Paulo Filho
70″ reach · +2.95% reach advantage · 48th percentile
Paulo Filho has a reach of 70″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +2.95%, average for heavyweight MMA and the 48th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.95%
70″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 0th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 1st pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA competed at 3: middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
23–6
32 bouts on record
Finish rate
57%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 10th percentile
The career, bout by bout
33 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2018. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
2000–2018
Longest unbeaten run
16
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
33
33 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | W | Mohammad Ashraf Gahi | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | L | André Muniz | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | D | Rodney Wallace | Draw | 3 |
| 2013 | L | David Branch | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Murilo Rua | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | D | Satoshi Ishii | Draw | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Norman Paraisy | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Ronny Markes | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Jackson Mora | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Yuki Sasaki | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Marcos Rogério de Lima | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | D | Denis Kang | Draw | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Daniel Villegas | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Tatsuhiko Nishizaka | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Alex Schoenauer | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Melvin Manhoef | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Chael Sonnen | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Chael Sonnen | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Joe Doerksen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Kazuo Misaki | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Ryo Chonan | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Gregory Bouchelaghem | Decision | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Murilo Rua | Decision | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Ryuta Sakurai | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Amar Suloev | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Akira Shoji | Decision | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Daijiro Matsui | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Silmar Rodrigo | Decision | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Akira Shoji | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Yuki Kondo | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Ikuhisa Minowa | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Keiichiro Yamamiya | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Luiz Claudio das Dores | Submission | 2 |
23 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Mark Hunt+2.87% 72″ reach · 46th pct
- Erko Jun+2.87% 72″ reach · 46th pct
- Errol Zimmerman+3.09% 77.5″ reach · 49th pct
- Ibragim Chuzhigaev+2.79% 74″ reach · 43rd pct
- Justin Tafa+2.79% 74″ reach · 43rd pct
- Daniel Omielańczuk+2.79% 74″ reach · 43rd pct
- Matt Lindland+2.79% 74″ reach · 43rd pct
- Evan Tanner+2.79% 74″ reach · 43rd 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 140 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: Paulo Filho on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-01. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.