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Matt Hughes

All-time rank#132of 143,147 rated · by peak

Peak rating2,387Sep 23, 2006

Current rating2,249after last rated bout

Rated record45–954 rated bouts

StatusInactivelast fought Sep 2011 · out of the 18-month window

FIG. 1 Rating trajectoryrating after every rated bout

GOAT Rating (start 1600) after each of 54 rated bouts · shaded bands mark inactive periods (no fight for 18+ months) · every value also appears in the fight record below · run 20260713T043152Z-1e04ce28

FIG. 2 The fight record54 professional bouts

Date	Opponent	Res	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Rating
Sep 24, 2011	Josh Koscheck	L	KO (Punches)	1	4:59	UFC 135 - Jones vs. Rampage	2,249
Nov 20, 2010	BJ Penn	L	KO (Punches)	1	0:21	UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida	2,285
Aug 7, 2010	Ricardo Almeida	W	Technical Submission (Anaconda Choke)	1	3:15	UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen	2,322
Apr 10, 2010	Renzo Gracie	W	TKO (Punches)	3	4:40	UFC 112 - Invincible	2,294
May 23, 2009	Matt Serra	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 98 - Evans vs. Machida	2,280
Jun 7, 2008	Thiago Alves	L	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)	2	1:02	UFC 85 - Bedlam	2,267
Dec 29, 2007	Georges St. Pierre	L	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:54	UFC 79 - Nemesis	2,312
Mar 3, 2007	Chris Lytle	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 68 - Uprising	2,350
Nov 18, 2006	Georges St. Pierre	L	TKO (Head Kick and Punches)	2	1:25	UFC 65 - Bad Intentions	2,348
Sep 23, 2006	BJ Penn	W	TKO (Punches)	3	3:53	UFC 63 - Hughes vs. Penn 2	2,387
May 27, 2006	Royce Gracie	W	TKO (Punches)	1	4:39	UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie	2,366
Nov 19, 2005	Joe Riggs	W	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:28	UFC 56 - Full Force	2,354
Apr 16, 2005	Frank Trigg	W	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:05	UFC 52 - Couture vs. Liddell 2	2,336
Oct 22, 2004	Georges St. Pierre	W	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:59	UFC 50 - The War of '04	2,313
Jun 19, 2004	Renato Verissimo	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 48 - Payback	2,285
Jan 31, 2004	BJ Penn	L	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:39	UFC 46 - Supernatural	2,272
Nov 21, 2003	Frank Trigg	W	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:54	UFC 45 - Revolution	2,314
Apr 25, 2003	Sean Sherk	W	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 42 - Sudden Impact	2,293
Nov 22, 2002	Gil Castillo	W	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	5:00	UFC 40 - Vendetta	2,273
Jul 13, 2002	Carlos Newton	W	TKO (Punches)	4	3:27	UFC 38 - Brawl at the Hall	2,254
Mar 22, 2002	Hayato Sakurai	W	TKO (Punches)	4	3:01	UFC 36 - Worlds Collide	2,232
Nov 2, 2001	Carlos Newton	W	KO (Slam)	2	1:27	UFC 34 - High Voltage	2,209
Sep 8, 2001	Steve Gomm	W	TKO (Punches)	2	3:18	EC 43 - Extreme Challenge 43	2,183
Aug 11, 2001	Hiromitsu Kanehara	W	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	Rings - 10th Anniversary	2,171
Jul 13, 2001	Chatt Lavender	W	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	3	2:31	EC 41 - Extreme Challenge 41	2,182
Jun 16, 2001	Scott Johnson	W	KO (Punch)	1	3:24	EC 40 - Extreme Challenge 40	2,154
May 11, 2001	John Cronk	W	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	N/A	Gladiators 14 - Gladiators 14	2,151
Mar 31, 2001	Bruce Nelson	W	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	3:04	FCC 4 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 4	2,144
Mar 17, 2001	Brett Alazzawi	W	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:27	Rings USA - Battle of Champions	2,143
Feb 8, 2001	Jose LandiJons	L	KO (Knee)	1	4:45	Shidokan Jitsu - Warriors War 1	2,138
Dec 16, 2000	Dennis Hallman	L	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:20	UFC 29 - Defense of the Belts	2,188
Nov 12, 2000	Maynard Marcum	W	Submission (Keylock)	1	6:29	Rings Australia - Free Fight Battle	2,252
Sep 30, 2000	Robbie Newman	W	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:40	Rings USA - Rising Stars Final	2,245
Aug 23, 2000	Chris Haseman	W	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00	Rings - Millennium Combine 3	2,233
Jun 29, 2000	Joe Guist	W	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:45	EC 35 - Extreme Challenge 35	2,234
Jun 9, 2000	Marcelo Aguiar	W	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	4:34	UFC 26 - Ultimate Field of Dreams	2,229
May 21, 2000	Shawn Peters	W	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	2:52	EC 32 - Extreme Challenge 32	2,222
May 13, 2000	Alexandre Barros	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	WEF 9 - World Class	2,207
Apr 15, 2000	Eric Davila	W	Submission (Keylock)	2	3:24	SB 17 - SuperBrawl 17	2,204
Jan 15, 2000	Jorge Pereira	W	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	6:00	WEF 8 - Goin' Platinum	2,184
Nov 20, 1999	Daniel Vianna	W	TKO (Cut)	1	N/A	JKD - Challenge 4	2,157
Nov 13, 1999	Joe Doerksen	W	TKO (Submission to Knees and Punches)	2	0:25	EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29	2,144
Nov 13, 1999	Tom Schmitz	W	TKO (Eye Injury)	1	0:48	EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29	2,120
Nov 13, 1999	LaVerne Clark	W	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	1:35	EC 29 - Extreme Challenge 29	2,085
Sep 24, 1999	Valeri Ignatov	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 22 - There Can Be Only One Champion	2,049
May 29, 1999	Akihiro Gono	W	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto - 10th Anniversary Event	2,048
Apr 24, 1999	Erick Snyder	W	TKO (Slam)	1	N/A	JKD - Challenge 3	2,049
Apr 2, 1999	Joe Stern	W	TKO (Punches)	1	2:30	EC 23 - Extreme Challenge 23	2,041
Dec 11, 1998	Ryan Stout	W	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00	ES - Extreme Shootfighting	1,999
Oct 17, 1998	Victor Hunsaker	W	TKO (Punches)	1	1:39	EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21	1,970
Oct 17, 1998	Dave Menne	W	Decision (Unanimous)	1	15:00	EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21	1,891
Oct 17, 1998	Dennis Hallman	L	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:17	EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21	1,788
Apr 25, 1998	Craig Quick	W	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	N/A	JKD - Challenge 2	1,852
Jan 1, 1998	Erick Snyder	W	KO (Slam)	1	0:15	JKD - Challenge 1	1,763

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