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Brad Blackburn

73″ reach · +4.27% reach advantage · 71st percentile

MMA record

18–13

Brad Blackburn has a reach of 73″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +4.27%, above average for lightweight MMA and the 71st percentile of the 161 compared here.

20002010win v Jason Dickson, 2000, kowin v Ray Perales, 2001, submissionwin v Matt Wurstner, 2001, submissionwin v Pat Healy, 2001, kowin v Jai Walsh, 2001, decisionwin v Pat Healy, 2002, koloss v Brad Gumm, 2002, decisionloss v Ryan Healy, 2002, decisionwin v Quenton Pongracz, 2002, koloss v Grady Hurley, 2002, decisionwin v Clayton Purvis, 2002, kowin v Landon Showalter, 2002, submissionwin v Steve Legault, 2004, kowin v Ronny Morales, 2004, submissionloss v Ray Perales, 2005, decisionloss v Roger Huerta, 2005, koloss v Jay Jack, 2005, submissionloss v Brandon Melendez, 2005, decisionwin v Chris Wilson, 2006, decisionloss v Rory Markham, 2006, kowin v Gustavo Machado, 2006, decisionnc v Travis Cox, 2007win v Jay Hieron, 2007, koloss v Mark Miller, 2007, decisionwin v Ryo Chonan, 2008, decisionwin v James Giboo, 2008, kowin v Delson Heleno, 2008, kowin v Edgar García, 2009, decisionloss v Dan Hornbuckle, 2010, decisionloss v DaMarques Johnson, 2010, koloss v Amir Sadollah, 2010, decisionloss v Jory Erickson, 2011, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2000–2011

SOURCE·Brad Blackburn — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-05

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-05-05. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 161 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2011 L Jory Erickson KO/TKO1
2010 L Dan Hornbuckle Decision3
2010 L DaMarques Johnson KO/TKO3
2010 L Amir Sadollah Decision3
2009 W Edgar García Decision3
2008 W Ryo Chonan Decision3
2008 W James Giboo KO/TKO2
2008 W Delson Heleno KO/TKO3
2007 N Travis Cox —1
2007 W Jay Hieron KO/TKO1
2007 L Mark Miller Decision3
2006 W Chris Wilson Decision3
2006 L Rory Markham KO/TKO2
2006 W Gustavo Machado Decision3
2005 L Ray Perales Decision3
2005 L Roger Huerta KO/TKO3
2005 L Jay Jack Submission3
2005 L Brandon Melendez Decision3
2004 W Steve Legault KO/TKO1
2004 W Ronny Morales Submission1
2002 W Pat Healy KO/TKO1
2002 L Brad Gumm Decision3
2002 L Ryan Healy Decision2
2002 W Quenton Pongracz KO/TKO2
2002 L Grady Hurley Decision2
2002 W Clayton Purvis KO/TKO1
2002 W Landon Showalter Submission1
2001 W Ray Perales Submission3
2001 W Matt Wurstner Submission1
2001 W Pat Healy KO/TKO1
2001 W Jai Walsh Decision3
2000 W Jason Dickson KO/TKO1

10 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Brad Blackburn — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-05

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+4.27%

73″ reach on a 70″ frame

Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.

-2.9%lightweight MMA reach advantage7.4%
Measurements
Reach73″ (185.4 cm)74th pct
Height70″ (177.8 cm)58th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 3: middleweight, welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2000s — 28 of 32 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

MMA record

18–13

32 bouts on record

Finish rate

72%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 54th percentile

KO/TKO: 9 (50%)Submission: 4 (22%)Decision: 5 (28%)
  • KO/TKO 50%
  • Submission 22%
  • Decision 28%

The career, bout by bout

32 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2011. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

2000 2010 win vs Jason Dickson (2000)win vs Ray Perales (2001)win vs Matt Wurstner (2001)win vs Pat Healy (2001)win vs Jai Walsh (2001)win vs Pat Healy (2002)loss vs Brad Gumm (2002)loss vs Ryan Healy (2002)win vs Quenton Pongracz (2002)loss vs Grady Hurley (2002)win vs Clayton Purvis (2002)win vs Landon Showalter (2002)win vs Steve Legault (2004)win vs Ronny Morales (2004)loss vs Ray Perales (2005)loss vs Roger Huerta (2005)loss vs Jay Jack (2005)loss vs Brandon Melendez (2005)win vs Chris Wilson (2006)loss vs Rory Markham (2006)win vs Gustavo Machado (2006)nc vs Travis Cox (2007)win vs Jay Hieron (2007)loss vs Mark Miller (2007)win vs Ryo Chonan (2008)win vs James Giboo (2008)win vs Delson Heleno (2008)win vs Edgar García (2009)loss vs Dan Hornbuckle (2010)loss vs DaMarques Johnson (2010)loss vs Amir Sadollah (2010)loss vs Jory Erickson (2011)
winlossdraw / NC2000–2011

Career span

12y

2000–2011

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2002

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

32

32 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Brad Blackburn's record?
18–13 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 32 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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