Paul Varelans
9–9 · 18 recorded bouts · 1995–1998
Paul Varelans finished 89% of 9 wins inside the distance — the 56th 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 | 80″ (203.2 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA inferred from the listed weight, not stated as a class | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Paul Varelans, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
9–9
18 bouts on record
Finish rate
89%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 56th percentile
The career, bout by bout
18 recorded bouts from 1995 to 1998. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
4y
1995–1998
Longest unbeaten run
1
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1996
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
18
13 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | W | Dick Vrij | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1998 | L | Nick Nutter | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Carlos Barreto | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Scott Taylor | Submission | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision | 1 |
| 1997 | L | Mark Kerr | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Kimo Leopoldo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Shinji Katase | Submission | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Igor Vovchanchyn | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Joe Moreira | Decision | 1 |
| 1995 | L | Dan Severn | Submission | 1 |
| 1995 | L | Marco Ruas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | L | Tank Abbott | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Waldir dos Anjos | Submission | — |
| — | W | Valery Nikkolin | KO/TKO | — |
| — | W | Mark Hall | Submission | — |
| — | W | Gerry Harris | Submission | — |
| — | W | Cal Worsham | KO/TKO | — |
8 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: Paul Varelans on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-24. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.