John Makdessi
68″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 12th percentile
John Makdessi has a reach of 68″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for lightweight MMA and the 12th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
0%
68″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 6th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Canada |
Record
MMA record
18–9
27 bouts on record
Finish rate
50%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 11th percentile
The career, bout by bout
27 recorded bouts from 2008 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
16y
2008–2023
Longest unbeaten run
8
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2009
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
27
27 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L | Jamie Mullarkey | Decision | 3 |
| 2022 | L | Nasrat Haqparast | Decision | 3 |
| 2021 | W | Ignacio Bahamondes | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | L | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Jesus Pinedo | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Ross Pearson | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Abel Trujillo | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Lando Vannata | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Mehdi Baghdad | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Yancy Medeiros | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Donald Cerrone | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Shane Campbell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2014 | L | Alan Patrick | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Renée Forte | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Daron Cruickshank | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Sam Stout | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Anthony Njokuani | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Dennis Hallman | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Kyle Watson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Pat Audinwood | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Bendy Casimir | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Lindsey Hawkes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Brandon McArthur | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Iraj Hadin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Amir Uddin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Dan Dechaine | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Todd Westcott | KO/TKO | 1 |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
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 161 lightweight 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: John Makdessi on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-09. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.