Tallest & Shortest Fighter Per Division In The UFC?

[Mavant]

A better q would be at what weight-class does height matter less?

 

[tdluxon]

I'm just curious as to who's the tallest & shortest in each weight class, and whether it benefits fighters at all.

So far I got down.

HW:
Tallest - Stefan Struve.
Shortest - Pat Barry.

LHW:
Tallest - Cyrille Diabate.
Shortest - Rashad Evans? Listed at 5'11".

MW:
Tallest - Francis Carmont? He's listed as 6'3" I'm trying to see who else is taller.
Shortest - Rousimar Palhares? Listed at 5'8"

WW:
Tallest - Carlos Condit? Listed as 6'2"
Shortest - Mike Pierce? Listed as 5'8.

LW:
Tallest - Terry Etim? Listed at 6'1"
Shortest - Thiago Tavares is listed at 5'7" (Edgar nor Guida both 5'6" compete in LW anymore.)

FW:
Tallest - Jonathan Brookins? Listed at 6'0"
Shortest - Manny Gamburyan? Listed at 5'5"

BW
Shortest - Kid Yamamoto? Listed at 5'4".
Tallest: George Roop? Listed at 6'1"

Not sure but I feel like there must be some LHWs under 5'11

 

[Lobzombie]

Idc what the heights are given, Lombard is way shorter than Palhares. He was wearing shoes and still looked an inch shorter at the weigh-ins.

huh?

 

[Cuauhtemoc]

Not sure but I feel like there must be some LHWs under 5'11

Hendo was listed at 5'10'' in his earlier fights in Brazil.
Randy is about that height too, although retired now.
Rashad was also listed at 5'10'' in the past.

Heh, if I was a UFC fighter I would probably be listed as 6'1'' or even 6'2'' maybe with 80'' reach I'm pretty certain.(I'm 6' with good posture, sometimes 5'11'' at the end of the day)

 

[generalyum]

Kendall Grove is a 6'6 MW

Damn I miss Grove ):

 

[Blayt7hh]

LW haaaas to be Sean Sherk

 

[oyyak]

 

[Graniteeyed]

Kendall Grove is a 6'6 MW

True, but he's also farther from the UFC than Bob Arum is from understanding what an ipod does.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Shane Carwin cuts down from like 6'8" to 6'1" kinda lame cutting all that height just to fight the shorter guys.

 

[Tibbles]

Hyun Gyu "Ace" Lim (on the right) is a massive 6'3 WW. Should be making his UFC debut soon.

He makes Dong look small!

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

From the UFC's site, FWIW:

HW: Stefan Struve, 7'0"
Mark Hunt, 5'10"

LHW: Cyrille Diabate, 6'6"
Eddie Mendez, 5'10"

MW: Jason MacDonald, Chris Camozzi, Francis Carmont, Magnus Cedenblad, Tim Credeur, Jared Hamman 6'3"
Rousimar Palhares, 5'8"

WW: Hyun Gyu Lim, 6'3"
+Matt Serra 5'6", but he's not really active.
Mike Pierce 5'8"

LW: James Vick, 6'3"
+Sean Sherk, 5'6", not sure if he's active. Wiki says he's planning to return in 2013.
Thiago Tavares, Clay Guida, Henry Martinez, Spencer Fisher, 5'7"

FW: Pablo Garza, George Roop, 6'1"
Marcus Brimage, 5'4"

BW: Johnny Bedford, 5'10"
Scott Jorgensen, Norifumi Yamamoto, 5'4"

FlW:Jared Papazian, 5'8"
John Lineker, 5'2"

WBW *Ronda Rousey 5'7"
Liz Carmouche 5'6"
This one is pretty pointless to list though, they're the only two on the list.

*Current Champ
+Former Champ

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

Lineker is listed as 5'3".

http://www.ufc.ca/fighter/john-Lineker 5'2" on the UFC's site.

They seem to hit growth and shrinking spurts depending on the time of year and phase of the moon, or something.

 

[IamJames]

Okami is taller than listed, if you saw the Anderson 2 fight, they both stand still during the staredown and Okami has a clear height advantage over Anderson. Nick Diaz is also slightly taller than Carlos Condit.

Lombard is shorter than listed, no way he's 5 ft 9. He was actually shorter than Palhares, he had basketball shoes on at the weigh in stare down and was about the same height (while Palhares was bare feet). I'd put him at 5 ft 6- 5 ft 7 range.

 

[fitedoc]

Dan Cormier is 5'10" and no more

 

[Primitivo]

its a conspiracy!!

I know!

 

[SinisterSpider]

Needs moar pics

he couldnt even hit his chin if he jumped