Jake Matthews
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Welterweight #25balanced

Jake Matthews

Record
16-8
Rating
1998 ± 136
Since last event
–
Next fight · 21 Nov
vs Tahir Abdullayev 60%
Age
32
Current streak
1 wins
Wins by
1 KO · 6 sub · 8 dec
Next fight
vs Tahir Abdullayev
UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling · 2026-11-21

Key facts

Record
16-8
Division
Welterweight
Our rank
#25
Rating
1998 ± 136
Style label
balanced
Country
Australia
Height
71"
Reach
73"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1994-08-19

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricJake MatthewsDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		51.4 ± 5.2
58th percentile		48.2
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		49.9 ± 7.1
84th percentile		54.3
Takedown attempts
/15 min		3.19 ± 1.64
12th percentile		4.21
Takedown defence
%		64 ± 12
90th percentile		58
Control time
s /15 min		190 ± 12
52nd percentile		189
Striking defence
%		55 ± 4
95th percentile		52
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.67 ± 0.03
26th percentile		0.68
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.62 ± 0.24
94th percentile		0.49

UFC fight history

W Carlston Harris
UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo · 2026-05-30
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Neil Magny
UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes · 2025-09-27
 Submission R3
W Chidi Njokuani
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · 2025-07-12
 Submission R1
W Francisco Prado
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · 2025-02-08
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Phil Rowe
UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · 2024-06-01
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Michael Morales
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig · 2023-11-18
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Darrius Flowers
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · 2023-07-29
 Submission R2
L Matthew Semelsberger
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · 2022-12-17
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Andre Fialho
UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka · 2022-06-11
 KO/TKO R2
L Sean Brady
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06
 Submission R3
W Diego Sanchez
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa · 2020-09-26
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Emil Meek
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker · 2020-02-22
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Rostem Akman
UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya · 2019-10-05
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Anthony Rocco Martin
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa · 2018-12-01
 Submission R3
W Shinsho Anzai
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards · 2018-06-23
 Submission R1
W Li Jingliang
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold · 2018-02-10
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Bojan Velickovic
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura · 2017-11-18
 Decision - Split R3
L Andrew Holbrook
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson · 2016-11-26
Decision check: dispute 0.61, decision credit 0.46 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R3
L Kevin Lee
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale · 2016-07-08
 KO/TKO R1
W Johnny Case
UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir · 2016-03-19
 Submission R3
W Akbarh Arreola
UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm · 2015-11-14
 TKO - Doctor's Stoppage R2
L James Vick
UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt · 2015-05-09
 Submission R1
W Vagner Rocha
UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping · 2014-11-07
 Submission R2
W Dashon Johnson
UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt · 2014-06-28
 Submission R3