Josh Burkman
72″ reach · +2.87% reach advantage · 56th percentile
Josh Burkman has a reach of 72″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +2.87%, above average for lightweight MMA and the 56th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.87%
72″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 61st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 58th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 3: middleweight, welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
28–18
46 bouts on record
Finish rate
61%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 34th percentile
The career, bout by bout
45 recorded bouts from 2003 to 2019. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
2003–2019
Longest unbeaten run
11
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2003
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
45
45 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | L | William Macário | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Alex Morono | Submission | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Drew Dober | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Michel Prazeres | Submission | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Zak Ottow | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Paul Felder | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | K. J. Noons | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Patrick Côté | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Dong Hyun Kim | Submission | 3 |
| 2015 | N | Héctor Lombard | — | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Tyler Stinson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Steve Carl | Submission | 4 |
| 2013 | W | Jon Fitch | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Aaron Simpson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Gerald Harris | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Jamie Yager | Submission | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Koffi Adzitso | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Jordan Mein | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Jordan Smith | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Jake Paul | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Brandon Melendez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Pete Sell | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | L | Dustin Hazelett | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Mike Swick | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Forrest Petz | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Karo Parisyan | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Chad Reiner | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Josh Neer | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | L | Jon Fitch | Submission | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Drew Fickett | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Sammy Morgan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Jeremy Horn | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Brian Wieber | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Kyacey Uscola | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Drew Ellisor | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Isidro Gonzalez | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Matt Horwich | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Jeremy Brown | Decision | — |
| 2003 | W | Derek Downey | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Brian Garlick | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Matthew Bell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Gedeon Jarvis | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Hank Weiss | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Matt King | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Cedric Nicholsen | Submission | 1 |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Charlie Brenneman+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th pct
- Joe Proctor+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th pct
- Vinc Pichel+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th pct
- Youssef Zalal+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th pct
- Beneil Dariush+2.87% 72″ reach · 56th pct
- Jordan Leavitt+2.85% 71″ reach · 53rd pct
- Rong Zhu+2.85% 71″ reach · 53rd pct
- Tae Hyun Bang+2.85% 71″ reach · 53rd 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 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: Josh Burkman on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-01-27. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.