Chris Lytle vs Matt Serra

Chris Lytle is 31-18-5; Matt Serra is 11-7-0. Chris Lytle is 5" · 13 cm taller than Matt Serra. They have met 2 times: Chris Lytle 1, Matt Serra 1.

Chris Lytle

“Lights out” · 31-18-5

WelterweightMet 2 times

Matt Serra

“The Terra” · 11-7-0

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Style & credentials

Chris Lytle

BoxingBJJ

—Indiana Light Heavyweight (175 lb) TitleIndiana Boxing Association
—Cage Rage World Welterweight Championship (inaugural)Cage Rage Championships
—Hook N' Shoot ChampionshipHook N' Shoot
—AFC ChampionshipAbsolute Fighting Championships

Camp · Integrated Fighting Academy · Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Matt Serra

No background on record

Camp · Serra-Longo Fight Team

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

60%

Head

51%

33%

Body

34%

Leg

15%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Chris Lytlelast 22 fights

73%24%

Matt Serralast 14 fights

59%18%23%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Chris Lytle· incl. 2 fights outside the UFC Matt Serra

Strikes landed / min

3.791.98

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Good · better than 63% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Poor · better than 10% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.182.64

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Average · better than 58% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Good · better than 75% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.632.05

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Below avg · better than 28% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Good · better than 72% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

50%21%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Poor · better than 15% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

54%39%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Poor · better than 13% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

2.200.90

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Chris Lytle · Elite · better than 96% of UFC fightersMatt Serra · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1497 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.79

Strikes landed / min

1.98

3.18

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.64

0.63 / 1.3

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.05 / 9.8

50%

Takedown accuracy

21%

54%

Takedown defence

39%

1:26

Control time / fight

4:07

2.20

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.90

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Chris Lytle20 UFC fights · 818 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

50%408/1278

20%163/222

7%57/74

Clinch

10%84/147

9%74/89

1%6/6

Ground

1%12/26

1%9/10

1%5/5

Matt Serra14 UFC fights · 333 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

30%100/476

18%59/88

12%39/47

Clinch

3%9/28

12%39/45

3%11/11

Ground

19%62/128

4%14/14

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Chris Lytle27 of 54 ended early · 50%27 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

11 early stoppages have no logged time

Matt Serra9 of 18 ended early · 50%9 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

4 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Chris Lytle4-1

W
Dan Hardy
UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle· Aug 14, 2011
Submission · R3 · 4:16 · Welterweight
L
Brian Ebersole
UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch· Feb 27, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Matt Serra
UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop· Sep 25, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Matt Brown
UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin· Jul 3, 2010
Submission · R2 · 2:02 · Welterweight
W
Brian Foster
UFC 110: Nogueira vs Velasquez· Feb 21, 2010
Submission · R1 · 1:41 · Welterweight

Full record · 54 fights

W
Kevin Burns
The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs United Kingdom Finale· Jun 20, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Marcus Davis
UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson· Jan 17, 2009
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Paul Taylor
UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben· Oct 18, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Josh Koscheck
UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin· Jul 5, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Kyle Bradley
UFC 81: BREAKING POINT· Feb 2, 2008
TKO · R1 · 0:33 · Welterweight
L
Thiago Alves
UFC 78: VALIDATION· Nov 17, 2007
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Matt Brown
Indiana Regional· Aug 11, 2007
Submission
W
Jason Gilliam
UFC 73: STACKED· Jul 7, 2007
Submission · R1 · 2:15 · Welterweight
L
Matt Hughes
UFC 68: THE UPRISING· Mar 3, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Matt Serra
The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale· Nov 11, 2006
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Ultimate Fighter 4 Welterweight
W
Ross Mason
Cage Rage· Feb 4, 2006
Submission
W
Savant Young
WEC 18: Unfinished Business· Jan 12, 2006
TKO · R1 · 3:50 · Welterweight
L
Joe Riggs
UFC 55: Fury· Oct 7, 2005
TKO · R2 · 2:00 · Welterweight
W
Brian Dunn
Legends of Fighting Championship· Aug 13, 2005
TKO
W
Pat Healy
WEC 15: Judgment Day· May 18, 2005
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Karo Parisyan
UFC 51: Super Saturday· Feb 5, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
JT Taylor
WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3· Oct 20, 2004
Submission · R1 · 2:53 · Welterweight
W
Ronald Jhun
UFC 49: Unfinished Business· Aug 20, 2004
Submission · R2 · 1:17 · Welterweight
W
Tiki Ghosn
UFC 47: IT'S ON· Apr 2, 2004
Submission · R2 · 1:55 · Welterweight
W
Pete Spratt
Reality Submission Fighting 5· Jan 2, 2004
Submission · R1 · 0:46 · Middleweight
L
Robbie Lawler
UFC 45: Revolution· Nov 21, 2003
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Derrick Noble
Illinois Regional· Oct 3, 2003
Submission
W
Chatt Lavender
Absolute Fighting Championship· Sep 5, 2003
TKO
W
Laverne Clark
Battleground Fight Night 1· Jul 19, 2003
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
L
Koji Oishi
Pancrase 118· Apr 12, 2003
SD · Welterweight
W
Aaron Riley
HOOKnSHOOT: Boot Camp 1.1· Mar 8, 2003
TKO · R1 · 3:31 · Welterweight
L
Izuru Takeuchi
Pancrase 114· Dec 21, 2002
MD · Middleweight
W
Yuji Hoshino
Pancrase 112· Oct 29, 2002
Submission · R1 · 2:09 · Middleweight
L
Nick Diaz
IFC: Warriors Challenge 17· Jul 12, 2002
SD · Welterweight
W
Kazuo Misaki
Pancrase 102· Dec 1, 2001
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Jake Ambrose
Cage Rage· Apr 14, 2001
Submission
D
Dave Strasser
Illinois Regional· Mar 30, 2001
DRAW
D
TBA
Indiana Regional· Feb 3, 2001
DRAW
W
Mike Haltom
United States Regional· Nov 24, 2000
Submission
W
TBA
United States Regional· Nov 24, 2000
Submission
L
Ben Earwood
UFC 28: High Stakes· Nov 17, 2000
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Shonie Carter
Pancrase 88· Sep 24, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Taro Obata
Pancrase 86· Jul 23, 2000
Submission · R1 · 2:56 · Middleweight
L
Daisuke Ishii
Pancrase 84· Jun 26, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
W
CJ Fernandes
HOOKnSHOOT· Mar 17, 2000
Submission
L
Keiichiro Yamamiya
Pancrase 81· Jan 23, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
D
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase 80· Dec 18, 1999
DEC · Heavyweight
L
Dave Menne
Extreme Challenge· Nov 13, 1999
DEC
W
Luke Pedigo
HOOKnSHOOT· Nov 6, 1999
Submission
D
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase 74· Aug 1, 1999
DEC · Heavyweight
L
Jason DeLucia
Pancrase 73· Jul 6, 1999
MD · Heavyweight
W
Daisuke Watanabe
Pancrase 72· Jun 11, 1999
Submission · R1 · 5:30 · Heavyweight
D
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase 70· Apr 18, 1999
DEC · Heavyweight
W
Bo Hershberger
Indiana Regional· Feb 13, 1999
Submission

Matt Serra2-3

L
Chris Lytle
UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop· Sep 25, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Frank Trigg
UFC 109: RELENTLESS· Feb 6, 2010
TKO · R1 · 2:23 · Welterweight
L
Matt Hughes
UFC 98: Evans vs Machida· May 23, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2· Apr 19, 2008
TKO · R2 · 4:45 · Welterweight
W
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 69: SHOOTOUT· Apr 7, 2007
TKO · R1 · 3:25 · Welterweight

Full record · 18 fights

W
Chris Lytle
The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale· Nov 11, 2006
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Ultimate Fighter 4 Welterweight
L
Karo Parisyan
UFC 53: Heavy Hitters· Jun 4, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Ivan Menjivar
UFC 48: Payback· Jun 19, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Jeff Curran
UFC 46: Super Natural· Jan 31, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
Din Thomas
UFC 41: Onslaught· Feb 28, 2003
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
BJ Penn
UFC 39: The Warriors Return· Sep 27, 2002
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Kelly Dullanty
UFC 36: Worlds Collide· Mar 22, 2002
Submission · R1 · 2:58 · Lightweight
W
Yves Edwards
UFC 33: Victory In Vegas· Sep 28, 2001
MD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Shonie Carter
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded· May 4, 2001
TKO · R3 · 4:51 · Welterweight
W
TBA
New York Regional· Feb 24, 2001
Submission
W
TBA
New York Regional· Jan 29, 2000
Submission
W
TBA
New York Regional· Aug 21, 1999
Submission
W
TBA
New York Regional· Apr 1, 1998
Submission

Head-to-Head History

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Chris LytleMatt Serra

Frequently asked questions

Have Chris Lytle and Matt Serra ever fought?

Yes, 2 times. Most recently at UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop (Sat, Sep 25, 2010), where Chris Lytle won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Chris Lytle and Matt Serra?

Chris Lytle is 31-18-5 and Matt Serra is 11-7-0.

Who has the longer reach, Chris Lytle or Matt Serra?

Neither. Both have a 68" · 173 cm reach.

Who is taller, Chris Lytle or Matt Serra?

Chris Lytle is taller at 5'11" · 180 cm; Matt Serra stands 5'6" · 168 cm.

Who is older, Chris Lytle or Matt Serra?

They are the same age: 52.

Who has more finishes, Chris Lytle or Matt Serra?

Chris Lytle has 25 wins inside the distance (5 by KO/TKO, 20 by submission); Matt Serra has 7 wins (2 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).

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