Welterweight
Matt Hughes
18-7-0
5'9"Height
73"Reach
SwitchStance
1973-10-13Born
8KO wins
5Sub wins
72.2%Finish rate
8:55Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min2.38
Sig. strikes absorbed / min1.28
Striking accuracy55.0%
Striking defense54.5%
Takedowns / 15 min3.16
Takedown accuracy51.1%
Takedown defense35.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.08
Control time56.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents10-6
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
25 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Josh Koscheck 13-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:59 — UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage · 2011-09-24
14/53Sig. strikes
26/51Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L BJ Penn 11-6-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:21 — UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida · 2010-11-20
3/6Sig. strikes
7/9Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ricardo Almeida 5-3 walk-in Submission · R1 3:15 — UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen · 2010-08-07
2/16Sig. strikes
10/28Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:13Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Renzo Gracie 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 4:40 — UFC 112: Invincible · 2010-04-10
70/123Sig. strikes
34/109Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:45Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Matt Serra 6-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 98: Evans vs Machida · 2009-05-23
34/58Sig. strikes
14/41Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
8:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Thiago Alves 7-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:02 — UFC 85: Bedlam · 2008-06-07
9/13Sig. strikes
10/16Absorbed
1/7Takedowns
3:03Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Georges St-Pierre 8-2 walk-in TITLE Submission · R2 4:54 — UFC 79: Nemesis · 2007-12-29
5/13Sig. strikes
28/40Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
0:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Chris Lytle 2-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 68: The Uprising · 2007-03-03
13/21Sig. strikes
5/16Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
13:10Control
0Knockdowns
3Sub attempts
L Georges St-Pierre 6-1 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 1:25 — UFC 65: Bad Intentions · 2006-11-18
10/39Sig. strikes
45/92Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W BJ Penn 6-2-1 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R3 3:53 — UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn · 2006-09-23
35/88Sig. strikes
17/37Absorbed
1/9Takedowns
6:58Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Royce Gracie 8-0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:39 — UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie · 2006-05-27
32/40Sig. strikes
7/11Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
3:25Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Joe Riggs 2-1 walk-in Submission · R1 3:28 — UFC 56: Full Force · 2005-11-19
8/13Sig. strikes
1/5Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
2:03Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Frank Trigg 2-1 walk-in TITLE Submission · R1 4:05 — UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2 · 2005-04-16
13/19Sig. strikes
13/21Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:31Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Georges St-Pierre 2-0 walk-in TITLE Submission · R1 4:59 — UFC 50: The War Of '04 · 2004-10-22
4/14Sig. strikes
6/17Absorbed
2/7Takedowns
2:20Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Renato Verissimo 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 48: Payback · 2004-06-19
11/23Sig. strikes
7/13Absorbed
3/6Takedowns
13:31Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L BJ Penn 5-1-1 walk-in TITLE Submission · R1 4:39 — UFC 46: Supernatural · 2004-01-31
4/8Sig. strikes
17/23Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Frank Trigg 0-0 walk-in TITLE Submission · R1 3:54 — UFC 45: Revolution · 2003-11-21
0/0Sig. strikes
0/3Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
1:43Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Sean Sherk 3-0 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 42: Sudden Impact · 2003-04-25
44/88Sig. strikes
19/39Absorbed
5/7Takedowns
14:59Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Gil Castillo 1-1 walk-in TITLE TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R1 5:00 — UFC 40: Vendetta · 2002-11-22
22/32Sig. strikes
1/2Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
4:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Carlos Newton 2-2 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R4 3:37 — UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall · 2002-07-13
58/77Sig. strikes
3/9Absorbed
4/6Takedowns
16:15Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Hayato Sakurai 0-0 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R4 3:01 — UFC 36: Worlds Collide · 2002-03-22
36/58Sig. strikes
5/12Absorbed
9/11Takedowns
15:52Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Carlos Newton 2-1 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R2 1:27 — UFC 34: High Voltage · 2001-11-02
8/14Sig. strikes
2/7Absorbed
4/4Takedowns
4:05Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Dennis Hallman 0-0 walk-in Submission · R1 0:20 — UFC 29: Defense of the Belts · 2000-12-16
1/1Sig. strikes
0/0Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Marcelo Aguiar 0-0 walk-in TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R1 4:34 — UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams · 2000-06-09
18/31Sig. strikes
2/2Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
4:09Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Valeri Ignatov 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion · 1999-09-24
77/117Sig. strikes
7/25Absorbed
5/9Takedowns
—Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
UFC bouts in this database — the full pre-UFC career fills in as the weekly career backfill reaches this fighter.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
8
Submission
5
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
4
Submission
3
Decision
0
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
25
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Welterweight average, over 190 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.