Marco Ruas
9–4 · 15 recorded bouts · 1984–2007
Marco Ruas finished 100% of 9 wins inside the distance — the 92nd percentile for MMA, Brazil, where the median is 73%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72.8″ (185 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Super Heavyweight MMA inferred from the listed weight, not stated as a class | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Marco Ruas, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
9–4
15 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — MMA, Brazil median 73%, 92nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
15 recorded bouts from 1984 to 2007. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
1984–2007
Longest unbeaten run
3
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1995
2 bouts
Recorded bouts
15
12 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | L | Maurice Smith | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2001 | W | Jason Lambert | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Maurice Smith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | L | Alexander Otsuka | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1998 | W | Gary Goodridge | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Patrick Smith | Submission | 1 |
| 1996 | D | Oleg Taktarov | Draw | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Steve Jennum | Submission | 1 |
| 1995 | L | Oleg Taktarov | Decision | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Paul Varelans | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Francisco Francisco | Submission | 1 |
| 1984 | D | Fernando Pinduka | Draw | 1 |
| — | W | Keith Hackney | Submission | — |
| — | W | Remco Pardoel | Submission | — |
| — | W | Larry Cureton | Submission | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
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 277 MMA, Brazil 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: Marco Ruas on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-19. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.