Delgado vs Matthews

Who won Delgado vs Matthews?

Jose Delgado beat Connor Matthews by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 15th February 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Delgado vs Matthews stats

Jose Delgado stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Connor Matthews made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Jose Delgado's 1st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Connor Matthews marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Jose Delgado's UFC record stood at 1-0-0, while Connor Matthews' came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Delgado had a massive power advantage over Matthews, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Matthews' 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Matthews had a large advantage over Delgado, boasting a 71% submission rate over Delgado's 50%.

Jose Delgado was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Delgado had a height advantage of 3 inches over Matthews.

Delgado's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Matthews', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2022, 2 years and 7 months later than Matthews, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 17 to Matthews' 16.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jose Delgado had been fighting more than Connor Matthews.

Going to this contest, Jose Delgado had last fought 6 months and 27 days ago, while Connor Matthews' last outing had been 11 months and 10 days ago.

Delgado's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Matthews' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Delgado vs Matthews start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 7:10 PM EST or 4:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Delgado vs Matthews?

Jose Delgado was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Connor Matthews made his way into the ring at 19/5 (+380) with oddsmakers.