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Age 33
Gender Male
Height 5' 8"
Weight Class Lightweight

Matt Denning is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 8 wins, 20 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 8-20-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 8 years, 9 months, 17 days
Rounds Fought 17.3
Avg. Fights/Year 3.2
Longest Layoff 1 year, 10 months, 30 days
Quickest Turnaround 1 week

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 0 8 0
Losses 10 10 0
Finish Rate 100.0%
Finished Rate 100.0%
Win by Decision Rate 0.0%
Loss by Decision Rate 0.0%
Win by KO Rate 0.0%
Loss by KO Rate 50.0%
Win by SUB Rate 100.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 50.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Current Streak

4 Losses

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 00:35
Fastest KO -
Fastest SUB 00:35
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 0.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 01:43
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 0.7
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 03:38
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
Official MMA Fight Results 09/02/2023 L
(8-19-0)
Anthony Vasta
(2-4-0)
LW TKO/RSC
New England Fights 54
1 02:27
NSF 07/08/2023 L
(8-18-0)
Artur Miniev
(0-0-0)
LW Submission (Strikes)
New England Fights 53
1 01:37
Official MMA Fight Results 01/14/2023 L
(8-17-0)
Ryan Lilley
(10-9-0)
LW
(155.0 vs. 155.8)
Submission
Lights Out Xtreme Fighting 8 - The Return
1 02:41
Official MMA Fight Results 01/07/2023 L
(8-16-0)
Aaron Hughes
(2-3-0)
LW
(154.0 vs. 155.0)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Cage Titans 57
1 02:31
Official MMA Fight Results 11/12/2022 W
(7-16-0)
Carl Langston Jr.
(2-5-0)
FTW Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights 50
1 01:01
Official MMA Fight Results 10/21/2022 L
(7-15-0)
Rodrigo Almeida
(15-5-0)
Catchweight
(158.0 vs. 158.0)
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
CombatFC 2
2 01:46
Official MMA Fight Results 09/09/2022 L
(7-14-0)
Jordan Downey
(8-9-1)
LW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
New England Fights 49
1 01:03
Official MMA Fight Results 07/30/2022 W
(6-14-0)
Brian Cosco
(0-1-0)
WW
(163.2 vs. 162.4)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights 48
1 00:35
Official MMA Fight Results 06/17/2022 W
(5-14-0)
Jacob Guerrero
(0-0-0)
WW
(168.6 vs. 170.8)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Combat FC 1
1 00:57
Official MMA Fight Results 06/04/2022 L
(5-13-0)
Sean Lally
(9-5-0)
TKO/RSC (Injury)
Cage Titans 53
1 01:02
Official MMA Fight Results 05/14/2022 L
(5-12-0)
Jesse Erickson
(10-8-0)
WW Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights 47
1 01:57
Official MMA Fight Results 11/05/2021 L
(5-11-0)
Jonathan Deupree
(0-0-0)
WW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
New England Fights 45
1 01:22
Official MMA Fight Results 09/18/2021 L
(5-10-0)
Sage Philippe
(0-1-0)
SWW
(173.0 vs. 175.0)
TKO/RSC
Premier Fight Championships 09/18/21
1 04:42
Official MMA Fight Results 10/19/2019 L
(5-9-0)
Yu Ji
(1-0-0)
MW
(185.4 vs. 185.9)
KO
Premier Fighting Championship 29
1 01:48
Official MMA Fight Results 07/20/2019 L
(5-8-0)
Patrick Casey
(4-2-0)
MW
(185.2 vs. 184.6)
TKO/RSC
Ammo Fight League 07/20/19
1 01:54
Official MMA Fight Results 04/14/2018 L
(5-7-0)
Bill Jones
(12-10-0)
LW
(155.0 vs. 155.0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
New England Fights 33
2 03:03
Official MMA Fight Results 10/20/2017 L
(5-6-0)
Don Shainis
(2-1-0)
FTW
(149.7* vs. 150.0*)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Bellator MMA 185
1 04:50
Official MMA Fight Results 06/17/2017 W
(4-6-0)
Dominic Jones
(1-0-0)
FTW
(155.0* vs. 132.0)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights 29
1 02:05
Official MMA Fight Results 04/29/2017 W
(3-6-0)
Josh Parker
(5-8-0)
FTW
(155.0* vs. 155.0*)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
New England Fights 28
1 03:34
Official MMA Fight Results 02/11/2017 L
(3-5-0)
Ricky Dexter
(0-0-0)

