Matt Hughes

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Association: N/A
Pro Debut Date: 1998-01-01
Pro Record: 45-9-0
Win Finish %: 77.7%
Quality Perf. %: 51.9%
Last Ranked: 7/01/2011

#12 Welterweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2000

#1 Middleweight

All-Time Rank:

#6 Absolute

#2 Welterweight
Last Loss Date: 9/24/2011
Last Loss: [NR] Josh Koscheck
UFC Record: 18-7-0
Octagon Time: 3:43:02
Title Bouts: 9-3-0
Longest Win Streak: 6 (2004-2006)
Next Best Win Streak: 6 (2001-2003)
UFC Debut: 1999-09-24
Last UFC Fight: 2011-09-24

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
07/01/2011   #12 Welterweight 45-8-0
237
04/01/2011   #12 Welterweight 45-8-0
237
01/01/2011 8 #12 Welterweight 45-8-0
237
10/01/2010 3 #4 Welterweight 45-7-0
315
07/01/2010   #7 Welterweight 44-7-0
244
04/01/2010 1 #7 Welterweight 43-7-0
247
01/01/2010 1 #6 Welterweight 43-7-0
247
10/01/2009 1 #5 Welterweight 43-7-0
247
07/01/2009 7 #4 Welterweight 43-7-0
247
04/01/2009 2 #11 Welterweight 42-7-0
177
01/01/2009   #9 Welterweight 42-7-0
180
10/01/2008 2 #9 Welterweight 42-7-0
183
07/01/2008 2 #7 Welterweight 42-7-0
187
04/01/2008 1 #5 Welterweight 42-6-0
225
01/01/2008 1 #4 Welterweight 42-6-0
225
10/01/2007   #3 Welterweight 42-5-0
269
07/01/2007 1 #3 Welterweight 42-5-0
270
04/01/2007   #2 Welterweight 42-5-0
270
01/01/2007 1 #2 Welterweight 41-5-0
270
10/01/2006   #1 Welterweight 41-4-0
348
07/01/2006   #1 Welterweight 40-4-0
274
04/01/2006   #1 Welterweight 39-4-0
273
01/01/2006 1 #1 Welterweight 39-4-0
273
10/01/2005   #2 Welterweight 38-4-0
246
07/01/2005   #2 Welterweight 38-4-0
246
04/01/2005   #2 Welterweight 37-4-0
209
01/01/2005   #2 Welterweight 37-4-0
209
10/01/2004   #2 Welterweight 36-4-0
188
07/01/2004   #2 Welterweight 36-4-0
188
04/01/2004 1 #2 Welterweight 35-4-0
168
01/01/2004   #1 Welterweight 35-3-0
223
10/01/2003   #1 Welterweight 34-3-0
212
07/01/2003   #1 Welterweight 34-3-0
212
04/01/2003   #1 Welterweight 33-3-0
197
01/01/2003   #1 Welterweight 33-3-0
197
10/01/2002   #1 Welterweight 32-3-0
164
07/01/2002   #1 Welterweight 31-3-0
137
04/01/2002   #1 Welterweight 31-3-0
137
01/01/2002 2 #1 Welterweight 30-3-0
122
10/01/2001 2 #3 Welterweight 29-3-0
91
07/01/2001 NR #5 Welterweight 26-3-0
55
04/01/2001 NR #8 Middleweight 24-3-0
40
01/01/2001 4 #5 Welterweight 22-2-0
62
10/01/2000 1 #1 Welterweight 21-1-0
104
07/01/2000 NR #2 Welterweight 19-1-0
86
04/01/2000 NR #1 Middleweight 14-1-0
64
01/01/2000 4 #2 Welterweight 13-1-0
75
10/01/1999 NR #6 Welterweight 9-1-0
43
07/01/1999 NR #3 Middleweight 8-1-0
37
04/01/1999 1 #7 Welterweight 5-1-0
34
01/01/1999 NR #6 Welterweight 5-1-0
34


Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Event Outcome
L Josh Koscheck
#6 Welterweight 		  UFC 135 - Jones vs. Rampage
Saturday, September 24th 2011 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
L B.J. Penn
#4 Lightweight 		  UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida
Saturday, November 20th 2010 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Ricardo Almeida
#10 Welterweight 		  UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen
Saturday, August 7th 2010 		Technical Submission (Anaconda Choke)
Round 1
W Renzo Gracie   UFC 112 - Invincible
Saturday, April 10th 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Matt Serra
#5 Welterweight 		  UFC 98 - Evans vs. Machida
Saturday, May 23rd 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Thiago Alves
#11 Welterweight 		  UFC 85 - Bedlam
Saturday, June 7th 2008 		TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)
Round 2
L Georges St. Pierre
#2 Welterweight 		  UFC 79 - Nemesis
Saturday, December 29th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Chris Lytle
#33 Welterweight 		  UFC 68 - Uprising
Saturday, March 3rd 2007 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Georges St. Pierre
#2 Welterweight 		  UFC 65 - Bad Intentions
Saturday, November 18th 2006 		TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Round 2
W B.J. Penn
#3 Welterweight 		  UFC 63 - Hughes vs. Penn
Saturday, September 23rd 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Royce Gracie
#43 Middleweight 		  UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie
Saturday, May 27th 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Joe Riggs
#26 Middleweight 		  UFC 56 - Full Force
Saturday, November 19th 2005 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
W Frank Trigg
#4 Welterweight 		  UFC 52 - Couture vs. Liddell 2
Saturday, April 16th 2005 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Georges St. Pierre
#9 Welterweight 		  UFC 50 - The War of 04
Friday, October 22nd 2004 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Renato Verissimo
#5 Welterweight 		  UFC 48 - Payback
Saturday, June 19th 2004 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L B.J. Penn
#2 Lightweight 		  UFC 46 - Supernatural
Saturday, January 31st 2004 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Frank Trigg
#4 Welterweight 		  UFC 45 - Revolution
Friday, November 21st 2003 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Sean Sherk
#2 Welterweight 		  UFC 42 - Sudden Impact
Friday, April 25th 2003 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Gil Castillo
#3 Welterweight 		  UFC 40 - Vendetta
Friday, November 22nd 2002 		TKO (Cut)
Round 1
W Carlos Newton
#8 Middleweight 		  UFC 38 - Brawl at the Hall
Saturday, July 13th 2002 		TKO (Punches)
Round 4
W Hayato Sakurai
#6 Welterweight 		  UFC 36 - Worlds Collide
Friday, March 22nd 2002 		TKO (Punches)
Round 4
W Carlos Newton
#4 Welterweight 		  UFC 34 - High Voltage
Friday, November 2nd 2001 		KO (Slam)
Round 2
W Steve Gomm   EC 43 - Extreme Challenge 43
Saturday, September 8th 2001 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Hiromitsu Kanehara
#22 Light Heavyweight 		  Rings - 10th Anniversary
Saturday, August 11th 2001 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Chatt Lavender
#21 Welterweight 		  EC 41 - Extreme Challenge 41
Friday, July 13th 2001 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 3
W Scott Johnson   EC 40 - Extreme Challenge 40
Saturday, June 16th 2001 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W John Cronk   Gladiators 14 - Gladiators 14
Friday, May 11th 2001 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
W Bruce Nelson   FCC 4 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 4
Saturday, March 31st 2001 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Brett Al-azzawi   Rings USA - Battle of Champions
Saturday, March 17th 2001 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Jose Landi-Jons
#7 Middleweight 		  Shidokan Jitsu - Warriors War 1
Thursday, February 8th 2001 		KO (Knee)
Round 1
L Dennis Hallman
#19 Welterweight 		  UFC 29 - Defense of the Belts
Saturday, December 16th 2000 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Maynard Marcum   Rings Australia - Free Fight Battle
Sunday, November 12th 2000 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
W Robbie Newman
#18 Middleweight 		  Rings USA - Rising Stars Final
Saturday, September 30th 2000 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Chris Haseman
#52 Heavyweight 		  Rings - Millennium Combine 3
Wednesday, August 23rd 2000 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Joe Guist   EC 35 - Extreme Challenge 35
Thursday, June 29th 2000 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Marcelo Aguiar   UFC 26 - Ultimate Field of Dreams
Friday, June 9th 2000 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
W Shawn Peters   EC 32 - Extreme Challenge 32
Sunday, May 21st 2000 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Alexandre Barros
#18 Middleweight 		  WEF 9 - World Class
Saturday, May 13th 2000 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Eric Davila
#13 Middleweight 		  SB 17 - SuperBrawl 17
Saturday, April 15th 2000 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 2
W Jorge Pereira   WEF 8 - Goin Platinum
Saturday, January 15th 2000 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
W Daniel Vianna   JKD - Challenge 4
Saturday, November 20th 1999 		TKO (Cut)
Round 1
W LaVerne Clark
#11 Welterweight 		  EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29
Saturday, November 13th 1999 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Tom Schmitz   EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29
Saturday, November 13th 1999 		Submission (Eye Injury)
Round 1
W Joe Doerksen
#20 Light Heavyweight 		  EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29
Saturday, November 13th 1999 		Submission (Knees and Punches)
Round 2
W Valeri Ignatov   UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion
Friday, September 24th 1999 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Akihiro Gono
#14 Middleweight 		  Shooto - 10th Anniversary Event
Saturday, May 29th 1999 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Erick Snyder   JKD - Challenge 3
Saturday, April 24th 1999 		TKO (Slam)
Round 1
W Joe Stern   EC 23 - Extreme Challenge 23
Friday, April 2nd 1999 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Ryan Stout   ES - Extreme Shootfighting
Friday, December 11th 1998 		TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 2
W Dave Menne
#3 Welterweight 		  EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21
Saturday, October 17th 1998 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 1
W Victor Hunsaker
#8 Welterweight 		  EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21
Saturday, October 17th 1998 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Dennis Hallman
#6 Welterweight 		  EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21
Saturday, October 17th 1998 		Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Craig Quick   JKD - Challenge 2
Saturday, April 25th 1998 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
W Erick Snyder   JKD - Challenge 1
Thursday, January 1st 1998 		KO (Slam)
Round 1


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