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Matthew Allen Hughes (born October 13, 1973) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter, and is the current Welterweight (170 lb. / 77 kg) champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. With only one loss since his first title victory in 2001, Hughes is one of the UFC's most dominant champions in his weight class. He trains as part of the Miletich Fighting Systems team. His professional MMA record is 38 wins and 4 losses.

Hughes is known for his grappling skills, ground-and-pound, and his practice of picking up opponents, carrying them across the ring, and slamming them to the mat with their head strategically placed against the fence.

Hughes won his first UFC Welterweight title at UFC 34: High Voltage on November 2, 2001 when he knocked out Carlos Newton with a powerbomb-like slam. He successfully defended the championship belt several times afterward, defeating Hayato Sakurai, Carlos Newton (in a rematch), Gil Castillo, Sean Sherk, and Frank Trigg. He held onto that title until UFC 46, when he submitted to a rear naked choke by Hawaiian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist, B.J. Penn. Soon after his victory, Penn left the UFC and the title was stripped from him. Hughes regained the title by submitting Canadian contender Georges St. Pierre via armbar in the final seconds of a close first round at UFC 50 in a match to determine the new champion.

Since winning the title for a second time, he has defended it in a rematch with Frank Trigg, winning again by submission. His most recent bout in the UFC occurred at UFC 56, where Hughes defeated Joe Riggs in the first round by submission via a kimura armlock. The match was originally scheduled to be a title bout, but Riggs could not meet the 170 pound Welterweight weight limit. Riggs was a last-minute substitution for Karo Parisyan, who was initially slated to fight Hughes; Parisyan sustained a leg injury while training for the fight, and was replaced by Riggs.

In 2005, Hughes participated as a coach opposite Rich Franklin in the second season of the Spike TV reality television series, The Ultimate Fighter. Hughes' aggressive and confrontational personality was on display throughout the season; he notably objected to what he called "showboating" from eventual Heavyweight Ultimate Figher winner Rashad Evans.

On January 16, 2006, UFC President Dana White announced that Hughes would fight UFC legend Royce Gracie in May of 2006.

He has a twin brother named Mark Hughes who also trains with the Miletich Fighting Systems team.

MMA Record

38 wins (12 KO's, 18 submissions, 8 decisions), 4 losses (2 KO's, 2 submissions), 0 draw.

|- |05/27/2006 |TBD |Royce Gracie |UFC 60 |TBD |TBD |- |11/19/2005 |Win |Joe Riggs |UFC 56 |Submission (Kimura) |Round 1, 3:28 |- |4/16/2005 |Win |Frank Trigg |UFC 52 |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |Round 1, 4:05 |- |10/22/2004 |Win |Georges St. Pierre |UFC 50 |Submission (Armbar) |Round 1, 4:59 |- |6/19/2004 |Win |Renato Verissimo |UFC 48 |Decision (Unanimous) |Round 3, 5:00 |- |1/31/2004 |Loss |BJ Penn |UFC 46 |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |Round 1, 4:39 |- |11/21/2003 |Win |Frank Trigg |UFC 45 |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |Round 1, 3:54 |- |4/25/2003 |Win |Sean Sherk |UFC 42 |Decision (Unanimous) |Round 5, 5:00 |- |11/22/2002 |Win |Gil Castillo |UFC 40 |TKO (Cut) |Round 1, 5:00 |- |7/13/2002 |Win |Carlos Newton |UFC 38 |TKO (Strikes) |Round 4, 3:27 |- |3/22/2002 |Win |Hayato Sakurai |UFC 36 |TKO (Strikes) |Round 4, 3:01 |- |11/2/2001 |Win |Carlos Newton |UFC 34 |KO (Slam) |Round 2, 1:27 |- |9/8/2001 |Win |Steve Gomm |Extreme Challenge 43 |TKO |Round 2, 3:18 |- |8/11/2001 |Win |Hiromitsu Kanehara |Rings-10th Anniversary |Decision (Majority) |Round 3, 5:00 |- |7/13/2001 |Win |Chatt Lavender |Extreme Challenge 41 |Submission (Side Choke) |Round 3, 2:31

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