Matt Sayles Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jordan Leavitt Lightweight	Submission	Inverted Triangle On Ground	R2	2:05	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
L	Bryce Mitchell Featherweight	Submission	Twister From Back Control	R1	4:20	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	Dec 7, 2019
W	Kyle Nelson Featherweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R3	3:16	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019
L	Sheymon Moraes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2	Aug 4, 2018

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 decXplode Fight Series · Dana White's Contender Series · CFFC 64 · Phoenix Fighting Championship · RFA 38 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Yazan Hajeh7-3	KO/TKO	punches	R1	1:57	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 19, 2018
W	Christian Aguilera14-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:51	CFFC 64	Mar 25, 2017
L	George Hickman9-3	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Phoenix Fighting Championship	Dec 10, 2016
W	Ryan Lang5-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:59	RFA 38	Jun 3, 2016
W	DeMarcus Brown6-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:12	Smash Global	Mar 26, 2016
W	Bryson Hansen8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 12	Aug 9, 2014
W	Dylan Stanfield0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:46	Xplode Fight Series	Mar 22, 2014
W	Chris Floyd1-5	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	1:15	Xplode Fight Series	Jan 18, 2014

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

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsXplode Fight Series · Xplode Amateur Fight Series

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mike Willis1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:50	Xplode Fight Series	Jan 19, 2013
W	Beau Hart2-12	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:36	Xplode Fight Series	Jul 28, 2012
W	Dominick Griffen0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:32	Xplode Amateur Fight Series	Feb 25, 2012

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

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Decision

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Matt Sayles

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

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 strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Matt Sayles

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

OverallB68th

41%167 / 420

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.02 differential

Landed4.83

Absorbed2.81

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head53%61st88
Body28%72nd46
Leg20%72nd33

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

Sig. strikes by position

77%Standing

Standing77%128
Clinch8%13
Ground16%26

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matt Sayles

Landed per 15

Head

B

65th

33.3

65th

Body

A+

87th

17.4

87th

Leg

A

82nd

12.5

82nd

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

73rd

21.9

73rd

Body

F

9th

18.9

9th

Leg

A+

89th

2.3

89th

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	33.3	88	315	28%
Body	17.4	46	61	75%
Leg	12.5	33	44	75%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.9	58	213	27%
Body	18.9	50	71	70%
Leg	2.3	6	8	75%

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 Sayles

25%

Takedown accuracy

81%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.1 min net

On top1.9

On bottom4.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

45th

0.4

45th

TD accuracy

25%

Sub attempts

B

68th

0.8

68th

Control

C

47th

1.9 min

47th

Defense

TD defense

A

77th

81%

77th

Controlled

4.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 4
Submission attempts	2
Control time	5:09

Defense

TDs defended	17 / 21
Control absorbed	10:37

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (40min 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 Sayles

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 40 min

77%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Sayles builds (+16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sayles drops to 77% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Sayles ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Sayleslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Saylesattempts / min

Control time

Sayles% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.8	3.9	2.4	0.05	18%	4
R2	4.4	3.3	3.2	0.25	9%	3
R3	6.5	6.2	3.4	0.00	8%	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 Sayles

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

31st

26%

31st

Win quality

D

28th

32%

28th

Limited UFC sample (4 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

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

43-32

.573 win rate

Winning-record opponents

4 of 7

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

7

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	Jordan Leavitt	Established	22	Dec 18, 2021
L	Bryce Mitchell	Top-15	48	Dec 7, 2019
W	Kyle Nelson	Building	15	May 4, 2019
L	Sheymon Moraes	Building	15	Aug 4, 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

4 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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-2

3 bouts

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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Matt Sayles

Extended layoff

4y 6mosince last bout

vs Jordan Leavitt · Dec 18, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-2As underdog 0-1

34.6

DK avg

33.2

Median

91.2

Ceiling

1.6

Floor

25%

Boom

50%

Bust

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