{"id":104707,"date":"2026-06-04T06:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/connor-matthews\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:37:27","slug":"connor-matthews","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/connor-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Connor \u00ab\u00a0The Controller\u00a0\u00bb Matthews \u2014 le Combat Controller de Fall River<\/h2>\n<h3>Un surnom qui ne s&rsquo;invente pas<\/h3>\n<p>Avant de fouler l&rsquo;octogone de l&rsquo;UFC, Connor Matthews coordonnait des frappes a\u00e9riennes en tant que Combat Controller dans les forces sp\u00e9ciales de l&rsquo;US Air Force. C&rsquo;est de l\u00e0 que vient le sobriquet \u00ab\u00a0The Controller\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 pas d&rsquo;un community manager, pas d&rsquo;un agent marketing. Il s&rsquo;engage dans l&rsquo;Air Force en 2013 apr\u00e8s avoir tent\u00e9 sa chance en MMA quelques ann\u00e9es, puis revient sur les tapis une fois sa mission accomplie. Ce chemin d\u00e9tour entre le cage et le th\u00e9\u00e2tre des op\u00e9rations militaires dit beaucoup sur le personnage.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9 \u00e0 Fall River dans le Massachusetts, Matthews grandit dans les arts martiaux d\u00e8s l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de cinq ans, pouss\u00e9 par son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9. American Kempo, Taekwondo, jiu-jitsu \u2014 il accumule les disciplines avant de mettre les pieds dans une cage pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 18 ans. Aujourd&rsquo;hui, il poss\u00e8de une ceinture noire en Taekwondo et une ceinture violette en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien, et s&rsquo;entra\u00eene au sein de la New England Cartel aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Calvin Kattar et Rob Font.<\/p>\n<h3>Un finisseur pr\u00e9coce sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale<\/h3>\n<p>Son dossier professionnel parle de lui : sur 7 victoires, 5 sont des soumissions et une bonne partie se r\u00e8gle avant la fin du premier round. Son KO sur Stacey Anderson le 24 ao\u00fbt 2019 en seulement 7 secondes au Cage Titans 45 reste l&rsquo;illustration parfaite de son efficacit\u00e9 \u2014 et de sa dangerosit\u00e9 en distance courte. Il encha\u00eene ensuite les \u00e9tranglements au premier round : Rob Fuller (neck crank, 0:57), Joshua Marer (RNC, 0:57), Jay Ellis (RNC, 2:21), Josh Hardy (RNC, 0:48). Difficile de trouver un style de finition plus coh\u00e9rent.<\/p>\n<h3>La route Contender Series<\/h3>\n<p>Sa premi\u00e8re tentative \u00e0 la Contender Series en ao\u00fbt 2022 se solde par une d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 Francis Marshall, alors invaincu. Matthews ne l\u00e2che pas et revient un an plus tard. Le 10 octobre 2023, il domine Jair Farias par d\u00e9cision unanime lors de la saison 7, semaine 10 de la DWCS \u2014 et cette fois, Dana White signe. Le contrat UFC est en poche.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : trois combats, trois d\u00e9faites<\/h3>\n<p>Les d\u00e9buts sous la grande banni\u00e8re sont difficiles. Le 30 mars 2024 \u00e0 Atlantic City, Matthews tient le choc face \u00e0 Dennis Buzukja pendant deux rounds avant de s&rsquo;effondrer \u00e0 0:22 du troisi\u00e8me round sur un crochet gauche suivi de coups au sol. Le 15 f\u00e9vrier 2025, Jose Miguel Delgado le stoppe \u00e0 2:58 du premier round. Puis le 17 mai 2025, Yadier del Valle le soumet par rear-naked choke \u00e0 2:54 de la premi\u00e8re reprise. Trois passages \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, trois arr\u00eats nets \u2014 le niveau de la division plumes \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC laisse peu de marges d&rsquo;erreur.<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 33 ans, Connor Matthews affiche un bilan professionnel de 7-4 avec un UFC record de 0-3. Son avenir dans l&rsquo;organisation reste incertain apr\u00e8s trois d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives, mais son profil de finisseur pur, forg\u00e9 en dehors des circuits habituels via une carri\u00e8re militaire hors du commun, en fait un combattant qui ne manque pas d&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat \u2014 \u00e0 d\u00e9faut d&rsquo;avoir encore trouv\u00e9 sa place au plus haut niveau.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/connor-matthews\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/connor-the-controller-matthews\">VerdictMMA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/fallriverreporter.com\/fall-river-born-connor-matthews-realizes-his-dream-but-loses-first-ufc-fight\/\">Fall River Reporter<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor \u00ab\u00a0The Controller\u00a0\u00bb Matthews, ancien Combat Controller de l&rsquo;US Air Force et finisseur redoutable (7-4), \u00e9volue dans la division plumes UFC. Bilan UFC : 0-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102692,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69975],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104707","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Connor Matthews - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Connor Matthews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/connor-matthews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Connor Matthews - 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