Paul Buentello
76″ reach · +1.31% reach advantage · 24th percentile
Paul Buentello has a reach of 76″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +1.31%, unusually short for light heavyweight MMA and the 24th percentile of the 88 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.31%
76″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 88 light heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 2.68%.
| Reach | 76″ (193 cm) | 53rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 71st 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
35–17
52 bouts on record
Finish rate
89%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 71st percentile
The career, bout by bout
51 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2016. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
1997–2016
Longest unbeaten run
8
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2001
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
51
51 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | L | Denis Goltsov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Eric Prindle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Myron Dennis | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | James McSweeney | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Igor Kostin | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Mike Cook | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Igor Kostin | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Darrill Schoonover | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Cole Konrad | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Kerry Schall | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Tim Sylvia | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2010 | W | Bryan Humes | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Cheick Kongo | Submission | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Stefan Struve | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Kirill Sidelnikov | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Gary Goodridge | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Alistair Overeem | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Carter Williams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Ruben Villareal | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Tank Abbott | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Gilbert Aldana | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | L | Andrei Arlovski | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Kevin Jordan | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Justin Eilers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Bo Cantrell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Lloyd Marshbanks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Bobby Hoffman | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Andy Montana | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Mike Kyle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Roger Neff | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Jimmy Westfall | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Gary Marshall | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Nate Schroeder | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Sam Sotello | Submission | 3 |
| 2001 | L | Ricco Rodriguez | Submission | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Larry Parker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | L | Gan McGee | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Rocky Batastini | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Jason Godsey | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Jimmy Westfall | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Denny Mathias | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Gilbert Duran | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Todd Broadaway | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Larry Parker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Shane Saavedra | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Dustin Heronemus | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Dan Severn | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Evan Tanner | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | W | David Davis | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Derek McGill | Submission | 1 |
18 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Henrique da Silva+1.31% 76″ reach · 24th pct
- Bogdan Guskov+1.31% 76″ reach · 24th pct
- Travis Lutter+1.33% 75″ reach · 27th pct
- Brendan Allen+1.33% 75″ reach · 27th pct
- Makhmud Muradov+1.33% 75″ reach · 27th 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
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: Paul Buentello on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-24. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.