Joe Riggs
70″ reach · -2.79% reach advantage · 1st percentile
Joe Riggs has a reach of 70″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of -2.79%, unusually short for welterweight MMA and the 1st percentile of the 174 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
-2.79%
70″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 5th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 62nd pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA competed at 4: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
48–18
67 bouts on record
Finish rate
92%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 89th percentile
The career, bout by bout
82 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
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2004
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
82
82 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ? | Markus Perez | — | 3 |
| 2022 | L | Lorenzo Hunt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Melvin Guillard | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | L | Héctor Lombard | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2019 | N | George Sullivan | — | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Dan Yates | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | D | Walber Barros | Draw | 5 |
| 2019 | W | Heriberto Tovar | Decision | 5 |
| 2018 | L | Artem Frolov | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | D | Borys Polezhai | Draw | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Erick Lozano | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Brok Weaver | Decision | 5 |
| 2017 | W | Oleg Olenichev | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Shonie Carter | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2017 | W | Dmitry Samoilov | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Jerome Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Billy Martin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Christian Evans | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Cody McKenzie | Submission | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Chris Camozzi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Ron Stallings | DQ | 2 |
| 2015 | L | Patrick Côté | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Ben Saunders | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Mike Bronzoulis | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Cole Williams | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Evan Cutts | Decision | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Eric Scanlan | Decision | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Rob Mills | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Cris Leyva | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Josh Cavan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Shane Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Aaron Brink | Submission | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Shannon Ritch | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Kendall Grove | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Bryan Baker | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2011 | L | Jordan Mein | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Trent Thorne | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Louis Taylor | Submission | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Jay Hieron | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Nick Almen | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | David Barnes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Phil Baroni | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Luke Stewart | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Kazuo Misaki | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Matt Dempsey | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Cory Devela | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Eugene Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Dan Chambers | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Diego Sanchez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Jason Von Flue | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Mike Swick | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Nick Diaz | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | L | Matt Hughes | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Chris Lytle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Rob Kimmons | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Ivan Salaverry | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Thomas Gil | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Isidro Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Joe Doerksen | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Shane Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 82 recorded bouts.
27 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Max Holloway-2.77% 69″ reach · 1st pct
- Tom Breese-2.68% 73″ reach · 2nd pct
- Fernando Gonzalez-1.48% 68″ reach · 2nd pct
- Alfie Davis-1.39% 70″ reach · 3rd pct
- Muslim Salikhov-1.39% 70″ reach · 3rd pct
- Markus Perez Echeimberg-1.38% 73″ reach · 4th pct
- CM Punk-1.38% 73″ reach · 4th pct
- Chris Lytle-4.22% 68″ reach · 0th 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 174 welterweight 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: Joe Riggs on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-31. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.