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The Clinch

-- “The Controller” 2022-2025 · 11 rounds on file

Connor Matthews

1-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 223/518
Takedown accuracy 10/18
Sig. strikes / round 20.3
Control / round 0:34
Inside the distance 0% 0 of 1 wins
Height
5′8″172.7 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Switch
Age
3431 MAY 1992
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 4.9 takedown attempts and 11% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1524 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1524 avg
Well-Rounded 1 0-1-0
Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1457 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 2 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

02 AUG 2022 - lost to Francis Marshall · Decision (Unanimous) 10 OCT 2023 - beat Jair Farias · Decision (Unanimous) 30 MAR 2024 - lost to Dennis Buzukja · Technical Knockout 15 FEB 2025 - lost to Jose Delgado · Technical Knockout 17 MAY 2025 - lost to Yadier del Valle · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 11 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 20.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 25.5
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:34 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 43% 223/518
Takedowns 56% 10/18
Opponents’ accuracy 45% 280/629

Where the strikes land

Head 61% 137
Body 23% 52
Leg 15% 34

And from where

At distance 95% 211
In the clinch 4% 10
On the ground 1% 2

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 0 won Technical Knockout · 0-2
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
17 MAY 2025 Yadier del Valle Lost Submission R1 2:54 3 9 UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
15 FEB 2025 Jose Delgado Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:58 6 21 UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
30 MAR 2024 Dennis Buzukja Lost Technical Knockout R3 0:22 60 83 UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
10 OCT 2023 Jair Farias Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 80 57 DWCS 7.10
02 AUG 2022 Francis Marshall Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 74 110 DWCS 6.2