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Heavyweight MMA · 2000s

Renato Sobral

37–12 · 49 recorded bouts · 1997–2013

Renato Sobral finished 65% of 37 wins inside the distance — the 18th 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height72″ (182.9 cm)
Stance
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryBrazil

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Renato Sobral, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 win vs Marco Vinicios (1997)win vs Manoel Vicente (1997)win vs Claudio Palma (1997)win vs Lee Hasdell (1999)win vs Zaza Tkeshelashvili (1999)win vs Dario Amorim (1999)win vs Pedro Otavio (1999)win vs Augusto Menezes Santos (1999)win vs Fernando Cerchiari (1999)win vs Maurice Smith (2000)loss vs Valentijn Overeem (2000)win vs Tariel Bitsadze (2000)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2000)win vs Jacob Zobnin (2000)win vs Travis Fulton (2000)loss vs Dan Henderson (2000)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2000)win vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (2000)win vs Brad Kohler (2000)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2001)win vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2001)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2001)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2002)win vs Elvis Sinosic (2002)loss vs Kevin Randleman (2002)win vs Jeremy Horn (2003)win vs Maurício Rua (2003)win vs Trevor Prangley (2003)win vs Marcelo Azevedo (2003)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2003)win vs Cyrille Diabaté (2004)win vs José Landi-Jons (2004)win vs Chael Sonnen (2005)win vs Travis Wiuff (2005)win vs Pierre Guillet (2005)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2006)win vs Mike van Arsdale (2006)win vs Rodney Glunder (2007)win vs David Heath (2007)loss vs Jason Lambert (2007)win vs Bobby Southworth (2008)win vs Mike Whitehead (2008)loss vs Gegard Mousasi (2009)win vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (2009)loss vs Dan Henderson (2010)win vs Robbie Lawler (2010)win vs Tatsuya Mizuno (2012)loss vs Jacob Noe (2013)loss vs Mikhail Zayats (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2013

Record

MMA record

37–12

49 bouts on record

Finish rate

65%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 18th percentile

KO/TKO: 9 (24%)Submission: 15 (41%)Decision: 13 (35%)
  • KO/TKO 24%
  • Submission 41%
  • Decision 35%

The career, bout by bout

49 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

1997–2013

Longest unbeaten run

10

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2000

10 bouts

Recorded bouts

49

49 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2013 L Jacob Noe KO/TKO3
2013 L Mikhail Zayats KO/TKO1
2012 W Tatsuya Mizuno Submission1
2010 L Dan Henderson KO/TKO1
2010 W Robbie Lawler Decision3
2009 L Gegard Mousasi KO/TKO1
2009 W Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Submission2
2008 W Bobby Southworth KO/TKO1
2008 W Mike Whitehead Decision3
2007 W Rodney Glunder Submission3
2007 W David Heath Submission2
2007 L Jason Lambert KO/TKO2
2006 L Chuck Liddell KO/TKO1
2006 W Mike van Arsdale Submission1
2005 W Chael Sonnen Submission2
2005 W Travis Wiuff Submission2
2005 W Pierre Guillet Submission1
2004 W Cyrille Diabaté Submission1
2004 W José Landi-Jons Decision3
2003 W Jeremy Horn Decision3
2003 W Maurício Rua Submission3
2003 W Trevor Prangley Decision3
2003 W Marcelo Azevedo Decision3
2003 L Chael Sonnen Decision
2002 L Chuck Liddell KO/TKO1
2002 W Elvis Sinosic Decision3
2002 L Kevin Randleman Decision3
2001 L Fedor Emelianenko Decision2
2001 W Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Decision2
2001 W Kiyoshi Tamura Decision2
2000 W Maurice Smith Decision3
2000 L Valentijn Overeem Submission1
2000 W Tariel Bitsadze Submission1
2000 W Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision2
2000 W Jacob Zobnin Submission1
2000 W Travis Fulton Submission1
2000 L Dan Henderson Decision2
2000 W Kiyoshi Tamura Decision2
2000 W Mikhail Ilyukhin Submission3
2000 W Brad Kohler KO/TKO2
1999 W Lee Hasdell Decision2
1999 W Zaza Tkeshelashvili Submission2
1999 W Dario Amorim Submission1
1999 W Pedro Otavio Submission1
1999 W Augusto Menezes Santos Submission1
1999 W Fernando Cerchiari KO/TKO1
1997 W Marco Vinicios KO/TKO2
1997 W Manoel Vicente KO/TKO1
1997 W Claudio Palma Submission1

30 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. 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

Full methodology →

Source: Renato Sobral on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-04-13. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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