Derek Brunson
77″ reach · +5.5% reach advantage · 73rd percentile
Derek Brunson has a reach of 77″ against a height of 73″ — a reach advantage of +5.5%, above average for middleweight MMA and the 73rd percentile of the 139 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.5%
77″ reach on a 73″ frame
Compared against 139 middleweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 77″ (195.6 cm) | 77th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 60th pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Middleweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
24–9
33 bouts on record
Finish rate
67%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 26th percentile
The career, bout by bout
33 recorded bouts from 2010 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
2010–2023
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2010
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
33
33 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | W | Ray Cooper III | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | ? | Dricus du Plessis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2022 | L | Jared Cannonier | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Darren Till | Submission | 3 |
| 2021 | W | Kevin Holland | Decision | 5 |
| 2020 | W | Edmen Shahbazyan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Ian Heinisch | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Elias Theodorou | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Israel Adesanya | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2018 | L | Ronaldo Souza | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Lyoto Machida | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Dan Kelly | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Anderson Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Uriah Hall | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Roan Carneiro | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Sam Alvey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Ed Herman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Lorenz Larkin | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Yoel Romero | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Brian Houston | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Chris Leben | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Ronaldo Souza | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | L | Kendall Grove | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Nate James | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Lumumba Sayers | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Jeremy Hamilton | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Danny Babcock | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Rhomez Brower | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Todd Chattelle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Edward Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Chris McNally | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | John Bryant | Submission | 1 |
22 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Jesse Juarez+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Vitor Miranda+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Nick Maximov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Rafael Natal+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Ikram Aliskerov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Rory MacDonald+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Dricus du Plessis+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Kamaru Usman+5.52% 76″ 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 139 middleweight 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: Derek Brunson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.