Soa Palelei
81″ reach · +6.58% reach advantage · 87th percentile
Soa Palelei has a reach of 81″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +6.58%, long for heavyweight MMA and the 87th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.58%
81″ reach on a 76″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 81″ (205.7 cm) | 85th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 76″ (193 cm) | 68th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Australia |
Record
MMA record
22–5
27 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
27 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2015. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
2002–2015
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2012
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
27
27 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | L | Antônio Silva | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Walt Harris | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | L | Jared Rosholt | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Ruan Potts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Pat Barry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Nikita Krylov | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Sean McCorkle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Bob Sapp | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Joe Kielur | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Shunske Inoue | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Henry Miller | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Matt Walker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Son Hai Suk | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Yusuke Kawaguchi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Daniel Cormier | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Brad Morris | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Leamy Tato | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Eddie Sanchez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Shaun Vanof | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Choi Mu-Bae | Submission | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Vince Lucero | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Lance Cartwright | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Christian Wellisch | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Don Richards | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Edwin Montevgini | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Gerald Burton-Batty | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Brad Morris | KO/TKO | 4 |
11 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Ben Rothwell+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Cheick Kongo+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Jake Hager+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Matt Skelton+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Bob Sapp+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Juan Espino+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Johnny Walker+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Ovince Saint Preux+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th 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 140 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: Soa Palelei on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-09-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.