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Connor Matthews
7-4tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Connor Matthews’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'8" switch high-volume striker with a 0-2 record, age 32. Standout metric: hits 50% of takedown attempts. Form: last 5: LL · on a 2-fight slide · 91 days off · Elo 1476.

High-volume striker
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-05-17. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameThe Controller
NationalityUnited States
HometownFreetown, Massachusetts
Fighting out ofLakeville MMA & Fitness
Height5' 8"
Reach71.0"
StanceSwitch
Age34
Date of birthMay 31, 1992
Weight145 lbs.
Pro record7-4
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking68
Defence38
Grappling / TD69
Cardio Round-2 tape only limited sample83
Chin limited sample4
Fight IQ52

Our record on Connor Matthews

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Connor Matthews once, 0 correct (0-1 — 0% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-03-30Dennis BuzukjaUFC Fight Night: Aslan vs Turkalj52.9%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Connor Matthews

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD62.3%ACC 34%BODY20.3%ACC 45%LEGS17.4%FIELD 16%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 62% head / 20% body / 17% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
62.3% acc 34%−0.6 vs field
BODY
20.3% acc 45%−0.5 vs field
LEGS
17.4%+1.1 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 96%CLINCH 1%GROUND 3%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

3 UFC fights · 69 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 7-4. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Dennis BuzukjaUFC Fight Night: Aslan vs Turkalj2024-03-30
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