Ron Waterman
16–6 · 24 recorded bouts · 1999–2008
Ron Waterman finished 88% of 16 wins inside the distance — the 54th 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
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 74″ (188 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Ron Waterman, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
16–6
24 bouts on record
Finish rate
88%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 54th percentile
The career, bout by bout
24 recorded bouts from 1999 to 2008. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
1999–2008
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1999
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
24
24 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | W | Mark Smith | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Dave Herman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Analu Brash | Submission | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Mario Rinaldi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Roger Gracie | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Ricco Rodriguez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Kevin Randleman | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Keigo Takamori | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Mirko Cro Cop | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | D | Jimmy Ambriz | Draw | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Jun Ishii | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Jerry Vrbanovic | Submission | 3 |
| 2003 | W | James Nevarez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Valentijn Overeem | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Kengo Watanabe | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Satoshi Honma | Decision | 3 |
| 1999 | D | Tim Lajcik | Draw | 3 |
| 1999 | L | Andre Roberts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Chris Condo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Joshua Jenkins | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Daniel James | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Matt Asher | KO/TKO | 1 |
9 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 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
Source: Ron Waterman on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-26. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.