Matt Hughes
Actor
- Born
- October 13, 1973 (age 53) · Hillsboro, Illinois
Matthew Allen Hughes was born on October 13, 1973, in Hillsboro, Illinois. Hughes has two siblings, a sister and his twin brother, Mark. During high school they both played football and wrestling. Hughes went to Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Illinois, before transferring to Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Illinois and then on to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.
He is a retired mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling. Widely considered among the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, he is a two-time UFC Welterweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame inductee, and NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Hughes put together two separate six-fight winning streaks, defeated all the available opposition in the welterweight division, and defended the belt a then-record seven times. Hughes was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in May 2010 during the UFC Fan Expo in conjunction with UFC 114.
Known for
UFC 85: Bedlam
June 7, 2008
UFC 34: High Voltage
November 2, 2001
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
March 22, 2002
UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida
May 23, 2009
UFC 79: Nemesis
December 29, 2007
UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion
September 24, 1999
UFC 38: Brawl At The Hall
July 13, 2002
UFC 45: Revolution
November 21, 2003
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
April 16, 2005
UFC 46: Supernatural
January 31, 2004
Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC
November 5, 2013
UFC 68: The Uprising
March 3, 2007
Acting30
- 2013Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC as Himself
- 2011UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage as Self
- 2011UFC: Ultimate Matt Hughes
- 2010UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida as Self
- 2010UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen as Self
- 2010UFC 112: Invincible as Self
- 2009UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida as Self
- 2009Up the Aristocracy
- 2008UFC 85: Bedlam as Self
- 2007UFC 79: Nemesis as Self