Connor Matthews vs. Jose Delgado

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 4-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
4-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 6 yrs
28
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Switch
Stance
Switch
14.8
Layoff (months)Δ 14.1 mo
0.7
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jose Delgado carries real power — 1.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Connor Matthews hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Connor Matthews absorbs 6.96 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Connor Matthews

Full career not yet synced for Connor Matthews — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Jose Delgado

Full career not yet synced for Jose Delgado — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

694.25/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2936.05/min · norm 3.54
1136.96/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2024.17/min · norm 3.47
40.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
54.6%norm 45.0%
55.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.2%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
41.24/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Connor Matthews

Distance 97.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 6.5%)

Jose Delgado

Distance 84.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Connor Matthews

Head 73.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 7.8%)

Jose Delgado

Head 71.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Matthews L/AAccFeatherweight med Delgado L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 167 39.5% 40.9% 230 / 456 50.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 30 / 39 76.9% 70.8%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.2% 33 / 42 78.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 126 34.1% 37.2% 172 / 385 44.7% 37.2%
To the body 14 / 31 45.2% 68.2% 86 / 113 76.1% 68.2%
To the legs 12 / 14 too few to rate 80.7% 35 / 39 89.7% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Matthews L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Delgado L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 224 43.3% 39.2% 184 / 404 45.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.3% 11 / 17 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 14 / 26 53.8% 69.4% 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 180 34.4% 35.9% 138 / 341 40.5% 35.9%
To the body 25 / 42 59.5% 67.9% 25 / 34 73.5% 67.9%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 81.5% 39 / 57 68.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.19
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1659.3% def · norm 61.5%
1:278.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:088.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
1:361:28 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
5:541:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Delgado has more cage time on record.