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Matt Bessette “The Mangler”

25-10-0 · MatchWiz rating 1442

Age41Height5'10"Reach70.5"StanceOrthodoxDivisionFeatherweightCampUnderdog BJJCountryUSA

Rating trend

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current 1442 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

No single dominant tool

Matt's rates don't point hard in any direction — 3 strikes landed a minute, 0 takedowns per 15, 56% takedown defense. That's the most common profile in the sport and the hardest to project, because the matchup rather than the fighter decides which skill ends up mattering.

How the model reads him

Matt's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning. For Matt specifically, Matt has only 2 fights on our tape, so every rate here is built on very little.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Matt Bessette — FAQ

What kind of fighter is Matt Bessette?

He lands 3 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.9, with 0 takedowns per 15 minutes and 56% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Jul 6, 2018Steven PetersonL · Decision - Split R3The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale-31
Jan 21, 2018Enrique BarzolaL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou-27
Jul 11, 2017Kurt HolobaughNC · No Contest R1Dana White's Contender Series: Season 1, Week 1–

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →