Jake Matthews

Known for Acting

8/19/1994(Age 31)

Melbourne, Australia

Biography

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Welterweight division.

Known For (21 credits)

6.3

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UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

2025

UFC 312: du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 9, 2025, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. A UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between current champion Dricus du Plessis (also former KSW Welterweight Champion) and former champion Sean Strickland headlined the event.

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UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier

2024

UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 1, 2024, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Islam Makhachev and former interim champion Dustin Poirier headlined the event.

6.0

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UFC Fight Night 232: Allen vs. Craig

2023

UFC Fight Night 232: Allen vs. Craig was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 18, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champion Brendan Allen and Paul Craig headlined the event.

6.4

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UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2

2023

UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 29, 2023, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. A lightweight rematch between former interim UFC Lightweight Champions Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) headlined the event. They also competed for the symbolic "BMF" (baddest motherfucker) title, which was vacated after the original holder Jorge Masvidal retired in April. The pairing first met at UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje in April 2018 which Poirier won by fourth-round TKO.

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UFC Fight Night 216: Cannonier vs. Strickland

2022

Jared Cannonier vs. Sean Strickland (Middleweight) Arman Tsarukyan vs. Damir Ismagulov (Lightweight) Amir Albazi vs. Alessandro Costa (Flyweight) Alex Caceres vs. Julian Erosa (Featherweight) Drew Dober vs. Bobby Green (Lightweight) Michał Oleksiejczuk vs. Cody Brundage (Middleweight)

6.0

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UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka

2022

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 12, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Glover Teixeira and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka was originally expected to take place at UFC 274, but it was eventually moved to headline this event due to undisclosed reasons. A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos took place at the event.

6.0

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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

2021

UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 6, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between then champion Jan Błachowicz (also former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion) and former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya.

7.0

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UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa

2020

UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 27, 2020 at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa served as the event headliner.

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UFC Fight Night 168: Felder vs Hooker

2020

UFC Fight Night 168: Felder vs. Hooker was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 23, 2020, at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. A lightweight bout between Paul Felder and Dan Hooker served as the event headliner.

6.5

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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya

2019

UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 6, 2019, at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A UFC Middleweight Championship unification bout between the champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and undefeated interim champion Israel Adesanya served as the event's headliner.

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UFC Fight Night 142: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

2018

UFC Fight Night 142: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on 2 December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa served as the event headliner.

10.0

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UFC Fight Night 132: Cowboy vs. Edwards

2018

UFC Fight Night 132: Cowboy vs. Edwards was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on June 23, 2018, at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. A welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and Leon Edwards headlined the event.