Diego Sanchez
72″ reach · +2.87% reach advantage · 55th percentile
Diego Sanchez has a reach of 72″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +2.87%, above average for middleweight MMA and the 55th percentile of the 139 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.87%
72″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 139 middleweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 15th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 15th pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Middleweight MMA competed at 5: featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
29–14
43 bouts on record
Finish rate
55%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 17th percentile
The career, bout by bout
48 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
22y
2002–2023
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2003
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
48
46 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L | Austin Trout | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2022 | L | Kevin Lee | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | L | Jake Matthews | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Michel Pereira | DQ | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Michael Chiesa | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Mickey Gall | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Craig White | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Matt Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Al Iaquinta | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Marcin Held | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Joe Lauzon | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Jim Miller | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Ricardo Lamas | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Ross Pearson | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Myles Jury | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Gilbert Melendez | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Takanori Gomi | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Jake Ellenberger | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Martin Kampmann | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Paulo Thiago | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | John Hathaway | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | B.J. Penn | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2009 | W | Clay Guida | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Joe Stevenson | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Luigi Fioravanti | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2008 | W | David Bielkheden | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Jon Fitch | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Josh Koscheck | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Joe Riggs | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Karo Parisyan | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | John Alessio | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Nick Diaz | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Brian Gassaway | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Kenny Florian | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Josh Koscheck | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Jorge Santiago | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Ray Elbe | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Travis Beachler | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Cruz Chacon | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | John Cronk | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Rene Kronvold | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Mike Guymon | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Jake Short | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Shannon Ritch | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Jesus Sanchez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Michael Johnson | Submission | 1 |
| — | W | Josh Rafferty | Submission | 1 |
| — | W | Alex Karalexis | Submission | 1 |
36 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Jason Lambert+2.87% 72″ reach · 55th pct
- Anthony Lapsley+2.85% 71″ reach · 54th pct
- Mike Richman+2.85% 71″ reach · 54th pct
- Benoît Saint Denis+2.83% 73″ reach · 53rd pct
- Jack Della Maddalena+2.83% 73″ reach · 53rd pct
- Nick Ring+2.79% 74″ reach · 47th pct
- Vítor Belfort+2.79% 74″ reach · 47th pct
- Bruno Silva+2.79% 74″ reach · 47th 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: Diego Sanchez on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.