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Light heavyweight MMA · 2010s

Rich Hale

23–7 · 31 recorded bouts · 2006–2021

Rich Hale finished 83% of 23 wins inside the distance — the 57th percentile for light heavyweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height76″ (193 cm)
Stance
DivisionLight Heavyweight MMA
competed at 2: heavyweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2010s
CountryUnited States

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

2010 2020 win vs Wendell Lowe (2006)loss vs Matt Lucas (2007)win vs Rich Beecroft (2007)win vs Steve Sayegh (2007)win vs Rich Alten (2007)loss vs Jimmy Ambriz (2007)win vs Lyle Steffens (2008)win vs Roger Mejia (2008)win vs Adam Padilla (2008)win vs Jeremiah Martinez (2008)loss vs Antwain Britt (2009)win vs Evan Nedd (2009)win vs Adam Padilla (2009)draw vs Jordan Smith (2009)win vs Rich Beecroft (2009)win vs Shawn Frye (2009)win vs Matt Lucas (2009)win vs Dave Mewborn (2010)win vs Carlos Flores (2011)loss vs Christian M'Pumbu (2011)win vs D.J. Linderman (2011)win vs Nik Fekete (2011)win vs Mike Zanski (2011)loss vs Alexander Volkov (2012)win vs Thiago dos Santos (2012)win vs Mike Wessel (2012)win vs Josh Burns (2012)loss vs Ryan Martinez (2013)loss vs Blagoi Ivanov (2014)win vs Dale Sopi (2019)win vs Eric Lunsford (2021)
winlossdraw / NC2006–2021

Record

MMA record

23–7

31 bouts on record

Finish rate

83%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 57th percentile

KO/TKO: 11 (48%)Submission: 8 (35%)Decision: 4 (17%)
  • KO/TKO 48%
  • Submission 35%
  • Decision 17%

The career, bout by bout

31 recorded bouts from 2006 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

2006–2021

Longest unbeaten run

7

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2009

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

31

31 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2021 W Eric Lunsford KO/TKO1
2019 W Dale Sopi Decision3
2014 L Blagoi Ivanov Decision3
2013 L Ryan Martinez KO/TKO1
2012 L Alexander Volkov Decision5
2012 W Thiago dos Santos KO/TKO1
2012 W Mike Wessel KO/TKO1
2012 W Josh Burns KO/TKO1
2011 W Carlos Flores KO/TKO1
2011 L Christian M'Pumbu KO/TKO3
2011 W D.J. Linderman Decision3
2011 W Nik Fekete Submission1
2011 W Mike Zanski Submission3
2010 W Dave Mewborn KO/TKO1
2009 L Antwain Britt Decision2
2009 W Evan Nedd Decision2
2009 W Adam Padilla KO/TKO1
2009 D Jordan Smith Draw5
2009 W Rich Beecroft KO/TKO1
2009 W Shawn Frye Submission1
2009 W Matt Lucas Submission2
2008 W Lyle Steffens KO/TKO2
2008 W Roger Mejia KO/TKO2
2008 W Adam Padilla Submission1
2008 W Jeremiah Martinez KO/TKO1
2007 L Matt Lucas Decision3
2007 W Rich Beecroft Submission1
2007 W Steve Sayegh Submission2
2007 W Rich Alten Submission2
2007 L Jimmy Ambriz KO/TKO1
2006 W Wendell Lowe Decision3

4 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 183 light 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: Rich Hale on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-09-20. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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