Matt Hughes

Known for ActingBorn 1973-10-13 (age 52)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.Read more

Movies & web series

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

Undeniable with Dan Patrick

UFC 68: The Uprising

UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2

Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC

UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

UFC 36: Worlds Collide

UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

UFC 34: High Voltage

UFC 38: Brawl At The Hall

UFC 46: Supernatural

UFC 40: Vendetta

UFC 85: Bedlam

UFC 56: Full Force

UFC 50: The War of 04

UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage

UFC 29: Defense of the Belts

The Ultimate Fighter

UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie

UFC 45: Revolution

UFC Ultimate Knockouts

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

UFC 79: Nemesis

UFC 48: Payback

UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams

UFC 42: Sudden Impact

UFC 112: Invincible

UFC: Ultimate Matt Hughes

Up the Aristocracy

Shooto: 10th Anniversary Event