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Matt Hughes vs Ricardo Almeida

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Matt Hughes and Ricardo Almeida met 2 times (2010). Matt Hughes won in 2010 by submission; Matt Hughes won.

SOURCE·Matt Hughes (fighter) and Ricardo Almeida — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Matt HughesRicardo Almeida
—Reach—
69″ (175.3 cm)Height71″ (180.3 cm)
—Reach advantage—
45–9Record13–4
78%Finish rate38%
12Longest unbeaten run5
58Recorded bouts18
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Matt Hughes

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Ryan Stout, 1998, koloss v Dennis Hallman, 1998, submissionwin v Dave Menne, 1998, decisionwin v Victor Hunsaker, 1998, kowin v Craig Quick, 1998, submissionwin v Erick Snyder, 1998, kowin v Daniel Vianna, 1999, kowin v LaVerne Clark, 1999, submissionwin v Tom Schmitz, 1999, kowin v Joe Doerksen, 1999, submissionwin v Valeri Ignatov, 1999, decisionwin v Akihiro Gono, 1999, decisionwin v Erick Snyder, 1999, kowin v Joe Stern, 1999, koloss v Dennis Hallman, 2000, submissionwin v Maynard Marcum, 2000, submissionwin v Robbie Newman, 2000, submissionwin v Chris Haseman, 2000, decisionwin v Joe Guist, 2000, submissionwin v Marcelo Aguiar, 2000, kowin v Shawn Peters, 2000, submissionwin v Alexandre Barros, 2000, decisionwin v Eric Davila, 2000, submissionwin v Jorge Pereira, 2000, koloss v Tito Ortiz, 2000, decisionwin v Carlos Newton, 2001, kowin v Steve Gomm, 2001, kowin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2001, decisionwin v Chatt Lavender, 2001, submissionwin v Scott Johnson, 2001, kowin v John Cronk, 2001, submissionwin v Bruce Nelson, 2001, submissionwin v Brett Al-azzawi, 2001, submissionloss v José Landi-Jons, 2001, kowin v Gil Castillo, 2002, kowin v Carlos Newton, 2002, kowin v Hayato Sakurai, 2002, kowin v Frank Trigg, 2003, submissionwin v Sean Sherk, 2003, decisionwin v Georges St-Pierre, 2004, submissionwin v Renato Verissimo, 2004, decisionloss v B.J. Penn, 2004, submissionwin v Joe Riggs, 2005, submissionwin v Frank Trigg, 2005, submissionloss v Georges St-Pierre, 2006, kowin v B.J. Penn, 2006, kowin v Royce Gracie, 2006, koloss v Georges St-Pierre, 2007, submissionwin v Chris Lytle, 2007, decisionloss v Thiago Alves, 2008, kowin v Matt Serra, 2009, decisionloss v B.J. Penn, 2010, kowin v Ricardo Almeida, 2010, submissionwin v Renzo Gracie, 2010, koloss v Josh Koscheck, 2011, koloss v Jeff Monson, no date on recordwin v Jeremy Horn, no date on recordwin v Ricardo Almeida, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1998–2011 · 3 UNDATED
2000 2010 win vs Ryan Stout (1998)loss vs Dennis Hallman (1998)win vs Dave Menne (1998)win vs Victor Hunsaker (1998)win vs Craig Quick (1998)win vs Erick Snyder (1998)win vs Daniel Vianna (1999)win vs LaVerne Clark (1999)win vs Tom Schmitz (1999)win vs Joe Doerksen (1999)win vs Valeri Ignatov (1999)win vs Akihiro Gono (1999)win vs Erick Snyder (1999)win vs Joe Stern (1999)loss vs Dennis Hallman (2000)win vs Maynard Marcum (2000)win vs Robbie Newman (2000)win vs Chris Haseman (2000)win vs Joe Guist (2000)win vs Marcelo Aguiar (2000)win vs Shawn Peters (2000)win vs Alexandre Barros (2000)win vs Eric Davila (2000)win vs Jorge Pereira (2000)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2000)win vs Carlos Newton (2001)win vs Steve Gomm (2001)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2001)win vs Chatt Lavender (2001)win vs Scott Johnson (2001)win vs John Cronk (2001)win vs Bruce Nelson (2001)win vs Brett Al-azzawi (2001)loss vs José Landi-Jons (2001)win vs Gil Castillo (2002)win vs Carlos Newton (2002)win vs Hayato Sakurai (2002)win vs Frank Trigg (2003)win vs Sean Sherk (2003)win vs Georges St-Pierre (2004)win vs Renato Verissimo (2004)loss vs B.J. Penn (2004)win vs Joe Riggs (2005)win vs Frank Trigg (2005)loss vs Georges St-Pierre (2006)win vs B.J. Penn (2006)win vs Royce Gracie (2006)loss vs Georges St-Pierre (2007)win vs Chris Lytle (2007)loss vs Thiago Alves (2008)win vs Matt Serra (2009)loss vs B.J. Penn (2010)win vs Ricardo Almeida (2010)win vs Renzo Gracie (2010)loss vs Josh Koscheck (2011)
winlossdraw / NC1998–2011

Ricardo Almeida

20002010win v Akira Shoji, 2000, decisionwin v Eugene Jackson, 2001, submissionloss v Matt Lindland, 2001, dqwin v Osami Shibuya, 2002, submissionloss v Andrei Semenov, 2002, kowin v Nate Marquardt, 2003, submissionwin v Kazuo Misaki, 2003, decisionwin v Yuki Sasaki, 2003, decisionwin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2003, decisionwin v Ryo Chonan, 2004, decisionloss v Patrick Côté, 2008, decisionwin v Rob Yundt, 2008, submissionwin v Kendall Grove, 2009, decisionwin v Matt Horwich, 2009, decisionwin v T. J. Grant, 2010, decisionloss v Matt Hughes, 2010, submissionwin v Matt Brown, 2010, submissionloss v Mike Pyle, 2011, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2000–2011
2000 2010 win vs Akira Shoji (2000)win vs Eugene Jackson (2001)loss vs Matt Lindland (2001)win vs Osami Shibuya (2002)loss vs Andrei Semenov (2002)win vs Nate Marquardt (2003)win vs Kazuo Misaki (2003)win vs Yuki Sasaki (2003)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2003)win vs Ryo Chonan (2004)loss vs Patrick Côté (2008)win vs Rob Yundt (2008)win vs Kendall Grove (2009)win vs Matt Horwich (2009)win vs T. J. Grant (2010)loss vs Matt Hughes (2010)win vs Matt Brown (2010)loss vs Mike Pyle (2011)
winlossdraw / NC2000–2011
Cross-references
Matt Hughes

The full ledger: 58 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

45–9 Ricardo Almeida

The same, from the other corner — 18 bouts and the cohort Almeida is ranked inside.

13–4 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

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