Matthew Semelsberger

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Matthew Semelsberger

Nickname“Semi the Jedi”

Record

11-8

Streak

L4

Age

33

Date of birth

Nov 23, 1992

Fighting out of: Frederick, Maryland
Born: United States
Camps: Clinch Academy·Crazy 88 MMA
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Switch
Last fight: Nov 9, 2024
Cut risk: 59%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Charles Radtke

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:51

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates · Nov 9, 2024

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates

Preston Parsons

Preston Parsons

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · Jan 13, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2

Uros Medic

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Spinning Back Elbow to Head At Distance · R3 · 2:36

UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Jul 29, 2023

Spinning Back Elbow to Head At Distance

UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2

Jeremiah Wells

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · Apr 22, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes

Jake Matthews

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · Dec 17, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland

Alex Morono

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Jul 30, 2022

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2

AJ Fletcher

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 12, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev

Martin Sano

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:15

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Sep 25, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

Khaos Williams

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige

Jason Witt

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:16

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 13, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

Carlton Minus

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar · Aug 22, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar

Outside the UFC

6-2across 8 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 1 sub · 1 decSF · AOW 17 · Maverick MMA 15 · CFFC 74 · SOFC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Richard Patishnock8-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:14	AOW 17	Feb 8, 2020
W	Kristopher Gratalo4-4	KO/TKO	Hand Injury	R2	5:00	Maverick MMA 15	Nov 9, 2019
W	Zulkarnaiyn Kamchybekov6-3	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	CFFC 74	May 17, 2019
L	Jerome Featherstone5-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:09	SF	Oct 6, 2018
W	Scott Noble1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:53	SF	Apr 14, 2018
L	Darren Costa7-8-1	Submission	Brabo Choke	R3	1:23	SF	Oct 7, 2017
W	Brian Maxwell2-2	Submission	Heel Hook	R3	1:43	SOFC	Jun 17, 2017
W	Donelei Benedetto2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:10	SF	Apr 8, 2017

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

Amateur

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionNYFE 13

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	William Knight11-6	KO/TKO	—	R2	2:45	NYFE 13	Jan 21, 2017

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC57th

42%449 / 1,045

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.47 differential

Landed3.77

Absorbed4.24

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%69th290
Body17%57th76
Leg18%69th83

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

Sig. strikes by position

80%Standing

Standing80%359
Clinch8%36
Ground12%54

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matthew Semelsberger

Matthew Semelsberger

Landed per 15

Head

A

74th

36.6

74th

Body

C

57th

9.6

57th

Leg

A

71st

10.5

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

F

21st

44.5

21st

Body

C

44th

10.2

44th

Leg

D

34th

8.8

34th

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	36.6	290	822	35%
Body	9.6	76	125	61%
Leg	10.5	83	98	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.5	353	908	39%
Body	10.2	81	115	70%
Leg	8.8	70	76	92%

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 Semelsberger

Matthew Semelsberger

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 119 min

119%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Semelsberger builds (+8% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Semelsberger lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Matthew Semelsberger

Semelsberger ▲ 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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Takedown attempts

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Control time

Matthew Semelsberger

Semelsberger% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	3.6	3.7	0.05	15%	11
R2	5.0	4.0	4.7	0.13	18%	8
R3	5.1	3.8	4.4	0.19	20%	8

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 Semelsberger

Matthew Semelsberger

11 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

32nd

26%

32nd

Win quality

C

53rd

41%

53rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

1

1

3

5

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	0-3	0%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

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	Charles Radtke	Established	26	Nov 9, 2024
L	Preston Parsons	Unproven	8	Jan 13, 2024
L	Uros Medic	Ranked 6–15	49	Jul 29, 2023
L	Jeremiah Wells	Established	26	Apr 22, 2023
W	Jake Matthews	Long-tenured vet	55	Dec 17, 2022
L	Alex Morono	Contender-level	45	Jul 30, 2022
W	AJ Fletcher	Unproven	8	Mar 12, 2022
W	Martin Sano	Unproven	8	Sep 25, 2021
L	Khaos Williams	Established	26	Jun 19, 2021
W	Jason Witt	Unproven	8	Mar 13, 2021
W	Carlton Minus	Unproven	8	Aug 22, 2020

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.