Mattos vs Hadley

Who won Mattos vs Hadley?

Jake Hadley beat Matheus Mattos by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 11th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Mattos vs Hadley stats

Matheus Mattos stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jake Hadley made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Matheus Mattos' 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Jake Hadley marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Matheus Mattos' PFL record stood at 0-1-0, while Jake Hadley's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Mattos had a large advantage in power over Hadley, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Hadley's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hadley had a slight advantage over Mattos, with a 45% submission rate over Mattos' 36%.

Matheus Mattos was the older man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Hadley had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mattos. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mattos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 7 years earlier than Hadley, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 42 to Hadley's 40.

Mattos vs Hadley form

Hadley had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cameron Smotherman at UFC Fight Night: Pereira vs. Hernandez on 19th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Caolan Loughran at UFC 304 – Manchester on 27th July 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Cody Durden at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

He had beaten Malcolm Gordon at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Mattos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Hadley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Mattos vs Hadley start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:15 AM UTC , which was 9:15 PM EST or 6:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:15 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Mattos vs Hadley?

Matheus Mattos was a 10/11 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Jake Hadley made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.