Josh Barnett
78″ reach · +3.99% reach advantage · 55th percentile
Josh Barnett has a reach of 78″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +3.99%, above average for heavyweight MMA and the 55th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.99%
78″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 54th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 48th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
34–8
42 bouts on record
Finish rate
85%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 50th percentile
The career, bout by bout
43 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2020. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
1997–2020
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
43
43 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | W | Marcin Różalski | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2016 | W | Andrei Arlovski | Submission | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Ben Rothwell | Submission | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Roy Nelson | Decision | 5 |
| 2013 | L | Travis Browne | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Frank Mir | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Nandor Guelmino | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | L | Daniel Cormier | Decision | 5 |
| 2011 | W | Sergei Kharitonov | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Brett Rogers | Submission | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Geronimo dos Santos | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Siala-Mou Siliga | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Gilbert Yvel | Submission | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Pedro Rizzo | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Jeff Monson | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Hidehiko Yoshida | Submission | 3 |
| 2006 | L | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Pawel Nastula | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | L | Mirko Cro Cop | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Mark Hunt | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Alexander Emelianenko | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Mirko Cro Cop | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Mirko Cro Cop | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Rene Rooze | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Semmy Schilt | Submission | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Yoshiki Takahashi | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Yuki Kondo | Submission | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Jimmy Ambriz | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Randy Couture | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Bobby Hoffman | Submission | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Semmy Schilt | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Pedro Rizzo | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Gan McGee | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Dan Severn | Submission | 4 |
| 1999 | W | Bobby Hoffman | Decision | 3 |
| 1999 | W | John Marsh | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Juha Tuhkasaari | Submission | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Trevor Howard | Submission | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Bob Gilstrap | DQ | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Chris Munsen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Bob Gilstrap | Decision | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Chris Charnos | Submission | 1 |
26 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Kevin Rosier+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Josh Parisian+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Imamu Mayfield+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Ali Isaev Али Исаев+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Ante Delija+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Jailton Almeida+3.99% 79″ reach · 55th pct
- Ruslan Magomedov Руслан Магомедов+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th 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: Josh Barnett on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-16. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.