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Aaron Riley

30–14 · 44 recorded bouts · 1997–2013

MMA record

30–14

Aaron Riley finished 63% of 30 wins inside the distance — the 33rd percentile for welterweight MMA, where the median is 73%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

199020002010win v Billy Johnson, 1997, submissionloss v Mario Roberto, 1997, submissionwin v Chris Malgieri, 1997, submissionwin v Phil Stroffolino, 1998, submissionwin v Brian Boclair, 1998, submissionwin v Chris Mounce, 1998, submissionloss v Falaniko Vitale, 1999, koloss v Yves Edwards, 1999, decisionwin v Joe Merit, 1999, submissiondraw v CJ Fernandes, 1999, drawwin v Billy Johnson, 1999, submissionwin v Rob Tallack, 1999, kowin v Tony Apponte, 1999, submissionwin v James Julian, 1999, submissionwin v Shane Garrett, 1999, decisionwin v Steve Berger, 2000, decisionwin v Aaron Stregles, 2000, kowin v Jeremy Bennett, 2000, kowin v Colin O'Rourke, 2000, decisionwin v Mike Willus, 2001, koloss v Yves Edwards, 2001, decisionwin v Earl Thompson, 2001, submissionwin v Alexandre Barros, 2002, decisionloss v Robbie Lawler, 2002, decisionloss v Sam Morgan, 2003, submissionwin v Cedric Marks, 2003, submissionwin v Nick Gilardi, 2003, submissionloss v Chris Lytle, 2003, kowin v Maicon Alarcao, 2004, kowin v Nuri Shakir, 2004, decisionwin v Michihiro Omigawa, 2005, kowin v Andrew Chappelle, 2005, decisionloss v Eddie Alvarez, 2006, kowin v Darrell Smith, 2006, submissionloss v Spencer Fisher, 2006, koloss v Ryan Schultz, 2007, decisionwin v Jorge Gurgel, 2008, decisionwin v Steve Claveau, 2008, decisionwin v Thiago Meller, 2008, decisionloss v Ross Pearson, 2009, kowin v Shane Nelson, 2009, decisionwin v Joe Brammer, 2010, decisionloss v Tony Ferguson, 2011, koloss v Justin Salas, 2013, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1997–2013

SOURCE·Aaron Riley — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-10-16

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 2025-10-16. 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 299 welterweight 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 L Justin Salas Decision3
2011 L Tony Ferguson KO/TKO1
2010 W Joe Brammer Decision3
2009 L Ross Pearson KO/TKO2
2009 W Shane Nelson Decision3
2008 W Jorge Gurgel Decision3
2008 W Steve Claveau Decision3
2008 W Thiago Meller Decision3
2007 L Ryan Schultz Decision3
2006 L Eddie Alvarez KO/TKO1
2006 W Darrell Smith Submission2
2006 L Spencer Fisher KO/TKO1
2005 W Michihiro Omigawa KO/TKO1
2005 W Andrew Chappelle Decision3
2004 W Maicon Alarcao KO/TKO1
2004 W Nuri Shakir Decision3
2003 L Sam Morgan Submission1
2003 W Cedric Marks Submission1
2003 W Nick Gilardi Submission2
2003 L Chris Lytle KO/TKO1
2002 W Alexandre Barros Decision3
2002 L Robbie Lawler Decision3
2001 W Mike Willus KO/TKO1
2001 L Yves Edwards Decision3
2001 W Earl Thompson Submission1
2000 W Steve Berger Decision3
2000 W Aaron Stregles KO/TKO1
2000 W Jeremy Bennett KO/TKO1
2000 W Colin O'Rourke Decision3
1999 L Falaniko Vitale KO/TKO1
1999 L Yves Edwards Decision1
1999 W Joe Merit Submission1
1999 D CJ Fernandes Draw1
1999 W Billy Johnson Submission1
1999 W Rob Tallack KO/TKO1
1999 W Tony Apponte Submission1
1999 W James Julian Submission1
1999 W Shane Garrett Decision1
1998 W Phil Stroffolino Submission1
1998 W Brian Boclair Submission1
1998 W Chris Mounce Submission—
1997 W Billy Johnson Submission1
1997 L Mario Roberto Submission—
1997 W Chris Malgieri Submission—

12 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Aaron Riley — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-10-16

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height69″ (175.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2000s — 26 of 44 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

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

2000 2010 win vs Billy Johnson (1997)loss vs Mario Roberto (1997)win vs Chris Malgieri (1997)win vs Phil Stroffolino (1998)win vs Brian Boclair (1998)win vs Chris Mounce (1998)loss vs Falaniko Vitale (1999)loss vs Yves Edwards (1999)win vs Joe Merit (1999)draw vs CJ Fernandes (1999)win vs Billy Johnson (1999)win vs Rob Tallack (1999)win vs Tony Apponte (1999)win vs James Julian (1999)win vs Shane Garrett (1999)win vs Steve Berger (2000)win vs Aaron Stregles (2000)win vs Jeremy Bennett (2000)win vs Colin O'Rourke (2000)win vs Mike Willus (2001)loss vs Yves Edwards (2001)win vs Earl Thompson (2001)win vs Alexandre Barros (2002)loss vs Robbie Lawler (2002)loss vs Sam Morgan (2003)win vs Cedric Marks (2003)win vs Nick Gilardi (2003)loss vs Chris Lytle (2003)win vs Maicon Alarcao (2004)win vs Nuri Shakir (2004)win vs Michihiro Omigawa (2005)win vs Andrew Chappelle (2005)loss vs Eddie Alvarez (2006)win vs Darrell Smith (2006)loss vs Spencer Fisher (2006)loss vs Ryan Schultz (2007)win vs Jorge Gurgel (2008)win vs Steve Claveau (2008)win vs Thiago Meller (2008)loss vs Ross Pearson (2009)win vs Shane Nelson (2009)win vs Joe Brammer (2010)loss vs Tony Ferguson (2011)loss vs Justin Salas (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2013

Record

MMA record

30–14

45 bouts on record

Finish rate

63%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 33rd percentile

KO/TKO: 10 (33%)Submission: 9 (30%)Decision: 11 (37%)
  • KO/TKO 33%
  • Submission 30%
  • Decision 37%

The career, bout by bout

44 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

1997–2013

Longest unbeaten run

11

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1999

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

44

44 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Aaron Riley's record?
30–14 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 44 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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