Matt Hughes Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Josh Koscheck Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:59	UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	Sep 24, 2011
L	BJ Penn Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:21	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
W	Ricardo Almeida Welterweight	Submission	Schultz Front Headlock On Ground Technical Submission	R1	3:15	UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen	Aug 7, 2010
W	Renzo Gracie Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:40	UFC 112: Invincible	Apr 10, 2010
W	Matt Serra Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida	May 23, 2009
L	Thiago Alves Welterweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R2	1:02	UFC 85: Bedlam	Jun 7, 2008
L	Georges St-PierreTitle Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Side Control	R2	4:54	UFC 79: Nemesis	Dec 29, 2007
W	Chris Lytle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 68: The Uprising	Mar 3, 2007
L	Georges St-PierreTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	1:25	UFC 65: Bad Intentions	Nov 18, 2006
W	BJ PennTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Crucifix	R3	3:53	UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn	Sep 23, 2006
W	Royce Gracie Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	4:39	UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie	May 27, 2006
W	Joe Riggs Welterweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R1	3:28	UFC 56: Full Force	Nov 19, 2005
W	Frank TriggTitle Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:05	UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2	Apr 16, 2005
W	Georges St-PierreTitle Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Side Control	R1	4:59	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004
W	Renato Verissimo Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 48: Payback	Jun 19, 2004
L	BJ PennTitle Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:39	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004
W	Frank TriggTitle Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:54	UFC 45: Revolution	Nov 21, 2003
W	Sean SherkTitle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 42: Sudden Impact	Apr 25, 2003
W	Gil CastilloTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R1	5:00	UFC 40: Vendetta	Nov 22, 2002
W	Carlos NewtonTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Side Control	R4	3:37	UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall	Jul 13, 2002
W	Hayato SakuraiTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R4	3:01	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002
W	Carlos NewtonTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Slam to On Ground	R2	1:27	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
L	Dennis Hallman Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom Guard	R1	0:20	UFC 29: Defense of the Belts	Dec 16, 2000
W	Marcelo Aguiar Welterweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R1	4:34	UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams	Jun 9, 2000
W	Valeri Ignatov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion	Sep 24, 1999

Outside the UFC

27-2across 29 bouts · 20 promotions · wins by 13 KO · 9 sub · 5 decJKD · EC 29 · EC 21 · Rings · Rings USA +15

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Steve Gomm7-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:18	EC 43	Sep 8, 2001
W	Hiromitsu Kanehara19-27-5	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Rings	Aug 11, 2001
W	Chatt Lavender9-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	2:31	EC 41	Jul 13, 2001
W	Scott Johnson5-21	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:24	EC 40	Jun 16, 2001
W	John Cronk19-29	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	Gladiators 14	May 11, 2001
W	Bruce Nelson27-38-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:04	FCC 4	Mar 31, 2001
W	Brett Al-azzawi8-15	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:27	Rings USA	Mar 17, 2001
L	Jose Landi-Jons29-16	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	4:45	Shidokan Jitsu	Feb 8, 2001
W	Maynard Marcum2-2	Submission	Keylock	R1	6:29	Rings Australia	Nov 12, 2000
W	Robbie Newman8-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:40	Rings USA	Sep 30, 2000
W	Chris Haseman20-17	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Rings	Aug 23, 2000
W	Joe Guist0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:45	EC 35	Jun 29, 2000
W	Shawn Peters9-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:52	EC 32	May 21, 2000
W	Alexandre Barros27-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEF 9	May 13, 2000
W	Eric Davila22-12	Submission	Keylock	R2	3:24	SB 17	Apr 15, 2000
W	Jorge Pereira9-4	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	6:00	WEF 8	Jan 15, 2000
W	Daniel Vianna2-2-1	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	—	JKD	Nov 20, 1999
W	LaVerne Clark27-21-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:35	EC 29	Nov 13, 1999
W	Tom Schmitz4-3	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R1	0:48	EC 29	Nov 13, 1999
W	Joe Doerksen51-16	KO/TKO	Submission to Knees and Punches	R2	0:25	EC 29	Nov 13, 1999
W	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	May 29, 1999
W	Erick Snyder2-8	KO/TKO	Slam	R1	—	JKD	Apr 24, 1999
W	Joe Stern3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:30	EC 23	Apr 2, 1999
W	Ryan Stout13-8-1	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	ES	Dec 11, 1998
L	Dennis Hallman53-20-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:17	EC 21	Oct 17, 1998
W	Dave Menne45-17-2	Decision	Unanimous	R1	15:00	EC 21	Oct 17, 1998
W	Victor Hunsaker12-6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:39	EC 21	Oct 17, 1998
W	Craig Quick0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	JKD	Apr 25, 1998
W	Erick Snyder2-8	KO/TKO	Slam	R1	0:15	JKD	Jan 1, 1998

