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Ian Freeman

20–7 · 26 recorded bouts · 1999–2013

MMA record

20–7

Ian Freeman finished 80% of 20 wins inside the distance — the 37th percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

199020002010win v Travis Fulton, 1999, kowin v Dave Shortby, 1999, kowin v Mark Lamborn, 1999, submissionwin v Keith Dace, 1999, submissionwin v Kamal Lock, 1999, submissionwin v Scotty Smith, 1999, kowin v Tony Bailey, 1999, submissionloss v Bob Schrijber, 2000, kowin v Tedd Williams, 2000, decisionwin v Bob Stines, 2000, kowin v Nate Schroeder, 2000, submissionloss v Scott Adams, 2000, submissionwin v Carlos Barreto, 2001, decisionwin v Stanislav Nuschik, 2001, submissionloss v Valentijn Overeem, 2001, koloss v Osami Shibuya, 2001, koloss v Andrei Arlovski, 2002, kowin v Frank Mir, 2002, kowin v Keith Dace, 2003, kodraw v Vernon White, 2003, drawwin v Will Elworthy, 2004, kowin v Ryan Robinson, 2004, kowin v Mark Epstein, 2006, decisionloss v Melvin Manhoef, 2006, kowin v Paul Cahoon, 2008, decisionwin v Ricco Rodriguez, 2013, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1999–2013

SOURCE·Ian Freeman (mixed martial artist) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-18

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 2026-07-18. 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 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

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
2013 W Ricco Rodriguez KO/TKO1
2008 W Paul Cahoon Decision3
2006 W Mark Epstein Decision3
2006 L Melvin Manhoef KO/TKO1
2004 W Will Elworthy KO/TKO1
2004 W Ryan Robinson KO/TKO1
2003 W Keith Dace KO/TKO1
2003 D Vernon White Draw3
2002 L Andrei Arlovski KO/TKO1
2002 W Frank Mir KO/TKO1
2001 W Carlos Barreto Decision3
2001 W Stanislav Nuschik Submission1
2001 L Valentijn Overeem KO/TKO1
2001 L Osami Shibuya KO/TKO1
2000 L Bob Schrijber KO/TKO1
2000 W Tedd Williams Decision3
2000 W Bob Stines KO/TKO1
2000 W Nate Schroeder Submission2
2000 L Scott Adams Submission1
1999 W Travis Fulton KO/TKO2
1999 W Dave Shortby KO/TKO1
1999 W Mark Lamborn Submission1
1999 W Keith Dace Submission1
1999 W Kamal Lock Submission1
1999 W Scotty Smith KO/TKO1
1999 W Tony Bailey Submission1

7 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Ian Freeman (mixed martial artist) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-18

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2000s — 18 of 26 dated bouts
CountryUnited Kingdom

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

2000 2010 win vs Travis Fulton (1999)win vs Dave Shortby (1999)win vs Mark Lamborn (1999)win vs Keith Dace (1999)win vs Kamal Lock (1999)win vs Scotty Smith (1999)win vs Tony Bailey (1999)loss vs Bob Schrijber (2000)win vs Tedd Williams (2000)win vs Bob Stines (2000)win vs Nate Schroeder (2000)loss vs Scott Adams (2000)win vs Carlos Barreto (2001)win vs Stanislav Nuschik (2001)loss vs Valentijn Overeem (2001)loss vs Osami Shibuya (2001)loss vs Andrei Arlovski (2002)win vs Frank Mir (2002)win vs Keith Dace (2003)draw vs Vernon White (2003)win vs Will Elworthy (2004)win vs Ryan Robinson (2004)win vs Mark Epstein (2006)loss vs Melvin Manhoef (2006)win vs Paul Cahoon (2008)win vs Ricco Rodriguez (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2013

Record

MMA record

20–7

28 bouts on record

Finish rate

80%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 37th percentile

KO/TKO: 10 (50%)Submission: 6 (30%)Decision: 4 (20%)
  • KO/TKO 50%
  • Submission 30%
  • Decision 20%

The career, bout by bout

26 recorded bouts from 1999 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

15y

1999–2013

Longest unbeaten run

7

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1999

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

26

26 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Ian Freeman's record?
20–7 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 26 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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