Rob Emerson
71″ reach · +4.4% reach advantage · 72nd percentile
Rob Emerson has a reach of 71″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +4.4%, above average for bantamweight MMA and the 72nd percentile of the 101 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.4%
71″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 101 bantamweight MMA fighters. Median 1.51%.
| Reach | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 80th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 67th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Bantamweight MMA competed at 3: lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
21–15
36 bouts on record
Finish rate
62%
of wins ended inside the distance — bantamweight MMA median 68%, 40th percentile
The career, bout by bout
37 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
2002–2021
Longest unbeaten run
5
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2004
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
37
37 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | W | Charles Bennett | KO/TKO | — |
| 2019 | L | Dileno Lopes | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | L | Mikhail Malyutin | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | Submission | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Shamil Shakhbulatov | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Raufeon Stots | Decision | 5 |
| 2016 | W | Ryan Roberts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Shawn West | Submission | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Rafael Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Joe Taimanglo | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Jared Downing | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Musa Toliver | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Jason Williams | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Savant Young | Submission | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Justin Salas | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Eric Reynolds | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Rodney Rhoden | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Nik Lentz | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Phillipe Nover | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Rafael dos Anjos | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Kurt Pellegrino | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Manvel Gamburyan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Keita Nakamura | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | N | Gray Maynard | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Kenji Arai | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Takafumi Ito | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Jamie Schmidt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Julian Samaniego | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Melvin Guillard | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Randy Velarde | Decision | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Joe Camacho | Decision | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Justin Berkley | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | L | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | L | Javier Vazquez | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Chris Brennan | Submission | — |
| 2002 | L | Jamal Perkins | Decision | 2 |
| 2002 | L | Jens Pulver | Decision | 3 |
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
bantamweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Johnny Eduardo+4.4% 71″ reach · 72nd pct
- Russell Doane+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Vince Morales+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Enrique Barzola+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Adrian Yañez+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Tatsuro Taira+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Thomas Almeida+4.47% 70″ reach · 74th pct
- Magomed Magomedov+4.59% 69″ reach · 80th 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 101 bantamweight 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: Rob Emerson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-03-21. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.