David Rickels
21–6 · 33 recorded bouts · 2010–2022
David Rickels finished 62% of 21 wins inside the distance — the 37th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for David Rickels, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
21–6
27 bouts on record
Finish rate
62%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 37th percentile
The career, bout by bout
33 recorded bouts from 2010 to 2022. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
2010–2022
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2011
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
33
32 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | L | Mike Richman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Julian Lane | Decision | 5 |
| 2020 | W | Cliff Wright | Decision | 5 |
| 2019 | L | Yaroslav Amosov | Submission | 2 |
| 2019 | W | A.J. Matthews | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Guilherme Vasconcelos | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Michael Page | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2017 | W | Adam Piccolotti | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Aaron Derrow | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2016 | N | Melvin Guillard | — | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Bobby Cooper | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | L | Michael Chandler | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | N | John Alessio | — | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Davi Ramos | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Patricky Pitbull | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | W | J.J. Ambrose | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Michael Chandler | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Saad Awad | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Jason Fischer | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Lloyd Woodard | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Jason Fischer | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Karl Amoussou | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Jordan Smith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Levi Avera | Submission | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Kody Frank | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Richard Bouphanouvong | Submission | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Dylan Smith | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Aaron Fondry | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Charles Jones | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Kelly Allen | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Michael Glenn | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Chris Evinger | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | J.J. Ambrose | KO/TKO | — |
14 of these opponents have their own page here.
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 304 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: David Rickels on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-02-02. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.