Jake Matthews
AustraliaJake Matthews, “The Celtic Kid”, is a Welterweight from Australia with an official record of 23-8. Cage Brothers holds 24 of those bouts: 16 wins and 8 losses, the wins coming 2 by knockout, 6 by submission and 8 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo on 30 May 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 | Tahir Abdullayev | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling |
| May 30, 2026 | Carlston Harris | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Neil Magny | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R3 · 3:08 | UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Chidi Njokuani | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 1:09 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Francisco Prado | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Phil Rowe | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| Nov 18, 2023 | Michael Morales | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Darrius Flowers | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:37 | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Matthew Semelsberger | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland |
| Jun 11, 2022 | Andre Fialho | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 2:24 | UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka |
| Mar 6, 2021 | Sean Brady | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R3 · 3:28 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Diego Sanchez | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| Feb 22, 2020 | Emil Meek | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker |
| Oct 5, 2019 | Rostem Akman | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Anthony Rocco Martin | LOSS | SUBAnaconda Choke | R3 · 1:19 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Shinsho Anzai | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:44 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Li Jingliang | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
| Nov 18, 2017 | Bojan Velickovic | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura |
| Nov 27, 2016 | Andrew Holbrook | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson |
| Jul 9, 2016 | Kevin Lee | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 4:06 | The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale |
| Mar 20, 2016 | Johnny Case | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 4:45 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir |
| Nov 14, 2015 | Akbarh Arreola | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 · 5:00 | UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm |
| May 9, 2015 | James Vick | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 4:53 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt |
| Nov 8, 2014 | Vagner Rocha | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:52 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping |
| Jun 29, 2014 | Dashon Johnson | WIN | SUBTriangle Choke | R3 · 3:16 | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Stuart Dare | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Shamrock Events: Kings of Kombat 12 |
| Aug 24, 2013 | Dean Purdon | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | AFC 6: Australian Fighting Championship 6 |
| May 10, 2013 | Luke Jumeau | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | AFC 5: Australian Fighting Championship 5 |
Wins, losses and draws are Jake Matthews’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 24 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.
Jake Matthews’s record, in numbers
Jake Matthews’s official record is 23-8. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 24 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 16 wins, 8 losses — because 7 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 16 wins break down as 2 by knockout, 6 by submission and 8 by decision — 8 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 50%. Across all 24 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 11 minutes 29 seconds.
Jake Matthews has been stopped 5 times in the 24 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 4 by submission — which is 21% of them.
The 24 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for include no title fights and no main events. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 569 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Jake Matthews has a finish rate above 18% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 38% of them and a two-year bout count above 89% 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.
Jake Matthews is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 73in, fights orthodox and is 32, born 18 August 1994.
These figures are recomputed from Jake Matthews’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.