He holds a win over the current UFC … Here’s it: The tallest fighter is the heavyweight Alexander Volkov (6’7”) and the shortest fighter fighters are several flyweights and bantamweights who stand 5’4”’tall according to ufcstats.com.eval(ez_write_tag([[468,60],'mmaclan_com-box-3','ezslot_6',103,'0','0'])); There are 2 problems with that table, though. Longest Undefeated Streak (Active Fighters), Longest Undefeated Streak (Retired Fighters), Stat of the Day: Average height at each weight division, Current MMA Rankings Updated (09-27-2020), Fight Matrix Program – UFC 253: Reyes vs. Blachowicz (2020-09-26), Current MMA Rankings Updated (09-20-2020), 6’6″ – [#35] Kendall Grove, [#248] Luke Barnatt, 6’4″ – 4 Tied (Beecroft, T. Dixon, C. Hill, B. Scott), 5’9″ – 4 Tied (Calatayud, Campuzano, Sato, C. Wright). 4 Demian Maia 32. Find out the world's best featherweight MMA fighters. Besides the heavyweights, the rest of those types of fighters appear to be skinnier than their opponents. Semmy Schilt At 6ft11inches tall, very few fighters have ever been taller than dutch striker Semmy Schilt. He is a former Glory heavyweight champion, 1x K-1 Super Heayvweight Champion, and 5x K-1 World Grand Prix champion. For example, the UFC fighter Sodiq Yusuff who competed at featherweight (145 pounds) in his last fight weighed 169.2 pounds on the fight night. His first foray into mixed martial arts was through Pancrase, where he would win the promotion’s heavyweight championship and successfully defend the belt twice. During the camp, they lose weight because of the intense training but the few days before the weigh-ins the intentionally dehydrate themselves to a certain extend, don’t eat much while doing a lot of cardio training so they can make the necessary weight for the division. Other organizations like ONE FC even forbid weight cutting. monitoring_string = "5eb5a0f65cbe346d74f978e14db1b00d" These fighters are the cream of the featherweight crop right now. To find out how exactly tall they are I put together a table where I calculated the average height for each division, using the data for the current top 10 UFC fighters of each of those divisions. The examples of short fighters who do well in their weight classes are countless – Daniel Cormier (LHW and HW); Kelvin Gastelum (Middleweight); Robbert Whittaker (MW). The career of 6’6” (199cm) middleweight Kendall Grove is in many ways indicative of the pros and cons of a long, rangy frame. 7 Clay Guida 29. Generally cutting weight is very unhealthy. They utilize kicks and straight punches very well and have great distance management. Short fighters are able to put on more muscle mass and still make weight. So […] But that doesn’t mean short fighters don’t have their advantages in stand-up and on the ground.

The UFC website does let you sort by height; try adding "?sort=height" to the link of the category.