Oleg Taktarov
17–5 · 23 recorded bouts · 1993–2008
Oleg Taktarov finished 94% of 17 wins inside the distance — the 66th percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Oleg Taktarov, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
17–5
24 bouts on record
Finish rate
94%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 66th percentile
The career, bout by bout
23 recorded bouts from 1993 to 2008. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
16y
1993–2008
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1996
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
23
17 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | W | Mark Kerr | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | John Marsh | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Dolph Lundgren | — | 5 |
| 2001 | W | Aaron Salinas | Submission | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Moti Horenstein | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Gary Goodridge | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Sean Alvarez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Chuck Kim | Submission | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Renzo Gracie | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | D | Marco Ruas | Draw | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Joe Charles | Submission | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision | 1 |
| 1995 | L | Dan Severn | Decision | 1 |
| 1995 | D | Ken Shamrock | Draw | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Tank Abbott | Submission | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Maxim Kuzin | Submission | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Artur Almaev | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Mick Tierney | Submission | — |
| — | W | Marco Ruas | Decision | — |
| — | W | Dave Beneteau | Submission | — |
| — | W | Anthony Macias | Submission | — |
| — | W | Ernie Verdicia | Submission | — |
| — | W | Vaskas Hilma | Submission | — |
11 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 324 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: Oleg Taktarov on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-10. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.