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Jake Matthews

Welterweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #21; v1.1 (shadow) #21

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 20-23: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,640, deviation 110: measured from 24 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 32 (born 1994-08-19) · Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) · Reach 73 in (185 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 155 days since last bout (2026-05-30) · Last five 4-1 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,640 is the division's 18th highest of 76 board fighters; the ledger stands at -1.9 (+0.1 from quality wins, less 2.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 1 quality win in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (4-1 last five). Score +0.20 = +0.24 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.05 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #21.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.2070% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.24resume rating 1,640, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.05quality ledger -1.9: +0.1 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 4-1
Quality wins, 15 years10 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #21v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#21score +0.10; score order #21

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-05-30UFC Fight Night: Song vs. FigueiredoCarlston HarrisunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)55%
2025-09-27UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. ReyesNeil MagnyunrankedLsubmission3 (3:08)58%
2025-07-12UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. TeixeiraChidi NjokuaniunrankedWsubmission1 (1:09)51%
2025-02-08UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2Francisco PradounrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)67%
2024-06-01UFC 302: Makhachev vs. PoirierPhil RoweunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)60%
2023-11-18UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. CraigMichael MoralesunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)41%
2023-07-29UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2Darrius FlowersunrankedWsubmission2 (2:37)67%
2022-12-17UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. StricklandMatthew SemelsbergerunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)60%
2022-06-11UFC 275: Teixeira vs. ProchazkaAndre FialhounrankedWKO/TKO2 (2:24)56%
2021-03-06UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. AdesanyaSean BradyunrankedLsubmission3 (3:28)44%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 76 board fighters at Welterweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.36(29th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(25th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.33(51st percentile at Welterweight)
Share of wins by finish50%(44th percentile at Welterweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.58(25th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike defence61%(86th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.22(61st percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career710(83rd percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2016-07-08, 3,768 days ago)(70th percentile at Welterweight)
Submission losses4(99th percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(39th percentile at Welterweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.36(62nd percentile at Welterweight)
Takedown defence67%(54th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of cage time in control26%(75th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground28%(71st percentile at Welterweight)
Stylemixed (3.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 26% control)
Career stage
Age32.2(45th percentile at Welterweight)
Age at UFC debut19.9(1st percentile at Welterweight)
Years since UFC debut12.3(95th percentile at Welterweight)
UFC bouts24(97th percentile at Welterweight)
Cage time, minutes276(92nd percentile at Welterweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(82nd percentile at Welterweight)
Days since last bout155(64th percentile at Welterweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C20406020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #26, Welterweight2023-10-13: #25, Welterweight2023-10-20: #25, Welterweight2023-11-03: #25, Welterweight2023-11-10: #25, Welterweight2023-11-17: #25, Welterweight2023-12-01: #49, Welterweight2023-12-08: #48, Welterweight2023-12-15: #48, Welterweight2024-01-12: #49, Welterweight2024-01-19: #51, Welterweight2024-02-02: #51, Welterweight2024-02-09: #51, Welterweight2024-02-16: #52, Welterweight2024-02-23: #54, Welterweight2024-03-01: #54, Welterweight2024-03-08: #44, Welterweight2024-03-15: #44, Welterweight2024-03-22: #44, Welterweight2024-03-29: #43, Welterweight2024-04-05: #43, Welterweight2024-04-12: #44, Welterweight2024-04-26: #44, Welterweight2024-05-03: #45, Welterweight2024-05-10: #44, Welterweight2024-05-17: #43, Welterweight2024-05-31: #44, Welterweight2024-06-07: #26, Welterweight2024-06-14: #26, Welterweight2024-06-21: #26, Welterweight2024-06-28: #25, Welterweight2024-07-12: #25, Welterweight2024-07-19: #25, Welterweight2024-07-26: #25, Welterweight2024-08-02: #25, Welterweight2024-08-09: #25, Welterweight2024-08-16: #25, Welterweight2024-08-23: #26, Welterweight2024-09-06: #25, Welterweight2024-09-13: #23, Welterweight2024-09-27: #23, Welterweight2024-10-04: #22, Welterweight2024-10-11: #20, Welterweight2024-10-18: #20, Welterweight2024-10-25: #20, Welterweight2024-11-01: #19, Welterweight2024-11-08: #19, Welterweight2024-11-15: #19, Welterweight2024-11-22: #20, Welterweight2024-12-06: #20, Welterweight2024-12-13: #20, Welterweight2025-01-10: #20, Welterweight2025-01-17: #20, Welterweight2025-01-31: #20, Welterweight2025-02-07: #20, Welterweight2025-02-14: #20, Welterweight2025-02-21: #20, Welterweight2025-02-28: #20, Welterweight2025-03-07: #20, Welterweight2025-03-14: #19, Welterweight2025-03-21: #18, Welterweight2025-03-28: #19, Welterweight2025-04-04: #19, Welterweight2025-04-11: #20, Welterweight2025-04-25: #19, Welterweight2025-05-02: #19, Welterweight2025-05-09: #20, Welterweight2025-05-16: #20, Welterweight2025-05-30: #19, Welterweight2025-06-06: #19, Welterweight2025-06-13: #18, Welterweight2025-06-20: #19, Welterweight2025-06-27: #18, Welterweight2025-07-11: #18, Welterweight2025-07-18: #18, Welterweight2025-07-25: #19, Welterweight2025-08-01: #19, Welterweight2025-08-08: #19, Welterweight2025-08-15: #19, Welterweight2025-08-22: #18, Welterweight2025-09-05: #18, Welterweight2025-09-12: #18, Welterweight2025-09-26: #18, Welterweight2025-10-03: #27, Welterweight2025-10-10: #28, Welterweight2025-10-17: #28, Welterweight2025-10-24: #28, Welterweight2025-10-31: #28, Welterweight2025-11-07: #30, Welterweight2025-11-14: #30, Welterweight2025-11-21: #25, Welterweight2025-12-05: #26, Welterweight2025-12-12: #26, Welterweight2026-01-23: #21, Welterweight2026-01-30: #21, Welterweight2026-02-06: #21, Welterweight2026-02-20: #23, Welterweight2026-02-27: #26, Welterweight2026-03-06: #26, Welterweight2026-03-13: #26, Welterweight2026-03-20: #26, Welterweight2026-03-27: #25, Welterweight2026-04-03: #25, Welterweight2026-04-10: #25, Welterweight2026-04-17: #25, Welterweight2026-04-24: #25, Welterweight2026-05-01: #25, Welterweight2026-05-08: #26, Welterweight2026-05-15: #28, Welterweight2026-05-29: #28, Welterweight2026-06-05: #22, Welterweight2026-06-13: #20, Welterweight2026-06-19: #20, Welterweight2026-06-26: #20, Welterweight2026-07-10: #21, Welterweight2026-07-17: #21, Welterweight2026-07-24: #21, Welterweight2026-07-31: #22, Welterweight2026-08-07: #24, Welterweight2026-08-14: #22, Welterweight2026-08-21: #23, Welterweight2026-08-28: #23, Welterweight2026-09-04: #24, Welterweight2026-09-11: #22, Welterweight2026-09-18: #22, Welterweight2026-09-25: #22, Welterweight2026-09-26: #22, Welterweight2026-10-03: #23, Welterweight2026-10-10: #23, Welterweight2026-10-17: #22, Welterweight2026-10-24: #21, Welterweight2026-10-31: #21, Welterweight#21

