Shortest Reach in UFC History

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About Shortest Reach in UFC History

The shortest range on the roster, measured fingertip to fingertip

Reach is the distance from fingertip to fingertip with the arms outstretched. This board ranks every UFC fighter with a recorded measurement, shortest first - the fighters who have to get inside to do their work. Height rides on every row, because reach alone does not tell you much; it is the relationship between the two that says whether someone is genuinely short-armed or just small.

Read it inside a division

Unfiltered, the bottom of this list is almost entirely women's strawweight, for the obvious reason that the lightest fighters have the shortest arms. That is a fact rather than an insight. The division filter is what makes the board useful: a 68-inch reach is unremarkable at featherweight and a serious handicap at light heavyweight. Filter to a weight class and you get the fighters who actually give up range to the people they face.

What is and is not included

2,477 of the 4,516 fighters on the site have a published reach; the rest carry a placeholder and are excluded rather than treated as zero - counting a missing measurement as 0 inches would bury the real answer under a 1,966-way tie. A fighter also needs at least one recorded bout, because the roster contains signed fighters who never competed. The recorded range across the promotion runs from 58 inches to 84 inches with nothing outside it.

Pair this with the longest reach board for the other extreme, and with the head-to-head compare tool to put two fighters' physical numbers side by side. The full collection lives on the UFC stats hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is reach in MMA?

Reach is the span from fingertip to fingertip with both arms held out, measured in inches. It is not height. What matters is the gap between the two: a fighter whose reach falls short of their height has to get inside to do anything at all, which shapes their whole style. Every row prints the fighter's height next to the figure so you can see that relationship.

Who has the shortest reach in the UFC?

Cory McKenna and Talita Alencar are the shortest on record at 58 inches, followed by Vanessa Demopoulos and Puja Tomar at 59. The bottom of the board is almost entirely women's strawweight, which is simply the lightest division on the roster - smaller fighters have shorter arms. Filter by division to find who is short relative to the people they actually face.

Is a short reach a disadvantage?

It is a constraint, not a verdict. A fighter giving up reach cannot win at distance, so they win by closing it - pressure, level changes, clinch work, or simply walking through fire to get inside. Some of the most relentless fighters in the promotion are on this list, and the style follows from the measurement. Tecia Pennington at 60 inches across 19 bouts is the archetype.

Why are so many fighters missing?

2,477 of the 4,516 fighters on the site have a published reach; the rest carry a placeholder and are excluded rather than being counted as zero, which would otherwise hand this board a 1,966-way tie for last place. A fighter also needs at least one recorded bout, because the roster includes signed fighters who never competed.

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