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

21 wins, 5 losses

W21

L5

Submission

14 wins, 4 losses

W14

L4

Decision

10 wins, 0 losses

W10

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

8

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.12

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

5

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.64

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Matt Hughes

PowerChin

Knockout rate

32%

8 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.82 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

3.57 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

OverallC56th

53%531 / 965

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.78 differential

Landed2.14

Absorbed1.36

44%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%44th364
Body22%47th117
Leg9%34th50

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

Sig. strikes by position

63%Ground

Standing29%153
Clinch9%46
Ground63%332

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matt Hughes

Landed per 15

Head

D

41st

24.5

41st

Body

C

44th

7.9

44th

Leg

F

25th

3.4

25th

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

A+

92nd

13.2

92nd

Body

A+

88th

4.2

88th

Leg

A+

90th

1.8

90th

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	24.5	364	785	46%
Body	7.9	117	125	94%
Leg	3.4	50	55	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.2	196	503	39%
Body	4.2	63	87	72%
Leg	1.8	27	38	71%

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 Hughes

51%

Takedown accuracy

35%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.9 min net

On top7.9

On bottom2.0

Offense

Takedowns

A

84th

3.2

84th

TD accuracy

A

75th

51%

75th

Sub attempts

A

80th

1.1

80th

Control

A+

91st

7.9 min

91st

Defense

TD defense

F

25th

35%

25th

Controlled

2.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	47 / 92
Submission attempts	16
Control time	117:51

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 17
Control absorbed	29:37

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (223min 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 Hughes

25 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 223 min

103%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Hughes builds (+13% per round through round 4). Within fights that reached round 3, Hughes sustains 103% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Hughes ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Hugheslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Hughesattempts / min

Control time

Hughes% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.5	2.0	1.7	0.49	49%	25
R2	5.8	2.2	1.1	0.46	56%	13
R3	6.0	3.3	0.9	0.23	52%	9
R4	8.1	3.7	0.0	0.26	92%	3
R5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.00	29%	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 Hughes

25 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

49/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

71st

43%

71st

Win quality

A+

91st

60%

91st

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

2

9

3

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
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	3	1-2	33%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Title-fight challenger	9	8-1	89%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Building	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	4	4-0	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
L	Josh Koscheck	Top-15	68	Sep 24, 2011
L	BJ Penn	Building	28	Nov 20, 2010
W	Ricardo Almeida	Established	30	Aug 7, 2010
W	Renzo Gracie	Unproven	8	Apr 10, 2010
W	Matt Serra	Established	30	May 23, 2009
L	Thiago Alves	Top-15	54	Jun 7, 2008
L	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	88	Dec 29, 2007
W	Chris Lytle	Established	22	Mar 3, 2007
L	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	83	Nov 18, 2006
W	BJ Penn	Title-fight challenger	50	Sep 23, 2006
W	Royce Gracie	Contender-level	45	May 27, 2006
W	Joe Riggs	Building	18	Nov 19, 2005
W	Frank Trigg	Title-fight challenger	50	Apr 16, 2005
W	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	83	Oct 22, 2004
W	Renato Verissimo	Unproven	8	Jun 19, 2004
L	BJ Penn	Title-fight challenger	50	Jan 31, 2004
W	Frank Trigg	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 21, 2003
W	Sean Sherk	Title-fight challenger	50	Apr 25, 2003
W	Gil Castillo	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 22, 2002
W	Carlos Newton	Title-fight challenger	50	Jul 13, 2002
W	Hayato Sakurai	Title-fight challenger	50	Mar 22, 2002
W	Carlos Newton	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 2, 2001
L	Dennis Hallman	Building	15	Dec 16, 2000
W	Marcelo Aguiar	Unproven	8	Jun 9, 2000
W	Valeri Ignatov	Unproven	8	Sep 24, 1999

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

25 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

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

10-2

12 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-3

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-2

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

13-5

18 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

9-3

12 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

7-2

9 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-1

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-3

6 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

2-2

4 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

14y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Matt Hughes

Extended layoff

14y 9mosince last bout

vs Josh Koscheck · Sep 24, 2011

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-1As underdog 1-2

76.2

DK avg

96.4

Median

113.9

Ceiling

5.6

Floor

68%

Boom

28%

Bust

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