Jake Matthews
“The Celtic Kid”
WelterweightActive
Career record
23–8–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
16–8–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
2KO6SUB7DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
1KO4SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1994-08-19 · age 31
- Height
- 5′ 11″ (71 in)
- Reach
- 73 in
- Leg reach
- 43 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Australia
- Hometown
- Preston, Australia
- Gym / team
- XLR8 Traning Centre, Epping, Victoria, Australia
- Octagon debut
- 2014-06-28
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.36
- Striking accuracy
- 44%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.58
- Striking defence
- 60%
- Takedown average
- 1.36
- Takedown accuracy
- 41%
- Takedown defence
- 66%
- Submission average
- 0.70
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
24 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | Carlston Harris | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo |
| 2025-09-27 | Neil Magny | Loss | Submission · R3 · 3:08 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes |
| 2025-07-12 | Chidi Njokuani | Win | Submission · R1 · 1:09 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira |
| 2025-02-08 | Francisco Prado | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| 2024-06-01 | Phil Rowe | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| 2023-11-18 | Michael Morales | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig |
| 2023-07-29 | Darrius Flowers | Win | Submission · R2 · 2:37 | Welterweight | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 |
| 2022-12-17 | Matthew Semelsberger | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland |
| 2022-06-11 | Andre Fialho | Win | TKO · R2 · 2:24 | Welterweight | UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka |
| 2021-03-06 | Sean Brady | Loss | Submission · R3 · 3:28 | Welterweight | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| 2020-09-26 | Diego Sanchez | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| 2020-02-22 | Emil Meek | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker |
| 2019-10-05 | Rostem Akman | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| 2018-12-01 | Anthony Rocco Martin | Loss | Submission · R3 · 1:19 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |
| 2018-06-23 | Shinsho Anzai | Win | Submission · R1 · 2:44 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards |
| 2018-02-10 | Li Jingliang | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
| 2017-11-18 | Bojan Velickovic | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura |
| 2016-11-26 | Andrew Holbrook | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson |
| 2016-07-08 | Kevin Lee | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:06 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale |
| 2016-03-19 | Johnny Case | Win | Submission · R3 · 4:45 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir |
| 2015-11-14 | Akbarh Arreola | Win | TKO · R2 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm |
| 2015-05-09 | James Vick | Loss | Submission · R1 · 4:53 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt |
| 2014-11-07 | Vagner Rocha | Win | Submission · R2 · 1:52 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping |
| 2014-06-28 | Dashon Johnson | Win | Submission · R3 · 3:16 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 24 rows in the archive list Jake Matthews as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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