Butterbean
78″ reach · +9.87% reach advantage · 98th percentile
Butterbean has a reach of 78″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +9.87%, exceptional for heavyweight MMA and the 98th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+9.87%
78″ reach on a 71″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 54th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 6th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
15–10
26 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
113 recorded bouts from 1994 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
1994–2013
Longest unbeaten run
58
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1995
14 bouts
Recorded bouts
113
113 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | L | Kirk Lawton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | L | Curt Allan | Decision | 4 |
| 2011 | L | Sandy Bowman | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Eric Barrak | Submission | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Dean Storey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Deon West | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2010 | L | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Jeff Kugel | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Chris Cruit | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Tom Howard | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Jefferson Hook | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Harry Funmaker | Decision | 4 |
| 2008 | L | Pat Smith | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Nick Penner | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Tengiz Tedoradze | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Zuluzinho | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | James Thompson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Charles Hodges | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Joe Siciliano | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | L | Rob Broughton | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Sean O'Haire | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Ikuhisa Minowa | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Rich Weeks | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Matt Eckerle | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Aaron Aguilera | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Leo Sylvest | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Wesley Correira | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Joaquin Garcia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Ed White | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Daniel White | Decision | 4 |
| 2005 | W | Walley Keenboom | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | D | Michael Buchkovich | Draw | 2 |
| 2005 | L | Baden Oui | Decision | 4 |
| 2005 | L | George Linberger | Decision | 4 |
| 2005 | L | Kenny Craven | Decision | 4 |
| 2005 | W | Rick Zufall | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Brian McIntyre | Decision | 4 |
| 2004 | W | Richie Goosehead | Decision | 4 |
| 2004 | W | Salvador Farnetti | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Marcelo Aravena | Decision | 4 |
| 2004 | W | Rodney Phillips | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | L | Genki Sudo | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Troy Roberts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | D | Lewis Gilbert | Decision | 4 |
| 2002 | L | Larry Holmes | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | W | Craig Wolfley | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2001 | W | Kevin Tallon | Decision | 4 |
| 2001 | L | Billy Zumbrun | Decision | 4 |
| 2001 | W | Shane Woollas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Tyrone Muex | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | D | Abdul Muhaymin | Decision | 4 |
| 2000 | W | Harry Funmaker | Decision | 4 |
| 2000 | W | Marcus Rhode | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2000 | W | Dan Kosmicki | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Kerry Biles | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Bill Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | George Linberger | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Kevin Tallon | Decision | 4 |
| 1999 | W | Tim Ray | Decision | 4 |
| 1999 | W | Allen Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 113 recorded bouts.
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Butterbean competed in 3, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Boxing | 77 | 10 | 58 |
| Kickboxing | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Mike Rodríguez+10.03% 82.5″ reach · 99th pct
- Francis Ngannou+9.22% 83″ reach · 97th pct
- Izu Ugonoh+8.67% 83.9″ reach · 96th pct
- Chris Barnett+8.67% 75″ reach · 96th pct
- Justin Willis+8.25% 79″ reach · 95th pct
- Antônio Silva+7.93% 82″ reach · 94th pct
- Kennedy Nzechukwu+7.77% 83″ reach · 94th pct
- Sergei Pavlovich+12.02% 84″ reach · 99th 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 140 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
Source: Eric Esch on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.