Connor Matthews Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Yadier del Valle Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:54	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales	May 17, 2025
L	Jose Delgado Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	2:58	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues	Feb 15, 2025
L	Dennis Buzukja Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:22	UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot	Mar 30, 2024

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 5 sub · 1 decCage Titans FC · Dana White's Contender Series · Combat Zone 79 · CES MMA 66 · CES MMA 61

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jair Farias12-1	Decision	30–27, 30–27, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Oct 10, 2023
W	Andrew Cruz10-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:57	Combat Zone 79	Mar 15, 2023
L	Francis Marshall10-3	Decision	30–27, 30–27, 30–26	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 2, 2022
W	Josh Hardy1-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:48	CES MMA 66	Mar 4, 2022
W	Jay Ellis16-112	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:21	Cage Titans FC	Jul 10, 2021
W	Joshua Marer2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:57	CES MMA 61	Oct 14, 2020
W	Rob Fuller2-24	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	0:57	Cage Titans FC	Jan 25, 2020
W	Stacey Anderson0-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:07	Cage Titans FC	Aug 24, 2019

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

4-2across 6 amateur bouts · 6 promotionsNorthwest Fight Challenge 28 · SFUMMA · Northwest Fight Challenge 27 · Cage Titans 8 · Cage Titans 6 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brent Eidson Sanchez3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:09	Northwest Fight Challenge 28	May 4, 2019
L	Jimmy Wilson5-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:30	SFUMMA	Feb 9, 2019
W	Will Schoenfeld0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:12	Northwest Fight Challenge 27	Nov 17, 2018
W	Anthony Hargrove0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:36	Cage Titans 8	May 5, 2012
L	Shannon Soares1-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:04	Cage Titans 6	Sep 10, 2011
W	Derek Shorey4-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:57	Cage Titans 5	Jun 25, 2011

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Submission

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Connor Matthews

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

3.23 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Career striking

OverallC50th

43%69 / 171

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.24 differential

Landed4.82

Absorbed6.06

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head62%61st43
Body20%60th14
Leg17%62nd12

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

96%Standing

Standing96%66
Clinch1%1
Ground3%2

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Connor Matthews

Landed per 15

Head

A

74th

39.7

74th

Body

B

67th

12.9

67th

Leg

A

73rd

11.1

73rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

11th

57.3

11th

Body

F

5th

23.1

5th

Leg

F

2nd

24.0

2nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.7	43	126	34%
Body	12.9	14	31	45%
Leg	11.1	12	14	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	57.3	62	180	34%
Body	23.1	25	42	60%
Leg	24.0	26	31	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Connor Matthews

50%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.1 min net

On top1.3

On bottom1.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

65th

2.8

65th

TD accuracy

50%

Sub attempts

C

58th

0.0

58th

Control

C

50th

1.3 min

50th

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

1.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 6
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:27

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 1
Control absorbed	1:36

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (16min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Connor Matthews

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 16 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Matthews hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

MatthewsOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Matthewslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Matthewsattempts / min

Control time

Matthews% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	3.0	6.3	0.28	7%	3
R2	9.5	7.2	7.4	0.60	13%	1
R3	0.0	0.0	21.8	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Connor Matthews

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

5th

13%

5th

Win quality

C

43rd

38%

43rd

Limited UFC sample (3 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Building	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

31-156

.166 win rate

Winning-record opponents

1 of 6

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

6

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Yadier del Valle	Building	15	May 17, 2025
L	Jose Delgado	Building	15	Feb 15, 2025
L	Dennis Buzukja	Unproven	8	Mar 30, 2024

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

3 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-2

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Connor Matthews

Layoff

1y 1mosince last bout

vs Yadier del Valle · May 17, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

15.4

DK avg

14.4

Median

30.6

Ceiling

1.2

Floor

0%

Boom

67%

Bust

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