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Jake Matthews vs Tahir Abdullayev

Welterweight · 3 rounds · Prelims · Bout 4 of 9ABHA Arena · Doha, Qatar
Jake Matthews portrait

Jake Matthews

Tahir Abdullayev portrait

Tahir Abdullayev

Jake Matthews versus Tahir Abdullayev

“The Celtic Kid”

Orthodox · Freestyle · Nexus

Matthews’s profile

“Tank”

-- · Phuket Top Team

Abdullayev’s profile

Tale of the tape

MatthewsAbdullayev
23-8-0Pro record20-3-0
16-8-0UFC record1-0-0
32Age29
5' 11"Height5' 8"
170 lbsWeight170 lbs
73"Reach73"
OrthodoxStance--
FreestyleStyleNot available
NexusTeamPhuket Top Team
Won vs Carlston HarrisLast fightWon vs Jefferson Nascimento
175Days since last fight147
61%Finish rate90%

How they win

Matthews

23 wins on file

KO/TKO
5
Submission
9
Decision
9

Abdullayev

20 wins on file

KO/TKO
11
Submission
7
Decision
2

Career averages

3.36Sig. strikes landed per min2.56
53%Strike accuracy, all strikes54%
1.36Takedowns per 15 min2.07
42%Takedown accuracy33%
0.71Submission attempts per 15 min0.00
How these figures are measured
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
Strike accuracy, all strikes
Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
Takedowns per 15 minutes
Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
Takedown accuracy
Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
Submission attempts per 15 minutes
Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
Finish rate
Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
Days since last fight
From the last bout on file to the date of this one.

Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record.

Matchup snapshot

Matthews

24 measured UFC bouts, 275.7 minutes

Abdullayev

1 measured UFC bout, 14.5 minutes

3.36925 landed of 2079 thrown (44%)
Significant strikes landedper minute
2.5537 landed of 87 thrown (43%)
2.58opponents landed 710 of 1802
Significant strikes absorbedper minute
2.41opponents landed 35 of 72
42%25 of 60 attempts
Takedowns completedof those attempted
33%2 of 6 attempts
67%conceded 14 of 42 faced
Takedowns defendedof those faced
100%conceded 0 of 1 faced
6scored, 4 suffered
Knockdownsscored and suffered
0scored, 0 suffered
About these statistics

Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.

Recent form

Jake Matthews

4-1 in last 5
  • W

    vs Carlston Harris

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo

    Sig. strikes 55 of 96 · 1 knockdown

  • L

    vs Neil Magny

    Submission · R3 · 3:08

    · UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes

    Sig. strikes 18 of 44 · Takedowns 0 of 1

  • W

    vs Chidi Njokuani

    Submission · R1 · 1:09

    · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira

    Sig. strikes 3 of 7 · Takedowns 1 of 1

  • W

    vs Francisco Prado

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

    Sig. strikes 68 of 184

  • W

    vs Phil Rowe

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier

    Sig. strikes 66 of 164 · Takedowns 1 of 1

Tahir Abdullayev

1-0 in last 1
  • W

    vs Jefferson Nascimento

    KO/TKO · R3 · 4:28

    · UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres

    Sig. strikes 37 of 87 · Takedowns 2 of 6

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