Paul Hughes
70″ reach · +1.43% reach advantage · 30th percentile
Paul Hughes has a reach of 70″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +1.43%, short for lightweight MMA and the 30th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.43%
70″ reach on a 69″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 26th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 39th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2020s | |
| Country | Ireland |
Record
MMA record
14–3
17 bouts on record
Finish rate
71%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 52nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
16 recorded bouts from 2017 to 2025. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
9y
2017–2025
Longest unbeaten run
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2019
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
16
16 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | L | Usman Nurmagomedov | Decision | 5 |
| 2025 | W | Bruno Miranda | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2024 | W | A. J. McKee | Decision | 3 |
| 2024 | W | Bobby King | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2024 | W | Fabiano Silva | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2023 | W | Jan Quaeyhaegens | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2022 | W | Jordan Vucenic | Decision | 5 |
| 2021 | W | Morgan Charrière | Decision | 5 |
| 2021 | W | James Hendin | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | L | Jordan Vucenic | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Aidan Stephen | Submission | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Youri Panada | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2019 | W | Kalifa Seydi | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | W | Mateusz Makarowski | Submission | — |
| 2019 | W | Stephen O'Neill | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Adam Gustab | KO/TKO | 1 |
2 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Joe Solecki+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Chris Wade+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Sam Stout+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Arnold Allen+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Efraín Escudero+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Josh Neer+1.44% 72″ reach · 34th pct
- Renato Moicano+1.44% 72″ reach · 34th pct
- Usman Nurmagomedov+1.44% 72″ reach · 34th 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: Paul Hughes (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-01. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.