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Welterweight MMA · 2000s

Roger Bowling

70″ reach · +2.95% reach advantage · 59th percentile

Roger Bowling has a reach of 70″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +2.95%, above average for welterweight MMA and the 59th percentile of the 174 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+2.95%

70″ reach on a 68″ frame

Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.

-2.7%welterweight MMA reach advantage8.6%
Measurements
Reach70″ (177.8 cm)5th pct
Height68″ (172.7 cm)5th pct
Stance
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

Record

MMA record

12–6

18 bouts on record

Finish rate

83%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 76th percentile

KO/TKO: 8 (67%)Submission: 2 (17%)Decision: 2 (17%)
  • KO/TKO 67%
  • Submission 17%
  • Decision 17%

The career, bout by bout

17 recorded bouts from 2007 to 2016. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

2010 win vs Michael Skiba (2007)win vs Chris Runge (2007)win vs Paul Mann (2008)win vs Shamar Bailey (2008)win vs Devon Plaisance (2009)win vs Seth Baczynski (2009)loss vs Bobby Voelker (2010)win vs Jerrod Appenzeller (2010)win vs Jerron Peoples (2011)loss vs Bobby Voelker (2011)win vs Josh Thornburg (2011)loss vs Tarec Saffiedine (2012)win vs Brandon Saling (2012)loss vs Abel Trujillo (2013)loss vs Anthony Njokuani (2013)win vs Joshua Thorpe (2015)loss vs Nicolae Cury (2016)
winlossdraw / NC2007–2016

Career span

10y

2007–2016

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2011

3 bouts

Recorded bouts

17

17 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2016 L Nicolae Cury Submission1
2015 W Joshua Thorpe KO/TKO1
2013 L Abel Trujillo KO/TKO2
2013 L Anthony Njokuani KO/TKO2
2012 L Tarec Saffiedine Decision3
2012 W Brandon Saling KO/TKO2
2011 W Jerron Peoples KO/TKO1
2011 L Bobby Voelker KO/TKO2
2011 W Josh Thornburg Decision3
2010 L Bobby Voelker KO/TKO2
2010 W Jerrod Appenzeller KO/TKO2
2009 W Devon Plaisance KO/TKO1
2009 W Seth Baczynski KO/TKO1
2008 W Paul Mann Submission1
2008 W Shamar Bailey KO/TKO1
2007 W Michael Skiba Submission1
2007 W Chris Runge KO/TKO1

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 174 welterweight 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: Roger Bowling (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-02-26. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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