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Matt Hughes
USWelterweightActiveage 52
45 — 9
83% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2002-07-1382+4 vs current
AfterWvs Carlos Newton · KO
EndedWvs Gil Castillo · KO · 2002-11-22 · score → 77
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
18 wins7 losseslast 5: L L W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Strikes landed
- Head36469%
- Body11722%
- Legs509%
Strikes absorbed
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(25) | R2(13) | R3(9) | R4(3) | R5(1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 11.5 | 10.2 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 6.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 11.5 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.57 | 1.38 | 0.78 | 1.35 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Control time | 2:20 | 2:31 | 2:34 | 4:35 | 1:28 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage2011-09-24L·KO·R1 · 4:59
- UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida2010-11-20vsBJ PennL·KO·R1 · 0:21
- UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen2010-08-07W·Sub·R1 · 3:15
- UFC 112: Invincible2010-04-10W·KO·R3 · 4:40
- UFC 98: Evans vs Machida2009-05-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 85: Bedlam2008-06-07L·KO·R2 · 1:02
- UFC 79: Nemesis2007-12-29L·Sub·R2 · 4:54
- UFC 68: The Uprising2007-03-03W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 65: Bad Intentions2006-11-18L·KO·R2 · 1:25
- UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn2006-09-23vsBJ PennW·KO·R3 · 3:53
- UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie2006-05-27W·KO·R1 · 4:39
- UFC 56: Full Force2005-11-19W·Sub·R1 · 3:28
- UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 22005-04-16W·Sub·R1 · 4:05
- UFC 50: The War Of '042004-10-22W·Sub·R1 · 4:59
- UFC 48: Payback2004-06-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 46: Supernatural2004-01-31vsBJ PennL·Sub·R1 · 4:39
- UFC 45: Revolution2003-11-21W·Sub·R1 · 3:54
- UFC 42: Sudden Impact2003-04-25W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 40: Vendetta2002-11-22W·KO·R1 · 5:00
- UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall2002-07-13W·KO·R4 · 3:37
- UFC 36: Worlds Collide2002-03-22W·KO·R4 · 3:01
- UFC 34: High Voltage2001-11-02W·KO·R2 · 1:27
- UFC 29: Defense of the Belts2000-12-16L·Sub·R1 · 0:20
- UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams2000-06-09W·KO·R1 · 4:34
- UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion1999-09-24W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
