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Heavyweight MMA · 2010s

Ryan Bader

31–8 · 43 recorded bouts · 2007–2024

Ryan Bader finished 52% of 31 wins inside the distance — the 8th 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height74″ (188 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2010s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Ryan Bader, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Brad Peterson (2007)win vs Ulises Cortez (2007)win vs Dicky Chavez (2007)win vs Tim Peacock (2007)win vs David Baggett (2007)win vs Dave Covello (2007)win vs Vinny Magalhães (2008)win vs Buckley Acosta (2008)win vs Eliot Marshall (2008)win vs Eric Schafer (2009)win vs Carmelo Marrero (2009)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2010)win vs Keith Jardine (2010)win vs Jason Brilz (2011)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2011)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2012)win vs Quinton Jackson (2012)win vs Anthony Perosh (2013)loss vs Glover Teixeira (2013)win vs Vladimir Matyushenko (2013)win vs Ovince Saint Preux (2014)win vs Rafael Cavalcante (2014)win vs Rashad Evans (2015)win vs Phil Davis (2015)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2016)win vs Ilir Latifi (2016)loss vs Anthony Johnson (2016)win vs Linton Vassell (2017)win vs Phil Davis (2017)win vs Matt Mitrione (2018)win vs Muhammed Lawal (2018)nc vs Cheick Kongo (2019)win vs Fedor Emelianenko (2019)loss vs Vadim Nemkov (2020)loss vs Corey Anderson (2021)win vs Lyoto Machida (2021)win vs Cheick Kongo (2022)win vs Valentin Moldavsky (2022)win vs Fedor Emelianenko (2023)loss vs Renan Ferreira (2024)
winlossdraw / NC2007–2024

Record

MMA record

31–8

39 bouts on record

Finish rate

52%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 8th percentile

KO/TKO: 13 (42%)Submission: 3 (10%)Decision: 15 (48%)
  • KO/TKO 42%
  • Submission 10%
  • Decision 48%

The career, bout by bout

43 recorded bouts from 2007 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

18y

2007–2024

Longest unbeaten run

14

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2007

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

43

41 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2024 L Renan Ferreira KO/TKO1
2023 W Fedor Emelianenko KO/TKO1
2022 W Cheick Kongo Decision5
2022 W Valentin Moldavsky Decision5
2021 L Corey Anderson KO/TKO1
2021 W Lyoto Machida Decision5
2020 L Vadim Nemkov KO/TKO2
2019 N Cheick Kongo 1
2019 W Fedor Emelianenko KO/TKO1
2018 W Matt Mitrione Decision3
2018 W Muhammed Lawal KO/TKO1
2017 W Linton Vassell KO/TKO2
2017 W Phil Davis Decision5
2016 W Antônio Rogério Nogueira KO/TKO3
2016 W Ilir Latifi KO/TKO2
2016 L Anthony Johnson KO/TKO1
2015 W Rashad Evans Decision3
2015 W Phil Davis Decision3
2014 W Ovince Saint Preux Decision5
2014 W Rafael Cavalcante Decision3
2013 W Anthony Perosh Decision3
2013 L Glover Teixeira KO/TKO1
2013 W Vladimir Matyushenko Submission1
2012 L Lyoto Machida KO/TKO2
2012 W Quinton Jackson Decision3
2011 W Jason Brilz KO/TKO1
2011 L Tito Ortiz Submission1
2011 L Jon Jones Submission2
2010 W Antônio Rogério Nogueira Decision3
2010 W Keith Jardine KO/TKO3
2009 W Eric Schafer Decision3
2009 W Carmelo Marrero Decision3
2008 W Vinny Magalhães KO/TKO1
2008 W Buckley Acosta Submission1
2008 W Eliot Marshall Decision2
2007 W Brad Peterson Decision3
2007 W Ulises Cortez KO/TKO1
2007 W Dicky Chavez KO/TKO1
2007 W Tim Peacock KO/TKO2
2007 W David Baggett Submission1
2007 W Dave Covello Submission1
W Tom Lawlor KO/TKO3
W Kyle Kingsbury Submission1

33 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 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

Full methodology →

Source: Ryan Bader on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-29. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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