Matthew Riddle

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Matthew Riddle

Nickname“Deep Waters”

Record

8-3, 2 NC

Streak

W1

Age

40

Date of birth

Jan 14, 1986

Fighting out of: Allentown
Born: United States
Camp: Throwdown
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 76" · 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Feb 16, 2013

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Che Mills

Welterweight · No Contest · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald · Feb 16, 2013

UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald

John Maguire

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit · Nov 17, 2012

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit

Chris Clements

Welterweight · No Contest · R3 · 2:02

UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao · Jul 21, 2012

UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao

Henry Martinez

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

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

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

Lance Benoist

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger · Sep 17, 2011

UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger

Sean Pierson

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 · Dec 11, 2010

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2

DaMarques Johnson

DaMarques Johnson

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R2 · 4:29

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko · Aug 1, 2010

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

Greg Soto

Welterweight · DQ · Illegal Kick by Soto · R3 · 1:30

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

Illegal Kick by Soto

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy

Nick Osipczak

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R3 · 3:53

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

Punches to Head From Mount

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

Dan Cramer

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 8, 2009

UFC 101: Declaration

Steve Bruno

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens · Feb 7, 2009

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

Dante Rivera

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale

Outside the UFC

1-0across 1 bout · 1 promotion · wins by 1 subTitan FC 27

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Michael Kuiper15-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:29	Titan FC 27	Feb 28, 2014

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

Career striking

OverallC47th

42%452 / 1,083

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.27 differential

Landed3.01

Absorbed2.74

72%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head48%42nd216
Body30%79th137
Leg22%70th99

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

Sig. strikes by position

35%Ground

Standing34%154
Clinch31%142
Ground35%156

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matthew Riddle

Matthew Riddle

Landed per 15

Head

D

39th

23.2

39th

Body

A

83rd

14.7

83rd

Leg

A

71st

10.6

71st

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

55th

28.0

55th

Body

B

69th

7.0

69th

Leg

C

50th

7.1

50th

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	23.2	216	785	28%
Body	14.7	137	181	76%
Leg	10.6	99	117	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.0	261	708	37%
Body	7.0	65	101	64%
Leg	7.1	66	82	80%

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

Matthew Riddle

Matthew Riddle

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 140 min

127%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Riddle builds (+11% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Riddle lifts to 127% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Matthew Riddle

Riddle ▲ 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

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Riddlelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Matthew Riddle

Riddleattempts / min

Control time

Matthew Riddle

Riddle% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	3.0	3.2	0.40	39%	10
R2	6.1	3.0	2.4	0.38	49%	10
R3	7.2	3.8	2.8	0.40	55%	9

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

Matthew Riddle

Matthew Riddle

12 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

6th

14%

6th

Win quality

A

82nd

52%

82nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

7

5

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Building	7	2-3, 2 NC	40%
Unproven	5	5-0	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
NC	Che Mills	Building	18	Feb 16, 2013
W	John Maguire	Building	18	Nov 17, 2012
NC	Chris Clements	Building	15	Jul 21, 2012
W	Henry Martinez	Unproven	8	Feb 4, 2012
L	Lance Benoist	Building	15	Sep 17, 2011
L	Sean Pierson	Building	15	Dec 11, 2010
W	DaMarques Johnson	Building	18	Aug 1, 2010
W	Greg Soto	Unproven	8	Mar 27, 2010
L	Nick Osipczak	Building	15	Nov 14, 2009
W	Dan Cramer	Unproven	8	Aug 8, 2009
W	Steve Bruno	Unproven	8	Feb 7, 2009
W	Dante Rivera	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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