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History · 2001 · UFC 31: Locked and Loaded · Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra
From the tape · 4 May 2001

Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra

UFC 31: Locked and Loaded · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Result

Shonie Carter beat Matt Serra

Method
KO/TKO
Round
3 of 3
Clock
4:51
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.

SC
Red corner ShonieCarter“Mr. International”Iron Academy · Chicago, Illinois
VSOn the tape
MS
Blue corner MattSerra“The Terra”Serra-Longo Fight Team · Long Island, New York
Welterweight3 rounds4 May 2001
The story going in
  • Comes in on a 2-fight win streak.
  • Averages 1.3 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Carter.
  • Carries 37 points more takedown defence than Serra.
51-31-7
Record
11-7
29
Age
−3 yr26
+4″5' 10"
Height
5' 6"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Iron Academy
Gym
Serra-Longo Fight Team
Chicago, Illinois
From
Long Island, New York
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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

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action⚡ 1 KD Carter1 sub attempt
Shonie Carter5 sig landed
HEAD40%2 of 4BODY0%0 landedLEGS60%3 of 4
Matt Serra4 sig landed
HEAD75%3 of 7BODY0%0 landedLEGS25%1 of 1
5 of 8
Sig.
strikes
4 of 8
0 of 1
Take-
downs
1 of 2
1:13
Control
2:30
1
Knock-
downs
0
0
Sub
attempts
1
Distance 4Clinch 0Ground 1
Where it
happened
Distance 2Clinch 0Ground 2
Round 25:00 of action1 sub attempt
Shonie Carter7 sig landed
HEAD29%2 of 4BODY43%3 of 3LEGS29%2 of 4
Matt Serra5 sig landed
HEAD40%2 of 8BODY40%2 of 2LEGS20%1 of 3
7 of 11
Sig.
strikes
5 of 13
1 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 6
1:43
Control
1:46
0
Knock-
downs
0
0
Sub
attempts
1
Distance 3Clinch 4Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 2Clinch 3Ground 0
Round 34:51 of action⚡ 1 KD Carter1 sub attemptEnded 4:51
Shonie Carter6 sig landed
HEAD33%2 of 9BODY50%3 of 4LEGS17%1 of 1
Matt Serra1 sig landed
HEAD0%0 of 3BODY0%0 landedLEGS100%1 of 1
6 of 14
Sig.
strikes
1 of 4
1 of 1
Take-
downs
1 of 5
3:06
Control
0:17
1
Knock-
downs
0
0
Sub
attempts
1
Distance 3Clinch 2Ground 1
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0

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

Shonie Carter

Round
3
Clock
4:51
Method
KO/TKO

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

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Shonie Carter

0.75takedowns / 15 min
0.75 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
2.05 / 15m
1.14 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
10.25 / 15m
66%
ACCURACY
20%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.90 / 15m

Matt Serra

2.05takedowns / 15 min

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. 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.

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.

Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra.

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