Rani Yahya
68″ reach · +3.04% reach advantage · 65th percentile
Rani Yahya has a reach of 68″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of +3.04%, above average for lightweight MMA and the 65th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.04%
68″ reach on a 66″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 6th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 4th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 3: bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
28–12
41 bouts on record
Finish rate
75%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 59th percentile
The career, bout by bout
41 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
23y
2002–2024
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
41
39 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | L | Victor Henry | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2023 | L | Montel Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | W | Kang Kyung-ho | Decision | 3 |
| 2021 | W | Ray Rodriguez | Submission | 2 |
| 2020 | D | Enrique Barzola | Draw | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Ricky Simón | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Luke Sanders | Submission | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Russell Doane | Submission | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Henry Briones | Submission | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Joe Soto | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Michinori Tanaka | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Matthew Lopez | Submission | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Masanori Kanehara | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Johnny Bedford | Submission | 2 |
| 2013 | L | Tom Niinimäki | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Josh Clopton | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Mizuto Hirota | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Josh Grispi | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Chad Mendes | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Mike Brown | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Takeya Mizugaki | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Joseph Benavidez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | John Hosman | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Eddie Wineland | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Yoshiro Maeda | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Norifumi Yamamoto | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | L | Chase Beebe | Decision | 5 |
| 2007 | W | Mark Hominick | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Louie Moreno | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Gesias Cavalcante | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Kazuya Yasuhiro | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Eben Kaneshiro | Submission | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Ryuki Ueyama | Decision | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Takumi Yano | Submission | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Taiyo Nakahara | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Fabio Alves | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Fredson Paixao | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Luciano Santos | Submission | — |
| 2002 | W | Junior Peba | Submission | 1 |
| — | W | Muzila Muzila | Submission | — |
| — | W | Fabio Alves | Submission | — |
26 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Felicia Spencer+3.04% 68″ reach · 65th pct
- Michihiro Omigawa 小見川道大+3.04% 68″ reach · 65th pct
- Matt Serra+3.04% 68″ reach · 65th pct
- Brad Pickett+3.04% 68″ reach · 65th pct
- Kai Kamaka III+3% 69″ reach · 63rd pct
- Norifumi Yamamoto+3.08% 66″ reach · 68th pct
- Diego Brandão+3% 69″ reach · 63rd pct
- Malaipet+3.12% 69″ reach · 68th 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: Rani Yahya on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-09. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.