Rafael Natal
76″ reach · +5.52% reach advantage · 75th percentile
Rafael Natal has a reach of 76″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of +5.52%, long for middleweight MMA and the 75th percentile of the 139 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.52%
76″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 139 middleweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 76″ (193 cm) | 65th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 38th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
21–9
31 bouts on record
Finish rate
57%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 19th percentile
The career, bout by bout
31 recorded bouts from 2005 to 2017. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
2005–2017
Longest unbeaten run
8
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2009
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
31
31 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | L | Eryk Anders | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Tim Boetsch | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Robert Whittaker | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Kevin Casey | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Uriah Hall | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Tom Watson | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Chris Camozzi | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Ed Herman | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Tim Kennedy | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Tor Troéng | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | João Zeferino | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Sean Spencer | Submission | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Andrew Craig | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Michael Kuiper | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Paul Bradley | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | D | Jesse Bongfeldt | Draw | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Rich Attonito | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Travis Lutter | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Allan Weickert | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Victor O'Donnell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Plinio Cruz | Submission | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Alexandre Moreno | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Jon Kirk | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Eduardo Telles | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Silmar Rodrigo | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Gerson Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Nailson Bahia | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Danillo Villefort | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Carlos Eduardo dos Santos | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Walter Luis | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Emerson Avila | Submission | 1 |
11 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Nick Maximov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Ikram Aliskerov+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Rory MacDonald+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Dricus du Plessis+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Kamaru Usman+5.52% 76″ reach · 75th pct
- Jesse Juarez+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Vitor Miranda+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd pct
- Derek Brunson+5.5% 77″ reach · 73rd 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 139 middleweight 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: Rafael Natal on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.