Matt Skelton
80″ reach · +6.67% reach advantage · 90th percentile
Matt Skelton has a reach of 80″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +6.67%, exceptional for heavyweight MMA and the 90th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.67%
80″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 80″ (203.2 cm) | 76th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 48th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Record
MMA record
0–1
1 bouts on record
The career, bout by bout
39 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2014. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
2001–2014
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2003
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
39
37 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | L | Anthony Joshua | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | L | John McDermott | Decision | 10 |
| 2012 | L | David Price | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Jakov Gospic | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Ladislav Kovarik | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Tom Dallas | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2010 | L | Michael Sprott | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Kevin McBride | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Ali Adams | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Lee Swaby | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2010 | L | Kubrat Pulev | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2009 | L | Francesco Pianeta | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2009 | L | Martin Rogan | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 2008 | W | Paolo Vidoz | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2008 | L | Ruslan Chagaev | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Michael Sprott | — | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Danny Williams | — | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Suren Kalachyan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2005 | W | John McDermott | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Mark Krence | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2005 | W | Fabio Moli | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2004 | W | Keith Long | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 2004 | W | Bob Mirovic | — | 4 |
| 2004 | W | Michael Sprott | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Julius Francis | — | 10 |
| 2003 | W | Costel Patriche | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Ratko Draskovic | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Costi Marin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Mike Holden | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2003 | W | Antoine Palatis | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2003 | W | Dave Clarke | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Alexey Varakin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Jacklord Jacobs | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2002 | W | Neil Kirkwood | — | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Alvin Miller | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Gifford Shillingford | — | 2 |
| 2001 | L | Tom Erikson | Submission | 1 |
| — | ? | Submission | — | 2001 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Matt Skelton competed in 3, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | — | 1 | — |
| Boxing | 28 | 9 | 23 |
| Kickboxing | 63 | 8 | 57 |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Juan Espino+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Ovince Saint Preux+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Soa Palelei+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Ben Rothwell+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Cheick Kongo+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Jake Hager+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Bob Sapp+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Johnny Walker+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th 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: Matt Skelton on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.