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A.J. Matthews

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Association: Blackline MMA
Pro Debut Date: 2007-03-31
Pro Record: 9-9-0
Win Finish %: 66.6%
Quality Perf. %: 55.6%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2019

#180 Welterweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2018

#51 Middleweight
Last Loss Date: 3/29/2019
Last Loss: [NR] David Rickels

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L David Rickels
#96 Welterweight 		TKO (Eye Injury)
Round 2
  Bellator 219: Awad vs. Girtz
Friday, March 29th 2019
L Logan Storley
#143 Welterweight 		TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 2
  Bellator 204 - Caldwell vs. Lahat
Friday, August 17th 2018
W Kendall Grove
#47 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 193: Larkin vs. Gonzalez
Friday, January 26th 2018
L Andre Fialho
#283 Welterweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 181 - Campos vs. Girtz 3
Friday, July 14th 2017
L Hisaki Kato
#70 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bellator 162 - Shlemenko vs. Grove
Friday, October 21st 2016
L Ben Reiter
#84 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 156 - Galvao vs. Dantas 2
Friday, June 17th 2016
L Anatoly Tokov
#60 Middleweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
  Rizin Fighting Federation - Saraba no Utake
Tuesday, December 29th 2015
W Emiliano Sordi
#76 Middleweight 		TKO (Retirement)
Round 1
  Bellator 141 - Guillard vs. Girtz
Friday, August 28th 2015
W Kyle Bolt TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bellator 131 - Tito vs. Bonnar
Saturday, November 15th 2014
L Belal Muhammad
#526 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator MMA - Bellator 112
Friday, March 14th 2014
L Dom OGrady
#156 Welterweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 76
Friday, October 12th 2012
W Charlie Rader
#464 Welterweight 		KO (Soccer Kick)
Round 2
  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 70
Friday, May 25th 2012
W Rudy Bears
#203 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 53
Saturday, October 8th 2011
L Herman Terrado KO (Punch)
Round 1
  Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Daley
Saturday, April 9th 2011
W Sean Choice TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  PWP - War on the Mainland
Saturday, August 14th 2010
W David Gomez
#455 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  KOTC - Excessive Damage
Thursday, May 13th 2010
W Adam Figurski KO (Punches)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge - Venom
Thursday, April 23rd 2009
W Daniel Morales TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 3
  TC 19 - Total Combat 19
Saturday, March 31st 2007
  Opponent Event Outcome
L David Rickels
#96 Welterweight 		  Bellator 219: Awad vs. Girtz
Friday, March 29th 2019 		TKO (Eye Injury)
Round 2
L Logan Storley
#143 Welterweight 		  Bellator 204 - Caldwell vs. Lahat
Friday, August 17th 2018 		TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 2
W Kendall Grove
#47 Middleweight 		  Bellator 193: Larkin vs. Gonzalez
Friday, January 26th 2018 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Andre Fialho
#283 Welterweight 		  Bellator 181 - Campos vs. Girtz 3
Friday, July 14th 2017 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Hisaki Kato
#70 Middleweight 		  Bellator 162 - Shlemenko vs. Grove
Friday, October 21st 2016 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Ben Reiter
#84 Middleweight 		  Bellator 156 - Galvao vs. Dantas 2
Friday, June 17th 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Anatoly Tokov
#60 Middleweight 		  Rizin Fighting Federation - Saraba no Utake
Tuesday, December 29th 2015 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Emiliano Sordi
#76 Middleweight 		  Bellator 141 - Guillard vs. Girtz
Friday, August 28th 2015 		TKO (Retirement)
Round 1
W Kyle Bolt   Bellator 131 - Tito vs. Bonnar
Saturday, November 15th 2014 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Belal Muhammad
#526 Welterweight 		  Bellator MMA - Bellator 112
Friday, March 14th 2014 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Dom OGrady
#156 Welterweight 		  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 76
Friday, October 12th 2012 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Charlie Rader
#464 Welterweight 		  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 70
Friday, May 25th 2012 		KO (Soccer Kick)
Round 2
W Rudy Bears
#203 Middleweight 		  BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 53
Saturday, October 8th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Herman Terrado   Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Daley
Saturday, April 9th 2011 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Sean Choice   PWP - War on the Mainland
Saturday, August 14th 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W David Gomez
#455 Welterweight 		  KOTC - Excessive Damage
Thursday, May 13th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Adam Figurski   Gladiator Challenge - Venom
Thursday, April 23rd 2009 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Daniel Morales   TC 19 - Total Combat 19
Saturday, March 31st 2007 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 3

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2019 8 #180 Welterweight 9-8-0
63
10/01/2018 NR #188 Welterweight 9-8-0
63
07/01/2018 7 #51 Middleweight 9-7-0
112
04/01/2018 NR #58 Middleweight 9-7-0
112
01/01/2018 17 #364 Welterweight 8-7-0
35
10/01/2017 NR #381 Welterweight 8-7-0
35
07/01/2017 2 #179 Middleweight 8-6-0
41
04/01/2017 6 #177 Middleweight 8-6-0
43
01/01/2017 18 #171 Middleweight 8-6-0
44
10/01/2016 5 #153 Middleweight 8-5-0
47
07/01/2016 28 #148 Middleweight 8-5-0
47
04/01/2016 4 #120 Middleweight 8-4-0
53
01/01/2016 18 #116 Middleweight 8-4-0
53
10/01/2015 156 #98 Middleweight 8-3-0
66
07/01/2015 4 #254 Middleweight 7-3-0
31
04/01/2015 7 #250 Middleweight 7-3-0
31
01/01/2015 NR #257 Middleweight 7-3-0
31
10/01/2014 9 #401 Welterweight 6-3-0
30
07/01/2014 3 #392 Welterweight 6-3-0
30
04/01/2014 114 #389 Welterweight 6-3-0
30
01/01/2014 41 #275 Welterweight 6-2-0
40
10/01/2013 1 #234 Welterweight 6-2-0
45
07/01/2013 9 #233 Welterweight 6-2-0
45
04/01/2013 7 #224 Welterweight 6-2-0
45
01/01/2013 5 #217 Welterweight 6-2-0
45
10/01/2012 11 #212 Welterweight 6-1-0
46
07/01/2012 55 #201 Welterweight 6-1-0
46
04/01/2012 11 #256 Welterweight 5-1-0
38
01/01/2012 NR #245 Welterweight 5-1-0
38
04/01/2011 3 #324 Welterweight 4-0-0
30
01/01/2011 7 #327 Welterweight 4-0-0
30
10/01/2010 94 #320 Welterweight 4-0-0
30
07/01/2010 NR #414 Welterweight 3-0-0
24


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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