Sean Sherk
67″ reach · +1.55% reach advantage · 39th percentile
Sean Sherk has a reach of 67″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of +1.55%, short for welterweight MMA and the 39th percentile of the 174 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.55%
67″ reach on a 66″ frame
Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 0th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 0th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
36–4
41 bouts on record
Finish rate
58%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 22nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
41 recorded bouts from 1999 to 2010. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
12y
1999–2010
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2001
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
41
41 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | W | Evan Dunham | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Frankie Edgar | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Tyson Griffin | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | L | B.J. Penn | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Hermes França | Decision | 5 |
| 2006 | W | Kenny Florian | Decision | 5 |
| 2006 | W | Nick Diaz | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | L | Georges St-Pierre | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Joel Blanton | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Lee King | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Brodie Farber | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Darin Brudigan | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Gerald Strebendt | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Eric Heinz | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Jake Short | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Kaleo Padilla | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Ryuki Ueyama | Decision | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Charles Diaz | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Mark Long | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | John Alexander | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | L | Matt Hughes | Decision | 5 |
| 2002 | W | John Alexander | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Benji Radach | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Jutaro Nakao | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Claudionor Fontinelle | Submission | 2 |
| 2001 | D | Kiuma Kunioku | Draw | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Curtis Brigham | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Jason Purcell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Marty Armendarez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Manny Gamburyan | Decision | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Tiki Ghosn | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Karo Parisyan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Ken Parham | Decision | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Karo Parisyan | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Steve Gomm | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Scott Bills | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Kurtis Jensen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Johnnie Holland | Submission | 2 |
| 1999 | W | Joe Paun | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Dean Kugler | Decision | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Roscoe Ostyn | Decision | 3 |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Shannon Wiratchai+1.6% 70″ reach · 39th pct
- War Machine+1.5% 72″ reach · 38th pct
- Joey Villaseñor+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Hector Aldana+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Gunnar Nelson+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov Абубакар Нурмагомедов+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Colby Covington+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Luigi Fioravanti+1.43% 70″ reach · 34th pct
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 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
Source: Sean Sherk on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-05. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.