Lou Savarese
80″ reach · +3.89% reach advantage · 54th percentile
Lou Savarese has a reach of 80″ against a height of 77″ — a reach advantage of +3.89%, average for heavyweight MMA and the 54th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.89%
80″ reach on a 77″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 80″ (203.2 cm) | 76th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 77″ (195.6 cm) | 83rd pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
1–0
1 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
53 recorded bouts from 1989 to 2007. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1989–2007
Longest unbeaten run
35
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1990
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
53
51 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | L | Evander Holyfield | Decision | 10 |
| 2007 | W | Travis Fulton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Marcus Rhode | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | L | Leo Nolan | Decision | 12 |
| 2003 | L | Kirk Johnson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2002 | W | Tim Witherspoon | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2001 | W | David Bosticue | Decision | 12 |
| 2001 | W | Tom Glesby | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Marcus Rhode | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | L | Mike Tyson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Michael Grant | Decision | 10 |
| 1999 | W | Lance Whitaker | Decision | 10 |
| 1998 | W | Buster Douglas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Jeff Lally | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1997 | L | David Izon | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1997 | L | George Foreman | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Buster Mathis Jr. | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1996 | W | Tim Puller | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Lyle McDowell | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Sean Hart | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Olian Alexander | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1995 | W | Edgar Turpin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Brian Morgan | Decision | 8 |
| 1994 | W | Ken Merritt | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1994 | W | Henry Wilson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | Bill Duncan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Nathaniel Fitch | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | W | Fred Whitaker | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1992 | W | Larry Givens | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1992 | W | Elvin Evans | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1991 | W | Mike Faulkner | DQ | 5 |
| 1991 | W | Mike Robinson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1991 | W | Mark Young | Decision | 8 |
| 1991 | W | Larry Smith | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1991 | W | Max Key | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Marshall Tillman | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Marcus Dorsey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1990 | W | James Ruffin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Travis Pickering | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Barry Kirton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1990 | W | Dan Ross | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Andre Crowder | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Mike Robinson | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Ken Elliott | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Melvin Young | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Randy Rivers | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | John Basil Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Alan Jamison | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Robert Horton | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Terence Roberts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | James Smith | KO/TKO | 4 |
| — | W | Matt Hicks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Lou Savarese competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boxing | 46 | 7 | 38 |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Don'Tale Mayes+3.84% 81″ reach · 54th pct
- 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
- Maurice Greene+3.79% 82″ reach · 53rd pct
- Ali Isaev Али Исаев+3.99% 78″ reach · 55th pct
- Ante Delija+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: Lou Savarese on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-19. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.