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Vitaly Minakov Виталий Минаков

22–2 · 24 recorded bouts · 2010–2021

Vitaly Minakov Виталий Минаков finished 91% of 22 wins inside the distance — the 62nd 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
Peak era2010s
CountryRussia

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

2010 2020 win vs Valery Scherbakov (2010)win vs Vitalii Yalovenko (2010)win vs Alexander Zubachov (2010)win vs Ruslan Kabdulin (2010)win vs Ivan Frolov (2011)win vs Juan Espino (2011)win vs Vladimir Starcencov (2012)win vs Fabiano Scherner (2012)win vs Eddie Sanchez (2012)win vs Karol Celinski (2012)win vs Alexander Volkov (2013)win vs Ryan Martinez (2013)win vs Ron Sparks (2013)win vs Cheick Kongo (2014)win vs Josh Copeland (2015)win vs Geronimo dos Santos (2015)win vs Adam Maciejewski (2015)win vs Peter Graham (2016)win vs Tony Johnson (2017)win vs Antônio Silva (2017)win vs DJ Linderman (2017)win vs Timothy Johnson (2019)loss vs Cheick Kongo (2019)loss vs Said Sowma (2021)
winlossdraw / NC2010–2021

Record

MMA record

22–2

24 bouts on record

Finish rate

91%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 62nd percentile

KO/TKO: 13 (59%)Submission: 7 (32%)Decision: 2 (9%)
  • KO/TKO 59%
  • Submission 32%
  • Decision 9%

The career, bout by bout

24 recorded bouts from 2010 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

12y

2010–2021

Longest unbeaten run

22

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2010

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

24

24 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2021 L Said Sowma KO/TKO3
2019 W Timothy Johnson KO/TKO1
2019 L Cheick Kongo Decision3
2017 W Tony Johnson KO/TKO2
2017 W Antônio Silva KO/TKO2
2017 W DJ Linderman KO/TKO3
2016 W Peter Graham Submission1
2015 W Josh Copeland Submission2
2015 W Geronimo dos Santos Submission1
2015 W Adam Maciejewski KO/TKO1
2014 W Cheick Kongo Decision5
2013 W Alexander Volkov KO/TKO1
2013 W Ryan Martinez KO/TKO3
2013 W Ron Sparks KO/TKO1
2012 W Vladimir Starcencov KO/TKO2
2012 W Fabiano Scherner KO/TKO1
2012 W Eddie Sanchez KO/TKO1
2012 W Karol Celinski KO/TKO1
2011 W Ivan Frolov Submission1
2011 W Juan Espino KO/TKO1
2010 W Valery Scherbakov Submission1
2010 W Vitalii Yalovenko Decision3
2010 W Alexander Zubachov Submission1
2010 W Ruslan Kabdulin Submission1

11 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: Vitaly Minakov on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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