Matthews vs Farias

Who won Matthews vs Farias?

Connor Matthews beat Jair Farias by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Contender Series 2023, on Tuesday 10th October 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Connor Matthews.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Matthews vs Farias stats

Connor Matthews stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jair Farias made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Dana White’s Contender Series.

The stats suggested Farias had a massive power advantage over Matthews, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Matthews' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Matthews had a massive advantage over Farias, boasting a 83% submission rate over Farias' 10%.

Connor Matthews was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Farias had a height advantage of 5 inches over Matthews. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Matthews was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 years and 11 months later than Farias, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 15 to Farias' 20.

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