Matt Brown

Nickname“The Immortal”

Record

24-19

Streak

Age

Date of birth

Jan 10, 1981

Fighting out of: Xenia, Ohio
Born: United States
Camp: Immortal Fight Team
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'0" · 183 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: May 13, 2023

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Court McGee

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:09

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida · May 13, 2023

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:09

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida

May 13, 2023

Bryan Barberena

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · Mar 26, 2022

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus

Mar 26, 2022

Dhiego Lima

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:02

UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige · Jun 19, 2021

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:02

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige

Jun 19, 2021

#12Carlos Condit

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar · Jan 16, 2021

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar

Jan 16, 2021

Miguel Baeza

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:18

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020

KO/TKO

R2 · 0:18

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris

May 16, 2020

Ben Saunders

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Guard · R2 · 4:55

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · Dec 14, 2019

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:55

Punches to Head From Guard

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

Dec 14, 2019

Diego Sanchez

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Elbow to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:44

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis · Nov 11, 2017

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:44

Elbow to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis

Nov 11, 2017

#5Donald Cerrone

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R3 · 0:34

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis · Dec 10, 2016

KO/TKO

R3 · 0:34

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis

Dec 10, 2016

#15Jake Ellenberger

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance · R1 · 1:46

UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley · Jul 30, 2016

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:46

Kick to Body At Distance

UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley

Jul 30, 2016

#6Demian Maia

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:31

UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic · May 14, 2016

Submission

R3 · 4:31

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic

May 14, 2016

Tim Means

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 4:44

UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor · Jul 11, 2015

Submission

R1 · 4:44

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor

Jul 11, 2015

#1Johny Hendricks

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos · Mar 14, 2015

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos

Mar 14, 2015

#1Robbie Lawler

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown · Jul 26, 2014

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown

Jul 26, 2014

#14Erick Silva

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R3 · 2:11

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva · May 10, 2014

KO/TKO

R3 · 2:11

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva

May 10, 2014

Mike Pyle

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R1 · 0:29

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen · Aug 17, 2013

KO/TKO

R1 · 0:29

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen

Aug 17, 2013

Jordan Mein

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Body On Ground · R2 · 1:00

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez · Apr 20, 2013

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:00

Elbows to Body On Ground

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez

Apr 20, 2013

Mike Swick

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:31

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz · Dec 8, 2012

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:31

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz

Dec 8, 2012

Luis Ramos

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knees to Head In Clinch · R2 · 4:20

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida · Jun 22, 2012

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:20

Knees to Head In Clinch

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida

Jun 22, 2012

Stephen Thompson

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans · Apr 21, 2012

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans

Apr 21, 2012

Chris Cope

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:19

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit · Feb 4, 2012

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:19

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

Feb 4, 2012

Seth Baczynski

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 0:42

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson · Nov 19, 2011

Submission

R2 · 0:42

Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson

Nov 19, 2011

John Howard

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry · Jun 26, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry

Jun 26, 2011

Brian Foster

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard · R2 · 2:11

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida · Nov 20, 2010

Submission

R2 · 2:11

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida

Nov 20, 2010

Chris Lytle

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Crucifix · R2 · 2:02

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin · Jul 3, 2010

Submission

R2 · 2:02

Armbar From Crucifix

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin

Jul 3, 2010

Ricardo Almeida

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 3:30

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy · Mar 27, 2010

Submission

R2 · 3:30

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy

Mar 27, 2010

James Wilks

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R3 · 2:27

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera · Nov 14, 2009

KO/TKO

R3 · 2:27

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

Nov 14, 2009

Pete Sell

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:32

UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine · Mar 7, 2009

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:32

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine

Mar 7, 2009

Ryan Thomas

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R2 · 0:57

UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar · Nov 15, 2008

Submission

R2 · 0:57

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar

Nov 15, 2008

Dong Hyun Kim

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 88: Breakthrough · Sep 6, 2008

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Guard · R2 · 3:40

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale · Jun 21, 2008

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:40

Punches to Head From Guard

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale

Jun 21, 2008

Outside the UFC

7-6across 13 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 4 subIE · UFL · FightFest · GFC · NLF 8 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Chris Lytle31-18-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:49	UFL	Aug 11, 2007
W	Dan Kolbasowski2-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:37	FightFest	Jul 6, 2007
L	Daniel Moraes1-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:32	GFC	May 19, 2007
L	Jesse Chilton11-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	3:23	NLF 8	Mar 10, 2007
W	Douglas Lima33-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:50	ISCF	Feb 9, 2007
W	Matt Arroyo3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:54	RFC 7	Nov 4, 2006
W	Jason Nickoson7-5-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:51	FF 8	Oct 20, 2006
L	Chris Liguori15-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:42	CITC	Sep 30, 2006
L	Mikey Gomez17-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:35	AFC 17	Jun 24, 2006
W	Brian King6-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:27	IE	May 20, 2006
L	Pete Spratt25-24	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	IFF 1	May 6, 2006
W	Joey Whitt2-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:39	Gracie Fighting League	Feb 10, 2006
W	Ricardo Martinez3-5	Submission	—	R1	2:54	IE	Oct 8, 2005

