Ray Mercer
77″ reach · +5.5% reach advantage · 82nd percentile
Ray Mercer has a reach of 77″ against a height of 73″ — a reach advantage of +5.5%, long for heavyweight MMA and the 82nd percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.5%
77″ reach on a 73″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 77″ (195.6 cm) | 42nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
1–0
1 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
47 recorded bouts from 1989 to 2009. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
21y
1989–2009
Longest unbeaten run
20
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1989
12 bouts
Recorded bouts
47
47 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | W | Tim Sylvia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Richel Hersisia | Decision | 6 |
| 2008 | L | Derric Rossy | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | L | Kimbo Slice | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Mikael Lindblad | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Shannon Briggs | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2005 | W | Darroll Wilson | Decision | 10 |
| 2005 | L | Remy Bonjasky | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Steve Pannell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Musashi | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Shawn Robinson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Mario Cawley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | L | Wladimir Klitschko | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2002 | W | Troy Weida | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Brian Scott | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Don Steele | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2001 | W | Jeff Pegues | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1999 | W | Jimmy Haynes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Leo Loiacono | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Tim Witherspoon | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | L | Lennox Lewis | — | 10 |
| 1995 | L | Evander Holyfield | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | D | Marion Wilson | Draw | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Jesse Ferguson | Decision | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Mark Wills | Decision | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Tony Willis | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Jerry Halstead | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1992 | W | Mike Dixon | — | 7 |
| 1992 | L | Larry Holmes | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Tommy Morrison | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1991 | W | Francesco Damiani | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1990 | W | Bert Cooper | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Lionel Washington | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1990 | W | Kimmuel Odum | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Wesley Watson | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1989 | W | Ossie Ocasio | — | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Jerry Jones | Decision | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Eddie Richardson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Arthel Lawhorne | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Dino Homsey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Tracy Thomas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Al Evans | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Ken Crosby | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | David Hopkins | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Garing Lane | — | 4 |
| 1989 | W | Luis Walford | — | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Jesse McGhee | — | 3 |
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Ray Mercer competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boxing | 36 | 7 | 26 |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Cain Velasquez+5.5% 77″ reach · 82nd pct
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik+5.37% 78″ reach · 81st pct
- Jérôme Philippe Le Banner+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th pct
- Mick Parkin+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th pct
- Todd Duffee+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th pct
- Derrick Lewis+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th pct
- Corey Anderson+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th pct
- Frank Mir+5.35% 79″ reach · 77th 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: Ray Mercer on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.