Matt Bessette Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Steven Peterson Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale	Jul 6, 2018
L	Enrique Barzola Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Jan 20, 2018

Outside the UFC

25-8, 1 NCacross 34 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 9 sub · 8 decReality Fighting · Bellator · BFC · CES MMA 64 · CES MMA 60 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ryan Dela Cruz12-10	Submission	Reverse Triangle Choke	R3	4:48	CES MMA 64	Sep 17, 2021
L	Jeremy Kennedy21-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 19, 2020
W	Charles Cheeks III15-10	KO/TKO	Punch	R3	4:01	CES MMA 60	Jan 24, 2020
W	Tim Dooling9-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 55	Mar 29, 2019
NC	Kurt Holobaugh22-10	No Contest	overturned by NSAC	R1	2:59	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 11, 2017
W	Rey Trujillo28-43	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	CES MMA 44	May 12, 2017
W	Kevin Croom23-15	KO/TKO	Punches and Kicks	R3	0:32	CES MMA 41	Jan 27, 2017
W	Joe Pingitore7-4-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R2	4:38	CES MMA 37	Aug 12, 2016
W	Ran Weathers18-26	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:50	CES MMA 36	Jun 10, 2016
W	Keith Richardson22-11	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	3:14	Bellator	Apr 22, 2016
W	Taurean Bogguess15-11	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:41	CES MMA 33	Mar 11, 2016
W	Kevin Roddy15-17-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	3:47	Bellator	Oct 23, 2015
L	Lenny Wheeler11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:39	CES MMA 30	Aug 14, 2015
W	Khama Worthy20-12	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:42	CES MMA 29	Jun 12, 2015
W	Josh LaBerge11-7	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	Bellator	Feb 27, 2015
L	Scott Cleve15-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 5, 2014
L	Daniel Weichel43-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Mar 28, 2014
W	Diego Nunes25-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 28, 2014
W	Nick Piedmont12-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:41	Bellator	Sep 7, 2013
W	Jeff Anderson11-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Reality Fighting	Jan 5, 2013
W	Paul Barrow5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Nov 16, 2012
W	Aniss Alhajjajy9-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Reality Fighting	Sep 22, 2012
L	Andres Jeudi7-7	Disqualification	Illegal Upkick	R3	4:43	Reality Fighting	Jun 2, 2012
W	Saul Almeida20-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Mar 30, 2012
L	Joe Proctor11-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Reality Fighting	Oct 8, 2011
W	John Benoit11-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	4:59	GFL 10	Apr 15, 2011
W	Anthony Kaponis4-5	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Reality Fighting	Oct 9, 2010
W	Andrew Amaral2-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	3:30	Reality Fighting	Jul 17, 2010
W	Andrew Carron5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	Reality Fighting	Nov 7, 2009
L	Chris Chappell4-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	2:13	FFP	Feb 28, 2009
W	Jeff Camera2-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:18	Reality Fighting	Jul 19, 2008
W	Andres Lebron0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:45	Reality Fighting	Apr 12, 2008
L	Bill Jones13-12	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	Reality Fighting	Jan 19, 2008
W	Chris Correira2-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	—	Reality Fighting	Sep 15, 2007

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Submission

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Decision

8 wins, 7 losses

W8

L7

Other

0 wins, 1 loss

Disqualifications and other results

W0

L1

KO history

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

Matt Bessette

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

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

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Matt Bessette

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC52nd

41%100 / 287

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.09 differential

Landed4.36

Absorbed4.45

60%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matt Bessette

Landed per 15

Head

C

57th

34.5

57th

Body

B

69th

13.5

69th

Leg

F

8th

2.0

8th

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

C

44th

34.5

44th

Body

F

20th

16.0

20th

Leg

F

17th

14.0

17th

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	34.5	69	234	29%
Body	13.5	27	46	59%
Leg	2.0	4	7	57%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.5	69	224	31%
Body	16.0	32	40	80%
Leg	14.0	28	33	85%

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

Matt Bessette

0%

Takedown accuracy

56%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-5.1 min net

On top0.8

On bottom5.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

43rd

0.0

43rd

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

D

42nd

0.8 min

42nd

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

56%

44th

Controlled

5.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:33

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 16
Control absorbed	11:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (30min 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

Matt Bessette

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 30 min

61%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Bessette fades (-24% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Bessette drops to 61% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Bessette ▼ FADESOutput / min

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

Bessettelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Bessetteattempts / min

Control time

Bessette% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.6	3.7	0.20	12%	2
R2	4.0	3.7	5.5	0.10	0%	2
R3	2.8	2.7	3.7	0.00	4%	2

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

Matt Bessette

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

11th

16%

11th

Win quality

D

30th

33%

30th

Limited UFC sample (2 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.

1

Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

428-316-3

.575 win rate

Winning-record opponents

22 of 33

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

33

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	Steven Peterson	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2018
L	Enrique Barzola	Established	26	Jan 20, 2018

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

2 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

0-1

1 bout

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

4y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Matt Bessette

Extended layoff

4y 9mosince last bout

vs Ryan Dela Cruz · Sep 17, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 0-1

28.2

DK avg

36.8

Median

36.8

Ceiling

19.6

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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