(155.0 vs. 185.0)
Submission (Verbal Submission)
New England Fights 27
1 04:18
Official MMA Fight Results 12/31/2016 L
(3-4-0)
Tom Marcellino
(7-5-0)
WW
(170.4 vs. 166.4)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
WSOF-NYC
1 03:34
Official MMA Fight Results 09/10/2016 L
(3-3-0)
Taylor Trahan
(5-6-0)

(145.9 vs. 147.0)
Submission (Arm Bar)
New England Fights 25
1 02:56
Official MMA Fight Results 06/18/2016 L
(3-2-0)
Brandon Bushaw
(1-2-0)

(155.0 vs. 140.0)
Submission (Kimura)
New England Fights 24
3 02:24
Official MMA Fight Results 05/14/2016 W
(2-2-0)
Derek Shorey
(3-6-0)
LW
(154.4 vs. 155.2)
Submission (Verbal Submission)
New England Fights 23
1 00:37
Official MMA Fight Results 04/23/2016 L
(2-1-0)
Joshua Harvey
(0-0-0)

(145.0 vs. 145.0)
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
New England Fights 22
1 02:11
Official MMA Fight Results 11/21/2015 L
(2-0-0)
Jonathan Lemke
(4-3-0)

(155.0 vs. 155.0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
New England Fights XX
1 04:44
Official MMA Fight Results 09/12/2015 W
(1-0-0)
Zenon Herrera
(0-1-0)

(155.0 vs. 149.0)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights XIX
1 02:33
Official MMA Fight Results 11/15/2014 W
(0-0-0)
Derek Shorey
(1-0-0)
FTW
(155.0* vs. 155.0*)
Submission (Arm Bar)
New England Fights XV
1 02:28
* Bouts marked with an 'Official' logo denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission
* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record
* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class

Amateur Career Statistics

Amateur Record 4-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 1 year, 6 months, 4 days
Rounds Fought 10.3
Avg. Fights/Year 4.7
Longest Layoff 6 months, 29 days
Quickest Turnaround 3 weeks, 6 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 0 4 0
Losses 1 1 1
Finish Rate 100.0%
Finished Rate 66.7%
Win by Decision Rate 0.0%
Loss by Decision Rate 33.3%
Win by KO Rate 0.0%
Loss by KO Rate 33.3%
Win by SUB Rate 100.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 33.3%
Win Method
Loss Method

Current Streak

2 Wins

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 02:04
Fastest KO -
Fastest SUB 02:04
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 03:58
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 1.7
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 05:01
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Amateur Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
Official MMA Fight Results 09/06/2014 W
(3-3-0)
Jeremy Tyler
(4-2-0)
FTW
(155.0* vs. 165.0*)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
New England Fights XIV
2 01:04
Official MMA Fight Results 02/08/2014 W
(2-3-0)
Caleb Costello
(1-2-0)
FTW
(155.0* vs. 145.0)
Submission (Triangle Choke)
New England Fights XII
2 02:23
Official MMA Fight Results 09/21/2013 L
(2-2-0)
Tollison Lewis
(3-8-0)
LW
(154.5 vs. 154.5)
KO
New England Fights X
1 00:36
Official MMA Fight Results 08/03/2013 W
(1-2-0)
Nate Charles
(1-4-0)
LW
(146.8 vs. 149.7)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
New England Fights IX
2 01:24
Official MMA Fight Results 06/14/2013 L
(1-1-0)
Jason Perrin
(2-1-0)
FTW
(140.8 vs. 139.2)
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Combat Zone 44: Steel Cage Fighters
2 02:28
Official MMA Fight Results 05/18/2013 W
(0-1-0)
Trevor Kell
(2-0-0)
FTW
(148.3* vs. 149.4*)
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
New England Fights VII
1 02:04
Official MMA Fight Results 03/01/2013 L
(0-0-0)
Dominic Cofone
(1-0-0)
LW
(153.2 vs. 156.0)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Combat Zone 43: March Madness
3 03:00
* Bouts marked with an 'Official' logo denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission
* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record
* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class