One subject, in depth · bridged to Sideline US
FightIndex
Lightweight MMA · most active 2010s

Ricardo Lamas

71″ reach · +4.4% reach advantage · 80th percentile

MMA record

20–8

Ricardo Lamas has a reach of 71″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +4.4%, long for lightweight MMA and the 80th percentile of the 161 compared here.

200020102020win v Christopher Martins, 2008, decisionwin v Gabe Miranda, 2008, kowin v James Birdsley, 2008, decisionwin v Cal Ferry, 2008, submissionwin v Jake Corry, 2008, submissionwin v James Krause, 2009, decisionloss v Danny Castillo, 2009, kowin v Bart Palaszewski, 2009, decisionloss v Iuri Alcântara, 2010, kowin v Dave Jansen, 2010, decisionwin v Bendy Casimir, 2010, kowin v Cub Swanson, 2011, submissionwin v Matt Grice, 2011, kowin v Hatsu Hioki, 2012, decisionwin v Erik Koch, 2013, kowin v Dennis Bermudez, 2014, submissionwin v Hacran Dias, 2014, decisionloss v José Aldo, 2014, decisionwin v Diego Sanchez, 2015, decisionloss v Chad Mendes, 2015, kowin v Charles Oliveira, 2016, submissionloss v Max Holloway, 2016, decisionloss v Josh Emmett, 2017, kowin v Jason Knight, 2017, kowin v Darren Elkins, 2018, koloss v Mirsad Bektić, 2018, decisionloss v Calvin Kattar, 2019, kowin v Bill Algeo, 2020, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2008–2020

SOURCE·Ricardo Lamas — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-24

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 2026-05-24. 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 161 lightweight 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
2020 W Bill Algeo Decision3
2019 L Calvin Kattar KO/TKO1
2018 W Darren Elkins KO/TKO3
2018 L Mirsad Bektić Decision3
2017 L Josh Emmett KO/TKO1
2017 W Jason Knight KO/TKO1
2016 W Charles Oliveira Submission2
2016 L Max Holloway Decision3
2015 W Diego Sanchez Decision3
2015 L Chad Mendes KO/TKO1
2014 W Dennis Bermudez Submission1
2014 W Hacran Dias Decision3
2014 L José Aldo Decision5
2013 W Erik Koch KO/TKO2
2012 W Hatsu Hioki Decision3
2011 W Cub Swanson Submission2
2011 W Matt Grice KO/TKO1
2010 L Iuri Alcântara KO/TKO1
2010 W Dave Jansen Decision3
2010 W Bendy Casimir KO/TKO1
2009 W James Krause Decision3
2009 L Danny Castillo KO/TKO2
2009 W Bart Palaszewski Decision3
2008 W Christopher Martins Decision3
2008 W Gabe Miranda KO/TKO1
2008 W James Birdsley Decision2
2008 W Cal Ferry Submission4
2008 W Jake Corry Submission1

21 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Ricardo Lamas — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-24

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+4.4%

71″ reach on a 68″ frame

Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.

-2.9%lightweight MMA reach advantage7.4%
Measurements
Reach71″ (180.3 cm)49th pct
Height68″ (172.7 cm)21st pct
Stance—
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 19 of 28 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

MMA record

20–8

28 bouts on record

Finish rate

55%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 21st percentile

KO/TKO: 6 (30%)Submission: 5 (25%)Decision: 9 (45%)
  • KO/TKO 30%
  • Submission 25%
  • Decision 45%

The career, bout by bout

28 recorded bouts from 2008 to 2020. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

2010 2020 win vs Christopher Martins (2008)win vs Gabe Miranda (2008)win vs James Birdsley (2008)win vs Cal Ferry (2008)win vs Jake Corry (2008)win vs James Krause (2009)loss vs Danny Castillo (2009)win vs Bart Palaszewski (2009)loss vs Iuri Alcântara (2010)win vs Dave Jansen (2010)win vs Bendy Casimir (2010)win vs Cub Swanson (2011)win vs Matt Grice (2011)win vs Hatsu Hioki (2012)win vs Erik Koch (2013)win vs Dennis Bermudez (2014)win vs Hacran Dias (2014)loss vs José Aldo (2014)win vs Diego Sanchez (2015)loss vs Chad Mendes (2015)win vs Charles Oliveira (2016)loss vs Max Holloway (2016)loss vs Josh Emmett (2017)win vs Jason Knight (2017)win vs Darren Elkins (2018)loss vs Mirsad Bektić (2018)loss vs Calvin Kattar (2019)win vs Bill Algeo (2020)
winlossdraw / NC2008–2020

Career span

13y

2008–2020

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2008

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

28

28 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Ricardo Lamas's record?
20–8 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 28 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.

See what every site in this family answers

Published by

Amit Sharma

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.