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Michael Chiesa

75″ reach · +2.75% reach advantage · 45th percentile

MMA record

20–7

Michael Chiesa has a reach of 75″ against a height of 73″ — a reach advantage of +2.75%, average for welterweight MMA and the 45th percentile of the 174 compared here.

20102020UNFILEDwin v Andy Paves, 2010, decisionwin v Darrell Fenner, 2011, submissionwin v Matt Coble, 2011, submissionwin v Evian Rodriguez, 2011, submissionwin v Darcy James, 2011, submissionwin v Al Iaquinta, 2012, submissionwin v James Vick, 2012, kowin v Colton Smith, 2013, submissionloss v Jorge Masvidal, 2013, submissionwin v Anton Kuivanen, 2013, submissionloss v Joe Lauzon, 2014, kowin v Francisco Trinaldo, 2014, decisionwin v Jim Miller, 2015, submissionwin v Mitch Clarke, 2015, decisionwin v Beneil Dariush, 2016, submissionloss v Kevin Lee, 2017, submissionwin v Carlos Condit, 2018, submissionloss v Anthony Pettis, 2018, submissionwin v Diego Sanchez, 2019, decisionwin v Rafael dos Anjos, 2020, decisionloss v Sean Brady, 2021, decisionloss v Vicente Luque, 2021, submissionwin v Neil Magny, 2021, decisionloss v Kevin Holland, 2023, submissionwin v Max Griffin, 2024, submissionwin v Tony Ferguson, 2024, submissionwin v Court McGee, 2025, decisionwin v Niko Price, 2026, submissionwin v Justin Lawrence, no date on recordwin v Jeremy Larsen, no date on recordwin v Johnavan Vistante, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2010–2026 · 3 UNDATED

SOURCE·Michael Chiesa — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-03-31

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 2026-03-31. 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 174 welterweight 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
2026 W Niko Price Submission1
2025 W Court McGee Decision3
2024 W Max Griffin Submission3
2024 W Tony Ferguson Submission1
2023 L Kevin Holland Submission1
2021 L Sean Brady Decision3
2021 L Vicente Luque Submission1
2021 W Neil Magny Decision5
2020 W Rafael dos Anjos Decision3
2019 W Diego Sanchez Decision3
2018 W Carlos Condit Submission2
2018 L Anthony Pettis Submission2
2017 L Kevin Lee Submission1
2016 W Beneil Dariush Submission2
2015 W Jim Miller Submission2
2015 W Mitch Clarke Decision3
2014 L Joe Lauzon KO/TKO2
2014 W Francisco Trinaldo Decision3
2013 W Colton Smith Submission2
2013 L Jorge Masvidal Submission2
2013 W Anton Kuivanen Submission2
2012 W Al Iaquinta Submission1
2012 W James Vick KO/TKO2
2011 W Darrell Fenner Submission1
2011 W Matt Coble Submission1
2011 W Evian Rodriguez Submission1
2011 W Darcy James Submission1
2010 W Andy Paves Decision3
undated W Justin Lawrence KO/TKO1
undated W Jeremy Larsen Decision5
undated W Johnavan Vistante Submission2

23 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Michael Chiesa — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-03-31

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+2.75%

75″ reach on a 73″ frame

Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.

-2.7%welterweight MMA reach advantage8.6%
Measurements
Reach75″ (190.5 cm)71st pct
Height73″ (185.4 cm)79th pct
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 19 of 28 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

MMA record

20–7

27 bouts on record

Finish rate

65%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 37th percentile

Submission: 13 (65%)Decision: 7 (35%)
  • Submission 65%
  • Decision 35%

The career, bout by bout

31 recorded bouts from 2010 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

2010 2020 win vs Andy Paves (2010)win vs Darrell Fenner (2011)win vs Matt Coble (2011)win vs Evian Rodriguez (2011)win vs Darcy James (2011)win vs Al Iaquinta (2012)win vs James Vick (2012)win vs Colton Smith (2013)loss vs Jorge Masvidal (2013)win vs Anton Kuivanen (2013)loss vs Joe Lauzon (2014)win vs Francisco Trinaldo (2014)win vs Jim Miller (2015)win vs Mitch Clarke (2015)win vs Beneil Dariush (2016)loss vs Kevin Lee (2017)win vs Carlos Condit (2018)loss vs Anthony Pettis (2018)win vs Diego Sanchez (2019)win vs Rafael dos Anjos (2020)loss vs Sean Brady (2021)loss vs Vicente Luque (2021)win vs Neil Magny (2021)loss vs Kevin Holland (2023)win vs Max Griffin (2024)win vs Tony Ferguson (2024)win vs Court McGee (2025)win vs Niko Price (2026)
winlossdraw / NC2010–2026

Career span

17y

2010–2026

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2011

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

31

28 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Michael Chiesa's record?
20–7 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 31 bouts individually.
How many of Michael Chiesa's bouts have no date?
3 of 31. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
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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