1990s MMA
What 1990s MMA fighters actually measure — 95 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+3.32%
Across the 95 1990s MMA fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3.32% — a median reach of 75″ on a median height of 72″. 92% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
The era's shape
Median reach
75″
190.5 cm
Median height
72″
182.9 cm
Median reach advantage
3.32%
of body height
Median finish rate
91%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
95
14 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox92%
- southpaw8%
By country
- United States41
- Japan21
- Brazil12
- Kingdom of the Netherlands10
- Russia3
- United Kingdom2
- Thailand1
- Poland1
- Finland1
- South Africa1
How this era is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under 1990s MMA — 95 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
- The decade is MEASURED, not projected: it is the decade holding more of a fighter's dated bouts than any other. A fighter with fewer than three dated bouts has no decade here and appears in no era cohort.
- Medians, not means — one outlier should not move the typical figure.
- A cohort is only published at 30 fighters or more. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butterbean | 78″ | 71″ | +9.87% |
| 2 | James Toney | 74″ | 69″ | +7.24% |
| 3 | Ray Mercer | 77″ | 73″ | +5.5% |
| 4 | Michele Aboro | 67″ | 64″ | +4.67% |
| 5 | Kevin Rosier | 79″ | 76″ | +3.99% |
| 6 | Imamu Mayfield | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 7 | Lou Savarese | 80″ | 77″ | +3.89% |
| 8 | Jeremy Allen Williams | 75″ | 73″ | +2.75% |
| 9 | Tommy Morrison | 76″ | 74″ | +2.66% |
| 10 | Frank Shamrock | 71″ | 70″ | +1.41% |
| 11 | Tra Telligman | 75″ | 74″ | +1.33% |
| 12 | Hans Nijman | 72.5″ | 72″ | +0.71% |
| 13 | Francois Botha | 74″ | 74″ | 0% |
| 14 | Ken Shamrock | 72.8″ | 73″ | -0.22% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 95 on the site
- Akira Maeda
- Andre Mannaart
- André Pederneiras
- Bart Vale
- Brad Kohler
- Butterbean +9.87%
- Craig Pittman
- Dick Vrij
- Ebenezer Fontes Braga
- Egan Inoue
- Emmanuel Yarbrough
- Enson Inoue
- Erik Paulson
- Eugene Jackson
- Francois Botha 0%
- Frank Shamrock +1.41%
- Futahaguro Kōji
- Gerard Gordeau
- Guy Mezger
- Hans Nijman +0.71%
- Herman Renting
- Imamu Mayfield +3.99%
- Irina Viktorovna Rodina Ири́на Ви́кторовна Родина
- James Toney +7.24%
- James Warring
- Jason DeLucia
- Jeremy Allen Williams +2.75%
- Jerry Bohlander
- Joe Charles
- Johil de Oliveira
- Joop Kasteel
- Jorge Patino
- Kathy Long
- Kazunari Murakami
- Kazuo Takahashi
- Keith Hackney
- Ken Shamrock -0.22%
- Kenji Ogusu 小楠健志
- Kevin Rosier +3.99%
- Kimo Leopoldo
- Lance Gibson
- Lee Hasdell
- Lou Savarese +3.89%
- Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov Магомедхан Гамзатханов
- Marco Ruas
- Masaaki Satake
- Masakatsu Funaki
- Masayuki Naruse 成瀬昌由
- Matt Hume
- Maurice Smith
- Michele Aboro +4.67%
- Mikey Wayne Burnett
- Mikhail Ilyukhin
- Minoru Suzuki
- Mitsuya Nagai 長井満也
- Naoki Sano
- Nobuhiko Takada
- Oleg Taktarov
- Pat Miletich
- Patrick Smith
- Paul Varelans
- Perry Ubeda
- Pete Williams
- Przemysław Saleta
- Rafael Cordeiro
- Ralph Gracie
- Ray Mercer +5.5%
- Rei Zulu
- Remco Pardoel
- Ricardo Morais
- Rickson Gracie
- Roberto Traven
- Ronny Rivano
- Royce Alger
- Ryūshi Yanagisawa
- Satoru Sayama
- Satoshi Honma
- Sean Eric Alvarez
- Steve Jennum
- Takaku Fuke
- Takenori Ito 伊藤武典
- Tank Abbott
- Tom Erikson
- Tommy Morrison +2.66%
- Tony Halme
- Tra Telligman +1.33%
- Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛
- Wallid Ismail
- Wataru Sakata
- Willie Peeters
- Willie Williams
- Yokthai Sithoar
- Yuichi Watanabe
- Yuki Nakai 中井祐樹
- Zane Frazier
What this cohort does and does not say
- How many 1990s MMA fighters have a reach on record?
- 14 of 95. Reach is stated in the English Wikipedia infobox for those and absent for the rest, so every reach figure on this page — including the median — describes only the 14. It is not extrapolated to the others.
- Why do some decades have no page here?
- A decade is published only where at least 30 fighters belong to it. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one. A fighter's decade is also measured, not estimated — it is the decade holding more of their dated bouts than any other, and a fighter with fewer than three dated bouts belongs to no decade at all.
Other ways this dataset is cut
The nearest cohort in size to 1990s MMA — 115 fighters against 95, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
115 FIGHTERS 1960s boxingThe nearest cohort in size to 1990s MMA — 72 fighters against 95, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
72 FIGHTERS Longest reach for the frameThe extremes this cohort's median is drawn from, ranked across all 2,650 fighters with a reach on file.
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