What bantamweight MMA fighters actually measure — 186 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
median reach advantage
+1.51%
Across the 186 bantamweight MMA fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.51% — a median reach of 68.1″ on a median height of 67″.
74% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
Cohort profile
The division's shape
Median reach
68.1″
172.85 cm
Median height
67″
170.2 cm
Median reach advantage
1.51%
of body height
Median finish rate
68%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
186
101 with a reach on file
-2.9%bantamweight MMA reach advantage8.9%
Stance
orthodox74%
southpaw23%
switch4%
By era
2010s127
2020s34
2000s24
By country
United States75
Brazil30
Japan15
Mexico13
Canada5
Russia4
People's Republic of China4
United Kingdom4
Sweden3
Thailand2
How this division is compiled
Every published fighter this site files under bantamweight MMA — 186 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
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.
How many bantamweight MMA fighters have a reach on record?
101 of 186. 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 101. It is not extrapolated to the others.
What does the median reach advantage mean for bantamweight MMA?
That the typical bantamweight MMA fighter's reach exceeds their height by 1.51% of that height. It is a ratio rather than a raw span, so it compares directly against any other cohort on this site — which a reach in inches does not. Half of these fighters are above it and half below; it is not a standard or a target.
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