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Middleweight MMA · 1990s

Houston Alexander

17–16 · 39 recorded bouts · 2001–2023

Houston Alexander finished 82% of 17 wins inside the distance — the 62nd percentile for middleweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
StanceOrthodox
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
competed at 3: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1990s
CountryUnited States

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

2010 2020 win vs Chuck Purdow (2001)win vs Jamie Webb (2001)loss vs Jason Medina (2001)win vs Justin Butler (2003)win vs Brandon Quigley (2004)win vs Demian Decorah (2005)loss vs Thiago Silva (2007)win vs Alessio Sakara (2007)win vs Keith Jardine (2007)nc vs Todd Allee (2007)win vs Jon Murphy (2007)loss vs Eric Schafer (2008)loss vs James Irvin (2008)loss vs Kimbo Slice (2009)win vs Sherman Pendergarst (2009)win vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (2010)win vs David Griffin (2010)nc vs Justin Grizzard (2010)loss vs Joey Beltran (2010)loss vs Steve Bossé (2011)win vs Razak Al-Hassan (2011)win vs Brian Albin (2011)loss vs Jan Błachowicz (2012)loss vs Gilbert Yvel (2012)loss vs Vladimir Matyushenko (2013)win vs Chuck Grigsby (2013)win vs Dennis Reed (2013)draw vs Virgil Zwicker (2014)win vs Matt Uhde (2014)loss vs Guilherme Viana (2015)loss vs Tony Lopez (2015)loss vs Virgil Zwicker (2015)win vs Brian Green (2016)loss vs Evan Nedd (2016)loss vs Rakim Cleveland (2017)win vs Wes Combs (2021)win vs Joey Beltran (2022)win vs Jay Fish (2022)win vs Jeremy Smith (2023)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2023

Record

MMA record

17–16

34 bouts on record

Finish rate

82%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 62nd percentile

KO/TKO: 14 (82%)Decision: 3 (18%)
  • KO/TKO 82%
  • Decision 18%

The career, bout by bout

39 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

23y

2001–2023

Longest unbeaten run

4

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2007

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

39

39 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2023 W Jeremy Smith Decision5
2022 W Joey Beltran KO/TKO2
2022 W Jay Fish KO/TKO1
2021 W Wes Combs KO/TKO1
2017 L Rakim Cleveland KO/TKO3
2016 W Brian Green Decision3
2016 L Evan Nedd KO/TKO3
2015 L Guilherme Viana KO/TKO2
2015 L Tony Lopez KO/TKO3
2015 L Virgil Zwicker Decision3
2014 D Virgil Zwicker Draw3
2014 W Matt Uhde KO/TKO2
2013 L Vladimir Matyushenko Decision3
2013 W Chuck Grigsby KO/TKO4
2013 W Dennis Reed Submission1
2012 L Jan Błachowicz Decision3
2012 L Gilbert Yvel KO/TKO1
2011 L Steve Bossé KO/TKO2
2011 W Razak Al-Hassan KO/TKO2
2011 W Brian Albin KO/TKO3
2010 W Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou KO/TKO2
2010 W David Griffin Decision3
2010 N Justin Grizzard 2
2010 L Joey Beltran KO/TKO2
2009 L Kimbo Slice Decision3
2009 W Sherman Pendergarst KO/TKO1
2008 L Eric Schafer Submission1
2008 L James Irvin KO/TKO1
2007 L Thiago Silva KO/TKO1
2007 W Alessio Sakara KO/TKO1
2007 W Keith Jardine KO/TKO1
2007 N Todd Allee 1
2007 W Jon Murphy KO/TKO1
2005 W Demian Decorah Decision5
2004 W Brandon Quigley KO/TKO1
2003 W Justin Butler KO/TKO1
2001 W Chuck Purdow Submission1
2001 W Jamie Webb Submission1
2001 L Jason Medina Submission2

13 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 244 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

Full methodology →

Source: Houston Alexander on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-01. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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