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WelterweightRetired
Matt Hughes
- Wins
- 46
- Losses
- 9
- Draws
- 0
Bio
- Age
- 49
- as of Oct 13, 2026
- Height
- 5'9"175 cm
- 175 cm5'9"
- Weight
- 170 lb77 kg
- 77 kg170 lb
- Reach
- —
- Leg reach
- —
- Fighting style
- —
- Born
- Hillsboro, United States
- Trains at
- —
- Octagon debut
- Sep. 24, 1999
- Status
- Retired
Career averages
- Sig. strikes landed
- 2.14
- per minute
- Sig. strikes absorbed
- 1.36
- per minute
- Striking accuracy
- 53%
- 436 landed
- Striking defense
- 54%
- of strikes avoided
- Takedowns
- 2.95
- per 15 minutes
- Takedown defense
- 35%
- of attempts stopped
- Submission attempts
- 1.18
- per 15 minutes
- Knockdowns
- 0.22
- per 15 minutes
- Average fight time
- 08:51
- minutes : seconds
Significant strikes landed by position
- Standing 140 (32%)
- Clinch 44 (10%)
- Ground 252 (58%)
As published on UFC.com. For some athletes UFC.com's averages also include Dana White's Contender Series bouts.
Patterns an opponent can exploit
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Latest UFC fights
- Lvs Josh KoscheckSep. 24, 2011KO/TKOR1 00:04:59
- Lvs BJ PennNov. 20, 2010KO/TKOR1 00:00:21
- Wvs Ricardo AlmeidaAug. 7, 2010SubmissionR1 00:03:15
The latest 3 fights shown on UFC.com.
Source: Matt Hughes on UFC.com , checked Oct 13, 2026. Values are copied as UFC.com publishes them, not cross-checked. Nothing here is estimated. Takedown accuracy is left out because UFC.com's figure doesn't match its own takedown counts. Sources & credits
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