Roy Nelson
24–20 · 47 recorded bouts · 2004–2023
Roy Nelson finished 83% of 24 wins inside the distance — the 45th 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 | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Roy Nelson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
24–20
44 bouts on record
Finish rate
83%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 45th percentile
The career, bout by bout
47 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
2004–2023
Longest unbeaten run
6
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2007
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
47
44 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L | Alan Belcher | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | W | Dillon Cleckler | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2020 | L | Valentin Moldavsky | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Frank Mir | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Mirko Cro Cop | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Sergei Kharitonov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2018 | L | Matt Mitrione | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Javy Ayala | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Alexander Volkov | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Antônio Silva | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2016 | L | Derrick Lewis | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Jared Rosholt | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Josh Barnett | Decision | 5 |
| 2015 | L | Alistair Overeem | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Daniel Cormier | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Stipe Miocic | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Cheick Kongo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Matt Mitrione | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Dave Herman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | L | Fabrício Werdum | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Mirko Cro Cop | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Frank Mir | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Junior dos Santos | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Brendan Schaub | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Jeff Monson | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | James McSweeney | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Andrei Arlovski | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Brad Imes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Fabiano Scherner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Antoine Jaoude | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Bryan Vetell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Shane Ott | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Ben Rothwell | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Mario Rinaldi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Vince Lucero | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Josh Curran | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Jerome Smith | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Jason Godsey | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Michael Buchkovich | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Ray Seraile | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Jerry Vrbanovic | Decision | 3 |
| — | W | Bo Cantrell | Submission | — |
| — | W | Justin Wren | Decision | 5 |
| — | W | Kimbo Slice | KO/TKO | 2 |
31 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: Roy Nelson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-26. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.