UFC ARCHIVE PROFILE

Matt Hughes

18-7-0archive record · 25 UFC bouts

TALE OF THE TAPE

Profile

Height: 5' 9"
Reach: 73"
Listed weight: 170 lbs.
Stance: Switch
Born: Oct 13, 1973

RECORDED UFC OUTPUT

Career totals

25 bouts with stats

531Sig. strikes landed55.0% accuracy

47Takedowns landed51.1% accuracy

3Knockdowns16 submission attempts

1h 58mRecorded controlAvailable UFC Stats rows

Totals reflect the archive rows available for this fighter. Early-era fights can have limited round data.

WIN PROFILE

How wins happened

KO / TKO8

Submission5

Decision5

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FIGHT HISTORY

25 UFC appearances

Josh Koscheck

UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage

KO / TKOWelterweight · R1 4:59

Sep 24, 2011 L

BJ Penn

UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida

KO / TKOWelterweight · R1 0:21

Nov 20, 2010 W

Ricardo Almeida

UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 3:15

Aug 7, 2010 W

Renzo Gracie

UFC 112: Invincible

KO / TKOWelterweight · R3 4:40

Apr 10, 2010 W

Matt Serra

UFC 98: Evans vs Machida

DecisionWelterweight · R3 5:00

May 23, 2009 L

Thiago Alves

UFC 85: Bedlam

KO / TKOWelterweight · R2 1:02

Jun 7, 2008 L

Georges St-Pierre

UFC 79: Nemesis

SubmissionWelterweight · R2 4:54

Dec 29, 2007 W

Chris Lytle

UFC 68: The Uprising

DecisionWelterweight · R3 5:00

Mar 3, 2007 L

Georges St-Pierre

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

KO / TKOWelterweight · R2 1:25

Nov 18, 2006 W

BJ Penn

UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn

KO / TKOWelterweight · R3 3:53

Sep 23, 2006 W

Royce Gracie

UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie

KO / TKOCatch Weight · R1 4:39

May 27, 2006 W

Joe Riggs

UFC 56: Full Force

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 3:28

Nov 19, 2005 W

Frank Trigg

UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 4:05

Apr 16, 2005 W

Georges St-Pierre

UFC 50: The War Of '04

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 4:59

Oct 22, 2004 W

Renato Verissimo

UFC 48: Payback

DecisionWelterweight · R3 5:00

Jun 19, 2004 L

BJ Penn

UFC 46: Supernatural

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 4:39

Jan 31, 2004 W

Frank Trigg

UFC 45: Revolution

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 3:54

Nov 21, 2003 W

Sean Sherk

UFC 42: Sudden Impact

DecisionWelterweight · R5 5:00

Apr 25, 2003 W

Gil Castillo

UFC 40: Vendetta

KO / TKOWelterweight · R1 5:00

Nov 22, 2002 W

Carlos Newton

UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall

KO / TKOWelterweight · R4 3:37

Jul 13, 2002 W

Hayato Sakurai

UFC 36: Worlds Collide

KO / TKOWelterweight · R4 3:01

Mar 22, 2002 W

Carlos Newton

UFC 34: High Voltage

KO / TKOWelterweight · R2 1:27

Nov 2, 2001 L

Dennis Hallman

UFC 29: Defense of the Belts

SubmissionWelterweight · R1 0:20

Dec 16, 2000 W

Marcelo Aguiar

UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams

KO / TKOWelterweight · R1 4:34

Jun 9, 2000 W

Valeri Ignatov

UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion

DecisionLightweight · R3 5:00

Sep 24, 1999