Tom Erikson
8–4 · 14 recorded bouts · 1996–2008
Tom Erikson finished 100% of 8 wins inside the distance — the 72nd 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 | 76″ (193 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Tom Erikson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
8–4
13 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
14 recorded bouts from 1996 to 2008. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
1996–2008
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1997
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
14
14 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | L | Alexandru Lungu | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | L | Antônio Silva | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Fabrício Werdum | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Tim Catalfo | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Matt Skelton | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | L | Heath Herring | Submission | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Gary Goodridge | Decision | 2 |
| 1997 | W | Ed de Kruijf | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Kevin Randleman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Pantera Negra | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Davin Wright | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | D | Murilo Bustamante | Draw | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Willie Peeters | Submission | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Aleksander Khramstovskly | KO/TKO | 1 |
8 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Tom Erikson competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Kickboxing | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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: Tom Erikson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-24. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.