009 W Don Frye KO/TKO1
2009 W Josh Barnes KO/TKO1
2009 L Choi Mu-Bae KO/TKO2
2008 W Chris Guillen KO/TKO1
2008 W Kerry Schall KO/TKO1
2008 W Ron Waterman KO/TKO1
2008 W Mario Rinaldi KO/TKO3
2007 W Justin Kuhn Submission1
2007 W Chuck Geyer KO/TKO1
2007 W Terry Tucker KO/TKO1
2007 W Jordan Wall Submission1
2007 W Andre Mussi KO/TKO1
2007 W James Samuels KO/TKO1
2007 W James Ferguson KO/TKO1
2007 W Seth Parker Submission1
2007 W Greg Hammer Submission1
2007 W Jeff Orieze KO/TKO1
2006 W Mike Cooke KO/TKO1

9 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 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

Full methodology →

Source: Dave Herman (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-08-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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