Michael Chandler
71″ reach · +4.4% reach advantage · 80th percentile
Michael Chandler has a reach of 71″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +4.4%, long for lightweight MMA and the 80th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.4%
71″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 49th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
23–11
34 bouts on record
Finish rate
78%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 67th percentile
The career, bout by bout
34 recorded bouts from 2009 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
2009–2026
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2011
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
34
34 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | L | Maurício Ruffy | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2025 | L | Paddy Pimblett | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2025 | W | Chad Mendes | — | — |
| 2024 | L | Charles Oliveira | Decision | 5 |
| 2022 | L | Dustin Poirier | Submission | 3 |
| 2022 | W | Tony Ferguson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | L | Justin Gaethje | Decision | 3 |
| 2021 | L | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2021 | W | Dan Hooker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2020 | W | Benson Henderson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2019 | W | Sidney Outlaw | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2019 | L | Patrício Pitbull | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Brent Primus | Decision | 5 |
| 2018 | W | Brandon Girtz | Submission | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Goiti Yamauchi | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Brent Primus | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Benson Henderson | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Patricky Pitbull | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | David Rickels | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Derek Campos | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | L | Will Brooks | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2013 | L | Eddie Alvarez | Decision | 5 |
| 2013 | W | David Rickels | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Rick Hawn | Submission | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Akihiro Gono | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Eddie Alvarez | Submission | 4 |
| 2011 | W | Patricky Pitbull | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Lloyd Woodard | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Marcin Held | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Chris Page | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Scott Stapp | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Sal Woods | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Richard Bouphanouvong | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Kyle Swadley | KO/TKO | 1 |
27 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Dakota Cochrane+4.4% 71″ reach · 80th pct
- Bradley Riddell+4.4% 71″ reach · 80th pct
- Ricardo Lamas+4.4% 71″ reach · 80th pct
- Tyson Griffin+4.42% 68.9″ reach · 82nd pct
- Caros Fodor+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th pct
- Gadzhi Rabadanov+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th pct
- Dennis Hallman+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th pct
- Kang Kyung-Ho+4.34% 72″ reach · 75th 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: Michael Chandler on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-30. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.