Robert Whittaker
27–9 · 38 recorded bouts · 2009–2026
Robert Whittaker finished 59% of 27 wins inside the distance — the 13th 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
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight MMA competed at 3: welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | New Zealand |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Robert Whittaker, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
27–9
36 bouts on record
Finish rate
59%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 13th percentile
The career, bout by bout
38 recorded bouts from 2009 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
2009–2026
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2011
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
38
37 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ? | Nikita Krylov | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2025 | L | Reinier de Ridder | Decision | 5 |
| 2024 | ? | Khamzat Chimaev | Submission | 1 |
| 2024 | ? | Ikram Aliskerov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2024 | ? | Paulo Costa | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | ? | Dricus du Plessis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2022 | ? | Marvin Vettori | Decision | 3 |
| 2022 | ? | Israel Adesanya | Decision | 5 |
| 2021 | W | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision | 5 |
| 2020 | W | Jared Cannonier | Decision | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Darren Till | Decision | 5 |
| 2019 | L | Israel Adesanya | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Yoel Romero | Decision | 5 |
| 2017 | W | Yoel Romero | Decision | 5 |
| 2017 | W | Ronaldo Souza | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2016 | W | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | W | Rafael Natal | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Uriah Hall | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Brad Tavares | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Clint Hester | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Mike Rhodes | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Stephen Thompson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Court McGee | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Colton Smith | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Brad Scott | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Jesse Juarez | Decision | 5 |
| 2012 | W | Shaun Spooner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Xavier Lucas | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Ian Bone | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Kim Hoon | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Corey Nelson | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Ben Alloway | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Nate Thomson | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Jay Cobain | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Nick Ariel | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Richard Walsh | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Chris Tallowin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| — | W | Luke Newman | KO/TKO | 0 |
28 of these opponents have their own page here.
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 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
Source: Robert Whittaker (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-29. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.