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History · 2000 · UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams · Matt Hughes vs Marcelo Aguiar
From the tape · 9 Jun 2000

Matt Hughes vs Marcelo Aguiar

UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Result

Matt Hughes beat Marcelo Aguiar

Method
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage
Round
1 of 3
Clock
4:34
WelterweightMain cardReferee · Mario Yamasaki

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

MH
Red corner MattHughesHIT Squad · Hillsboro, Illinois
VSOn the tape
MA
Blue corner MarceloAguiarAcademia Boxe · Brazil
Welterweight3 rounds9 Jun 2000
45-9
Record
2-3-1
−5 yr26
Age
31
5' 9"
Height
+1″5' 10"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
HIT Squad
Gym
Academia Boxe
Hillsboro, Illinois
From
Brazil
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

1 round of tape

Round 14:34 of actionEnded 4:34
Matt Hughes18 sig landed
HEAD78%14 of 27BODY22%4 of 4LEGS0%0 landed
Marcelo Aguiar2 sig landed
HEAD100%2 of 2BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
18 of 31
Sig.
strikes
2 of 2
2 of 3
Take-
downs
0 of 0
4:09
Control
0:00
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 18
Where it
happened
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 2

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

How it ended

This bout never reached the judges. Here is the finish, as the official record has it.

Won inside the distance

Matt Hughes

Round
1
Clock
4:34
Method
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage

This bout did not reach the judges, so there are no official cards for it. The round-by-round tape above is the whole record of what happened. Referee: Mario Yamasaki.

Takedowns

Takedowns

Matt Hughes

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

2.95takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Efficient shot 2.95 takedowns per 15 minutes at 50% completion — +4pp on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS79
2.95 / 15m+0.96 vs field
ATTEMPTS66
5.90 / 15m+0.96 vs field
ACCURACY72
50%+4pp vs field
SUB ATT67
1.20 / 15m−0.12 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (4.97 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked in Welterweight

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Matt Hughes vs Marcelo Aguiar.

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