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Heavyweight MMA · 2000s

Wes Sims

22–14 · 42 recorded bouts · 2001–2016

Wes Sims finished 100% of 22 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height81″ (205.7 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

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

2010 loss vs Dan Severn (2001)win vs Conan Silveira (2002)nc vs Edwin Allseitz (2002)win vs Mike Shepard (2002)win vs John Harmon (2002)win vs Joe Mellotte (2002)win vs Josh Mueller (2002)win vs Mike Paduano (2002)loss vs Frank Mir (2003)loss vs Tim Sylvia (2004)loss vs Antoni Hardonk (2004)win vs Joe Mellotte (2004)loss vs Ricardeau Francois (2004)loss vs Mike Kyle (2004)loss vs Frank Mir (2004)win vs Jyunpei Hamada (2005)win vs Dustin Sutton (2005)win vs Shane Lightle (2005)win vs Albert Palmer (2006)win vs Anton Cano (2006)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (2006)win vs Robert Hogan (2006)win vs Jabari Hawthorne (2006)win vs Joel Surprenant (2006)win vs Paul Bowers (2006)loss vs Daniel Gracie (2006)win vs Buddy Butler (2006)loss vs Travis Fulton (2007)loss vs Chris Guillen (2007)win vs Daniel Long (2007)nc vs Van Palacio (2007)win vs William Jaggers (2007)win vs Jason DeAngelo (2008)win vs Clifford Coon (2008)win vs William Clifford (2008)loss vs Steve Bossé (2008)loss vs Bobby Lashley (2010)loss vs Lyubomir Simeonov (2012)win vs Ruben Villareal (2013)loss vs George Oiler (2016)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2016

Record

MMA record

22–14

37 bouts on record

Finish rate

100%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 72nd percentile

KO/TKO: 13 (59%)Submission: 9 (41%)
  • KO/TKO 59%
  • Submission 41%

The career, bout by bout

42 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2016. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

2001–2016

Longest unbeaten run

10

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2006

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

42

40 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2016 L George Oiler Submission1
2013 W Ruben Villareal Submission1
2012 L Lyubomir Simeonov Submission2
2010 L Bobby Lashley KO/TKO1
2008 W Jason DeAngelo KO/TKO1
2008 W Clifford Coon Submission1
2008 W William Clifford Submission1
2008 L Steve Bossé Submission1
2007 L Travis Fulton Decision3
2007 L Chris Guillen KO/TKO2
2007 W Daniel Long KO/TKO1
2007 N Van Palacio 1
2007 W William Jaggers Submission1
2006 W Albert Palmer Submission1
2006 W Anton Cano DQ2
2006 W Kimo Leopoldo KO/TKO1
2006 W Robert Hogan KO/TKO1
2006 W Jabari Hawthorne KO/TKO1
2006 W Joel Surprenant Submission1
2006 W Paul Bowers Submission1
2006 L Daniel Gracie Submission1
2006 W Buddy Butler Submission1
2005 W Jyunpei Hamada Submission1
2005 W Dustin Sutton KO/TKO1
2005 W Shane Lightle KO/TKO1
2004 L Tim Sylvia KO/TKO1
2004 L Antoni Hardonk Submission1
2004 W Joe Mellotte Submission1
2004 L Ricardeau Francois KO/TKO2
2004 L Mike Kyle KO/TKO1
2004 L Frank Mir KO/TKO2
2003 L Frank Mir DQ1
2002 W Conan Silveira KO/TKO2
2002 N Edwin Allseitz
2002 W Mike Shepard Submission1
2002 W John Harmon Submission1
2002 W Joe Mellotte Submission
2002 W Josh Mueller 1
2002 W Mike Paduano KO/TKO1
2001 L Dan Severn Decision3
L Antoni Hardonk Submission
L Justin Wren Submission1

12 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: Wes Sims on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-08-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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