Mike Whitehead
74″ reach · +1.4% reach advantage · 36th percentile
Mike Whitehead has a reach of 74″ against a height of 73″ — a reach advantage of +1.4%, short for light heavyweight MMA and the 36th percentile of the 88 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.4%
74″ reach on a 73″ frame
Compared against 88 light heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 2.68%.
| Reach | 74″ (188 cm) | 22nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 40th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight MMA competed at 2: heavyweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
26–8
34 bouts on record
Finish rate
77%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 46th percentile
The career, bout by bout
34 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2015. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
2001–2015
Longest unbeaten run
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
34
34 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | L | Brian Heden | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Jojo Thompson | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Eddie Sanchez | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Chase Gormley | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2009 | L | Muhammed Lawal | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Kevin Randleman | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Leo Pla | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Renato Sobral | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Zak Jensen | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Soakai Pulu | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Daniel Sarafian | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Vernon White | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Wojtek Kaszowski | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Krzysztof Soszynski | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Mark Kerr | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Michael Buchkovich | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Ruben Villareal | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Rich Beecroft | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Rocky Batastini | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Mike Bourke | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Robert Beraun | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Keith Jardine | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Travis Fulton | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Aaron Brink | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Matt Bear | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | L | Brandon Vera | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Terrell Dees | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Demian Decorah | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Brian Stromberg | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Karl Knothe | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | L | Alex Paz | Decision | 2 |
| 2002 | L | Tim Sylvia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Ben Rothwell | Decision | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Kim Bower | KO/TKO | 1 |
13 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Frank Shamrock+1.41% 71″ reach · 38th pct
- Iwo Baraniewski+1.37% 73″ reach · 35th pct
- Junior dos Santos+1.35% 77″ reach · 31st pct
- James McSweeney+1.35% 77″ reach · 31st pct
- Dominick Reyes+1.35% 77″ reach · 31st pct
- Carlos Ulberg+1.35% 77″ reach · 31st pct
- Travis Lutter+1.33% 75″ reach · 27th pct
- Brendan Allen+1.33% 75″ reach · 27th 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 88 light 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: Mike Whitehead on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-02-02. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.