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,5501,6001,6501,7002017201920212023Jun 2014Oct 20262014-06-28: 1,585 (W vs Dashon Johnson)2014-11-07: 1,607 (W vs Vagner Rocha)2015-05-09: 1,556 (L vs James Vick)2015-11-14: 1,622 (W vs Akbarh Arreola)2016-03-19: 1,641 (W vs Johnny Case)2016-07-08: 1,573 (L vs Kevin Lee)2016-11-26: 1,538 (L vs Andrew Holbrook)2017-11-18: 1,537 (W vs Bojan Velickovic)2018-02-10: 1,590 (W vs Li Jingliang)2018-06-23: 1,634 (W vs Shinsho Anzai)2018-12-01: 1,624 (L vs Anthony Rocco Martin)2019-10-05: 1,639 (W vs Rostem Akman)2020-02-22: 1,626 (W vs Emil Meek)2020-09-26: 1,659 (W vs Diego Sanchez)2021-03-06: 1,633 (L vs Sean Brady)2022-06-11: 1,671 (W vs Andre Fialho)2022-12-17: 1,623 (L vs Matthew Semelsberger)2023-07-29: 1,646 (W vs Darrius Flowers)2023-11-18: 1,626 (L vs Michael Morales)2024-06-01: 1,650 (W vs Phil Rowe)2025-02-08: 1,639 (W vs Francisco Prado)2025-07-12: 1,673 (W vs Chidi Njokuani)2025-09-27: 1,641 (L vs Neil Magny)2026-05-30: 1,677 (W vs Carlston Harris)1,677

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (+2 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-12what fighters aged 32.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+14his recency-weighted mean and trend over 24 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +3 points a year
Combined+2the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0202224262830322014-06-28 (age 19.9): W vs Dashon Johnson, residual +0.472014-11-07 (age 20.2): W vs Vagner Rocha, residual +0.392015-05-09 (age 20.7): L vs James Vick, residual -0.592015-11-14 (age 21.2): W vs Akbarh Arreola, residual +0.382016-03-19 (age 21.6): W vs Johnny Case, residual +0.512016-07-08 (age 21.9): L vs Kevin Lee, residual -0.592016-11-26 (age 22.3): L vs Andrew Holbrook, residual -0.292017-11-18 (age 23.2): W vs Bojan Velickovic, residual -0.112018-02-10 (age 23.5): W vs Li Jingliang, residual +0.282018-06-23 (age 23.8): W vs Shinsho Anzai, residual +0.402018-12-01 (age 24.3): L vs Anthony Rocco Martin, residual -0.602019-10-05 (age 25.1): W vs Rostem Akman, residual +0.232020-02-22 (age 25.5): W vs Emil Meek, residual -0.132020-09-26 (age 26.1): W vs Diego Sanchez, residual +0.402021-03-06 (age 26.5): L vs Sean Brady, residual -0.502022-06-11 (age 27.8): W vs Andre Fialho, residual +0.492022-12-17 (age 28.3): L vs Matthew Semelsberger, residual -0.342023-07-29 (age 28.9): W vs Darrius Flowers, residual +0.332023-11-18 (age 29.2): L vs Michael Morales, residual -0.232024-06-01 (age 29.8): W vs Phil Rowe, residual +0.282025-02-08 (age 30.5): W vs Francisco Prado, residual +0.062025-07-12 (age 30.9): W vs Chidi Njokuani, residual +0.362025-09-27 (age 31.1): L vs Neil Magny, residual -0.572026-05-30 (age 31.8): W vs Carlston Harris, residual +0.28+0.00

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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