Yoshihiro Akiyama
75″ reach · +7.14% reach advantage · 97th percentile
Yoshihiro Akiyama has a reach of 75″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +7.14%, exceptional for lightweight MMA and the 97th percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.14%
75″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 93rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 58th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 3: middleweight, welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Japan |
Record
MMA record
16–7
23 bouts on record
Finish rate
88%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 84th percentile
The career, bout by bout
26 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
21y
2004–2024
Longest unbeaten run
8
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
26
25 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | L | Nieky Holzken | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2022 | W | Shinya Aoki | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2020 | W | Sherif Mohamed | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2019 | L | Agilan Thani | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Alberto Mina | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Amir Sadollah | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Jake Shields | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | L | Vitor Belfort | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Michael Bisping | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | L | Chris Leben | Submission | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Alan Belcher | Decision | 3 |
| 2008 | W | Masanori Tonooka | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Katsuyori Shibata | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | N | Kazuo Misaki | — | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Denis Kang | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | N | Kazushi Sakuraba | — | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Melvin Manhoef | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Taiei Kin | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Katsuhiko Nagata | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Tokimitsu Ishizawa | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Masakatsu Okuda | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Michael Lerma | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Carl Toomey | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Jérôme Le Banner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Francois Botha | Submission | 1 |
| — | W | Kestutis Smirnovas | KO/TKO | — |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Luigi Vendramini+7.35% 73″ reach · 98th pct
- John Lineker+6.37% 67″ reach · 96th pct
- Thanh J. Le+7.93% 74.5″ reach · 98th pct
- Nam Phan+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Gleison Tibau+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Mike Brown+6.09% 70″ reach · 94th pct
- Ottman Azaitar+5.93% 71″ reach · 93rd pct
- Gregor Gillespie+5.93% 71″ reach · 93rd 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: Yoshihiro Akiyama on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-30. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.