Connor Matthews
USAConnor Matthews, “The Controller”, is a Featherweight from the United States with an official record of 7-4. The 7 wins came 1 by knockout, 5 by submission and 1 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round submission loss to Yadier del Valle at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales on 17 May 2025, the third defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | Yadier del Valle | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:54 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Jose Miguel Delgado | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 2:58 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Dennis Buzukja | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 0:22 | UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Jair Farias | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 7, Week 10 |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Andrew Cruz | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:57 | Combat Zone 79 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Francis Marshall | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 6, Week 2 |
| Mar 5, 2022 | Josh Hardy | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | CES 66: Soukhamthath vs. Silva |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Jay Ellis | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:21 | Cage Titans 48: Cage Titans FC |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Joshua Marer | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | CES 61: Gotti III vs. Alley |
| Jan 25, 2020 | Rob Fuller | WIN | SUBSubmission (Neck Crank) | R1 · 0:57 | Cage Titans FC: Cage Titans 47 |
| Aug 24, 2019 | Stacey Anderson | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:07 | Cage Titans FC: Cage Titans 45 |
| — | Josh Hardy | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Connor Matthews’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 11 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Connor Matthews’s record, in numbers
Connor Matthews’s record is 7-4, and Cage Brothers holds a full result for all 11 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
The 7 wins break down as 1 by knockout, 5 by submission and 1 by decision — 6 of 7 inside the distance, a finish rate of 86%. Across all 11 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 4 minutes 52 seconds.
Connor Matthews has been stopped 3 times in the 11 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 27% of them. The last 3 bouts on file are all losses.
The 11 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for include no title fights and no main events. Two of them have come since October 2024.
Set against the 556 Featherweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Connor Matthews has a finish rate above 80% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 20% of them and a two-year bout count above 74% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Connor Matthews is listed at 5ft 8in with a reach of 71in, switches stance and is 34, born 30 May 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Connor Matthews’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.