Thiago Alves
68″ reach · -2.87% reach advantage · 1st percentile
Thiago Alves has a reach of 68″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of -2.87%, unusually short for lightweight MMA and the 1st percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
-2.87%
68″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 6th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 58th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
23–15
38 bouts on record
Finish rate
61%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 34th percentile
The career, bout by bout
41 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
2001–2024
Longest unbeaten run
6
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2003
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
41
41 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | L | Mike Perry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2021 | W | Ulysses Diaz | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2020 | W | Julian Lane | Decision | 5 |
| 2019 | L | Tim Means | Submission | 1 |
| 2019 | L | Laureano Staropoli | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | W | Max Griffin | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Alexey Kunchenko | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | L | Curtis Millender | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2017 | W | Patrick Côté | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Jim Miller | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Carlos Condit | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | W | Jordan Mein | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Seth Baczynski | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Martin Kampmann | Submission | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Papy Abedi | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Rick Story | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | W | John Howard | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Jon Fitch | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Georges St-Pierre | Decision | 5 |
| 2008 | W | Josh Koscheck | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Matt Hughes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Karo Parisyan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Chris Lytle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Tony DeSouza | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | John Alessio | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | L | Jon Fitch | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Derrick Noble | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Ansar Chalangov | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Spencer Fisher | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Jeff Cox | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Jason Chambers | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Nuri Shakir | Decision | 2 |
| 2003 | L | Derrick Noble | Submission | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Marcus Davis | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Mike Littlefield | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Carlos Alexandre Pereira | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Fabio Holanda | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Wilson Belchoir | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Lucas Lopes | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | L | Gleison Tibau | Submission | 2 |
28 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Magomed Zaynukov-2.87% 68″ reach · 1st pct
- Kayla Harrison-2.95% 66″ reach · 1st pct
- Uroš Medić-2.75% 71″ reach · 2nd pct
- Naoyuki Kotani 小谷直之-2.2% 66.5″ reach · 3rd pct
- Mateusz Rębecki-1.53% 66″ reach · 4th pct
- Akop Stepanyan Акоп Степанян Հակոբ Ստեփանյան-1.48% 68″ reach · 4th pct
- Jared Gordon-1.48% 68″ reach · 4th pct
- Esteban Ribovics-1.41% 69″ reach · 6th 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 161 lightweight 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: Thiago Alves (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.