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History · 2008 · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale · Matthew Riddle vs Dante Rivera
From the tape · 21 Jun 2008

Matthew Riddle vs Dante Rivera

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Result

Matthew Riddle beat Dante Rivera

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
MiddleweightMain cardReferee · Herb Dean

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.

MR
Red corner MatthewRiddle“Deep Waters”
VSOn the tape
DR
Blue corner DanteRiveraRenzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu · Jackson, New Jersey
Middleweight3 rounds21 Jun 2008
The story going in
  • Carries 73 points more takedown defence than Rivera.
  • Is 11 points more accurate striking than Riddle.
8-3
Record
16-7
−11 yr22
Age
33
6' 1"
Height
6' 1"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
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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
Matthew Riddle26 sig landed
HEAD19%5 of 7BODY42%11 of 16LEGS38%10 of 11
Dante Rivera17 sig landed
HEAD24%4 of 10BODY59%10 of 21LEGS18%3 of 3
26 of 34
Sig.
strikes
17 of 34
1 of 2
Take-
downs
0 of 2
3:02
Control
0:47
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 0Clinch 26Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 14Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 25:00 of action2 sub attempts
Matthew Riddle23 sig landed
HEAD9%2 of 8BODY52%12 of 14LEGS39%9 of 10
Dante Rivera12 sig landed
HEAD58%7 of 15BODY42%5 of 7LEGS0%0 landed
23 of 32
Sig.
strikes
12 of 22
1 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 2
2:48
Control
1:09
2
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 0Clinch 12Ground 11
Where it
happened
Distance 4Clinch 7Ground 1
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Matthew Riddle11 sig landed
HEAD73%8 of 10BODY27%3 of 4LEGS0%0 landed
Dante Rivera5 sig landed
HEAD0%0 of 1BODY80%4 of 6LEGS20%1 of 1
11 of 14
Sig.
strikes
5 of 8
3 of 3
Take-
downs
0 of 1
3:19
Control
0:34
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 1Clinch 4Ground 6
Where it
happened
Distance 2Clinch 3Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.

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.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

Official card

Decision - Unanimous

Referee · Herb Dean
Official totals — Matthew Riddle first
JudgeTotal
Al Lefkowitz30–27
Tony Weeks2.1 avg spread · 49% wide30–27
Cecil Peoples2.2 avg spread · 53% wide29–28

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Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

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

Matthew Riddle

3.51takedowns / 15 min
3.51 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.00 / 15m
7.02 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
n/a
50%
ACCURACY
n/a
0.50 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Dante Rivera

0.00takedowns / 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 (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

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.

Matthew Riddle vs Dante Rivera.

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