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

Career striking

OverallA70th

55%1,039 / 1,874

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.84 differential

Landed3.76

Absorbed2.92

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head61%65th631
Body30%86th310
Leg9%44th98

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

Sig. strikes by position

56%Standing

Standing56%586
Clinch27%276
Ground17%177

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matt Brown

Landed per 15

Head

67th

34.2

67th

Body

A+

88th

16.8

88th

Leg

40th

5.3

40th

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

49th

30.6

49th

Body

70th

6.7

70th

Leg

53rd

6.6

53rd

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	34.2	631	1,356	47%
Body	16.8	310	383	81%
Leg	5.3	98	135	73%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.6	564	1,471	38%
Body	6.7	123	182	68%
Leg	6.6	121	147	82%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Matt Brown

30 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 277 min

96%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Brown holds steady (-0% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Brown keeps 96% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Brown — HOLDSOutput / 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

Brownlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Brownattempts / min

Control time

Brown% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.0	3.5	2.9	0.23	20%	30
R2	6.2	4.5	2.8	0.23	25%	24
R3	5.0	3.1	3.3	0.29	25%	11
R4	1.8	1.2	1.8	0.20	0%	1
R5	6.6	6.0	5.0	0.20	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

Matt Brown

30 resolved UFC bouts · 7 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

62nd

38%

62nd

Win quality

61st

43%

61st

Opponent quality distribution

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

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	5	1-4	20%
Ranked 6–15	4	3-1	75%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	4	2-2	50%
Building	7	3-4	43%
Unproven	6	6-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Court McGee	Building	22	May 13, 2023
L	Bryan Barberena	Building	22	Mar 26, 2022
W	Dhiego Lima	Unproven	12	Jun 19, 2021
L	Carlos Condit#12	Top-5	79	Jan 16, 2021
L	Miguel Baeza	Building	15	May 16, 2020
W	Ben Saunders	Building	22	Dec 14, 2019
W	Diego Sanchez	Cross-div ranked	45	Nov 11, 2017
L	Donald Cerrone#5	Top-5	78	Dec 10, 2016
L	Jake Ellenberger#15	Top-5	74	Jul 30, 2016
L	Demian Maia#6	Top-5	85	May 14, 2016
W	Tim Means	Established	30	Jul 11, 2015
L	Johny Hendricks#1	Champion	97	Mar 14, 2015
L	Robbie Lawler#1	Champion	97	Jul 26, 2014
W	Erick Silva#14	Ranked 6–15	62	May 10, 2014
W	Mike Pyle	Ranked 6–15	58	Aug 17, 2013
W	Jordan Mein	Ranked 6–15	44	Apr 20, 2013
W	Mike Swick	Contender-level	45	Dec 8, 2012
W	Luis Ramos	Unproven	8	Jun 22, 2012
W	Stephen Thompson	Top-5	61	Apr 21, 2012
W	Chris Cope	Unproven	8	Feb 4, 2012
L	Seth Baczynski	Building	15	Nov 19, 2011
W	John Howard	Established	26	Jun 26, 2011
L	Brian Foster	Building	18	Nov 20, 2010
L	Chris Lytle	Established	26	Jul 3, 2010
L	Ricardo Almeida	Established	26	Mar 27, 2010
W	James Wilks	Building	15	Nov 14, 2009
W	Pete Sell	Unproven	8	Mar 7, 2009
W	Ryan Thomas	Unproven	8	Nov 15, 2008
L	Dong Hyun Kim	Ranked 6–15	52	Sep 6, 2008
W	Matt Arroyo	Unproven	8	Jun 21, 2008

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.

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Takedowns	31 / 66
Submission attempts	24
Control time	59:18

TDs defended	76 / 119
Control absorbed	93:51

Matt Brown

UFC fight history

Outside the UFC

Method of victory & defeat

Finishes

KO history

Judging

Career striking

Striking zones

Grappling

Pace & fade

What drives the pace · per round

Schedule Score

Career cohorts

Activity & layoff

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring