Matt Hughes vs Ricardo Almeida

Matt Hughes is 45-9-0; Ricardo Almeida is 13-5-0. Matt Hughes is 3 years older than Ricardo Almeida. Ricardo Almeida has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Matt Hughes. Ricardo Almeida is 3" · 8 cm taller than Matt Hughes. They have met once: Matt Hughes 1, Ricardo Almeida 0.

Matt Hughes

45-9-0

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WelterweightMet once

Ricardo Almeida

“Big Dog” · 13-5-0

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Style & credentials

Matt Hughes

Folkstyle WrestlingNo-Gi Grappling

1997All-American · NCAA D1158 lb
1996All-American · NCAA D1158 lb
1992Champion · State HSIHSA Class A 145 lb
1991Champion · State HSIHSA Class A 145 lb

Camp · H.I.T. Squad (Hughes Intensive Training) · Granite City, Illinois, US

Ricardo Almeida

No background on record

Camp · Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu · United States

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

69%

Head

61%

22%

Body

25%

Leg

14%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Matt Hugheslast 25 fights

29%9%63%

Ricardo Almeidalast 11 fights

45%15%40%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Matt Hughes· from fights outside the UFC Ricardo Almeida· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

2.382.25

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Poor · better than 19% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Poor · better than 17% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.281.36

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Elite · better than 99% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Elite · better than 98% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

3.164.23

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Elite · better than 89% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

51%38%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Good · better than 80% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Average · better than 49% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

35%38%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Poor · better than 10% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Poor · better than 12% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.101.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Hughes · Good · better than 83% of UFC fightersRicardo Almeida · Elite · better than 91% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.38

Strikes landed / min

2.25

1.28

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.36

3.16 / 6.2

Takedowns landed / 15 min

4.23 / 11.1

51%

Takedown accuracy

38%

35%

Takedown defence

38%

4:43

Control time / fight

4:51

1.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.50

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

Matt Hughes25 UFC fights · 531 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

20%107/371

3%15/19

6%31/35

Clinch

2%12/23

4%23/26

2%11/12

Ground

46%245/391

15%79/80

2%8/8

Ricardo Almeida11 UFC fights · 255 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

22%57/184

11%28/36

12%31/41

Clinch

8%20/36

6%15/17

1%2/2

Ground

31%79/138

8%21/22

1%2/2

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

Matt Hughes44 of 54 ended early · 81%10 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

17 early stoppages have no logged time

Ricardo Almeida8 of 18 ended early · 44%10 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

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

Recent form · last 5

Matt Hughes3-2

L
Josh Koscheck
UFC 135: JONES vs. RAMPAGE · Sep 24, 2011
TKO · R1 · 4:59 · Welterweight
L
BJ Penn
UFC 123: RAMPAGE vs MACHIDA · Nov 20, 2010
TKO · R1 · 0:21 · Welterweight
W
Ricardo Almeida
UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen · Aug 7, 2010
Submission · R1 · 3:15 · Welterweight
W
Renzo Gracie
UFC 112: INVINCIBLE · Apr 10, 2010
TKO · R3 · 4:40 · Welterweight
W
Matt Serra
UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA · May 23, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight

Full record · 54 fights

L
Thiago Alves
UFC 85: BEDLAM · Jun 7, 2008
TKO · R2 · 1:02 · Welterweight
L
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 79: NEMESIS · Dec 29, 2007
Submission · R2 · 4:54 · Interim Welterweight
W
Chris Lytle
UFC 68: THE UPRISING · Mar 3, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 65: BAD INTENTIONS · Nov 18, 2006
TKO · R2 · 1:25 · Welterweight
W
BJ Penn
UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn · Sep 22, 2006
TKO · R3 · 3:53 · Welterweight
W
Royce Gracie
UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie · May 26, 2006
TKO · R1 · 4:39 · Catch Weight
W
Joe Riggs
UFC 56: Full Force · Nov 19, 2005
Submission · R1 · 3:28 · Welterweight
W
Frank Trigg
UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell II · Apr 16, 2005
Submission · R1 · 4:05 · Welterweight
W
Georges St-Pierre
UFC 50: The War of 04 · Oct 22, 2004
Submission · R1 · 4:59 · Welterweight
W
Renato Verissimo
UFC 48: Payback · Jun 19, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
BJ Penn
UFC 46: Super Natural · Jan 31, 2004
Submission · R1 · 4:39 · Welterweight
W
Frank Trigg
UFC 45: Revolution · Nov 21, 2003
Submission · R1 · 3:54 · Welterweight
W
Sean Sherk
UFC 42: Sudden Impact · Apr 25, 2003
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Gil Castillo
UFC 40: Vendetta · Nov 22, 2002
TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Carlos Newton
UFC 38: Brawl At The Hall · Jul 13, 2002
TKO · R4 · 3:37 · Welterweight
W
Hayato Sakurai
UFC 36: Worlds Collide · Mar 22, 2002
TKO · R4 · 3:01 · Welterweight
W
Carlos Newton
UFC 34: High Voltage · Nov 2, 2001
TKO · R2 · 1:27 · Welterweight
W
Steve Gomm
Extreme Challenge · Sep 8, 2001
TKO
W
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Rings Japan · Aug 11, 2001
MD · Middleweight
W
Chatt Lavender
Extreme Challenge 41 · Jul 13, 2001
Submission · R3 · 2:31 · Welterweight
W
Scott Johnson
Extreme Challenge · Jun 16, 2001
TKO · R1 · 3:24 · Welterweight
W
John Cronk
Nebraska Regional · May 11, 2001
Submission
W
Bruce Nelson
Freestyle Combat Challenge · Mar 31, 2001
Submission
W
Brett Al-azzawi
Fighting Network RINGS · Mar 17, 2001
Submission
L
Jose Landi-Jons
Shidokan Jitsu · Feb 8, 2001
TKO · R1 · 4:45 · Middleweight
L
Dennis Hallman
UFC 29: Defense Of The Belts · Dec 16, 2000
Submission · R1 · 0:20 · Welterweight
W
Maynard Marcum
Rings Australia · Nov 12, 2000
Submission · R1 · 6:29 · Light Heavyweight
W
Robbie Newman
Rings USA: Rising Stars 3 · Sep 30, 2000
Submission · R1 · 1:40 · Welterweight
W
Chris Haseman
Rings Japan · Aug 23, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
W
Joe Guist
Extreme Challenge · Jun 29, 2000
Submission
W
Marcelo Aguiar
UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams · Jun 9, 2000
TKO · R1 · 4:34 · Welterweight
W
Shawn Peters
Extreme Challenge 32 · May 21, 2000
Submission · R1 · 2:52 · Welterweight
W
Alexandre Barros
World Extreme Fighting · May 13, 2000
DEC
W
Eric Davila
Superbrawl 17 · Apr 15, 2000
Submission · R2 · 3:24 · Welterweight
W
Jorge Pereira
World Extreme Fighting · Jan 15, 2000
TKO
W
TBA
Illinois Regional · Nov 20, 1999
TKO
W
Joe Doerksen
Extreme Challenge · Nov 13, 1999
Submission
W
Tom Schmitz
Extreme Challenge · Nov 13, 1999
Submission
W
Laverne Clark
Extreme Challenge · Nov 13, 1999
Submission
W
Valeri Ignatov
UFC 22: There Can Be Only One Champion · Sep 24, 1999
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Akihiro Gono
Shooto: 10th Anniversary · May 29, 1999
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Erick Snyder
Illinois Regional · Apr 24, 1999
TKO
W
Joe Stern
Extreme Challenge · Apr 2, 1999
TKO
W
Ryan Stout
Wisconsin Regional · Dec 11, 1998
TKO
W
Victor Hunsaker
Extreme Challenge · Oct 17, 1998
TKO
W
Dave Menne
Extreme Challenge · Oct 17, 1998
DEC
L
Dennis Hallman
Extreme Challenge · Oct 17, 1998
TKO
W
TBA
Illinois Regional · Apr 25, 1998
Submission
W
Erick Snyder
Illinois Regional · Jan 1, 1998
Submission

Ricardo Almeida3-2

L
Mike Pyle
UFC 128: SHOGUN vs JONES · Mar 19, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
TJ Grant
UFC 124: ST-PIERRE vs KOSCHECK · Dec 11, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Matt Hughes
UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen · Aug 7, 2010
Submission · R1 · 3:15 · Welterweight
W
Matt Brown
UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy · Mar 27, 2010
Submission · R2 · 3:30 · Welterweight
W
Kendall Grove
UFC 101: DECLARATION · Aug 8, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight

Full record · 18 fights

W
Matt Horwich
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann · Apr 1, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Patrick Cote
UFC 86: JACKSON vs GRIFFIN · Jul 5, 2008
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Rob Yundt
UFC 81: BREAKING POINT · Feb 2, 2008
Submission · R1 · 1:08 · Middleweight
W
Ryo Chonan
PRIDE: Bushido 3 · May 23, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Nate Marquardt
Pancrase 127 · Nov 30, 2003
Submission · R1 · 4:53 · Middleweight
W
Kazuo Misaki
Pancrase 124 · Aug 31, 2003
MD · Middleweight
W
Yuki Sasaki
Pancrase 118 · Apr 12, 2003
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
W
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase 116 · Feb 16, 2003
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
W
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase 113 · Nov 30, 2002
Submission · R1 · 3:25 · Light Heavyweight
L
Andrei Semenov
UFC 35: Throwdown · Jan 11, 2002
TKO · R2 · 2:01 · Middleweight
W
Eugene Jackson
UFC 33: Victory In Vegas · Sep 28, 2001
Submission · R1 · 4:06 · Middleweight
L
Matt Lindland
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded · May 4, 2001
DQ · R3 · 4:21 · Light Heavyweight
W
Akira Shoji
PRIDE 12: Cold Fury · Dec 9, 2000
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 10:00 · Openweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
Sat, Aug 7, 2010
Matt Hughes
Submission · ROUND 1 · 3:15

Frequently asked questions

Have Matt Hughes and Ricardo Almeida ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen (Sat, Aug 7, 2010), where Matt Hughes won by Submission.

What are the records of Matt Hughes and Ricardo Almeida?

Matt Hughes is 45-9-0 and Ricardo Almeida is 13-5-0.

Who has the longer reach, Matt Hughes or Ricardo Almeida?

Ricardo Almeida has the longer reach: 74" · 188 cm against 73" · 185 cm for Matt Hughes, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Matt Hughes or Ricardo Almeida?

Ricardo Almeida is taller at 6'0" · 183 cm; Matt Hughes stands 5'9" · 175 cm.

Who is older, Matt Hughes or Ricardo Almeida?

Matt Hughes is 52 and Ricardo Almeida is 49.

Who has more finishes, Matt Hughes or Ricardo Almeida?

Matt Hughes has 35 wins inside the distance (16 by KO/TKO, 19 by submission); Ricardo Almeida has 5 wins (0 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).

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