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166:Years active
161:Alliance MMA
103:Bantamweight
1678:1994 births
1435:sherdog.com
1257:Matt Sayles
1174:KO (punch)
1063:By knockout
845:KO (punch)
827:Zouk Mikael
658:May 4, 2019
645:Kyle Nelson
502:By decision
476:By knockout
405:Kyle Nelson
333:Matt Sayles
95:Lightweight
65:Nationality
57:Other names
23:Matt Sayles
1672:Categories
1657:2024-08-11
1636:2022-03-11
1630:MMA Junkie
1611:2022-01-12
1605:MMA Junkie
1586:2021-12-19
1561:2021-09-20
1536:2019-12-21
1512:2019-10-20
1487:2019-10-20
1480:DNA, MMA.
1267:References
1171:Beau Hart
842:Ryan Lang
829:, Lebanon
148:California
37:1994-02-21
1118:Location
1100:Opponent
671:, Canada
544:Location
526:Opponent
144:San Diego
1056:0 losses
469:4 losses
440:Post UFC
134:Orthodox
91:Division
69:American
1556:MMA DNA
1440:29 July
1415:29 July
1310:UFC.com
1252:Sherdog
1103:Method
1097:Record
924:WSOF 12
693:UFC 227
529:Method
523:Record
394:UFC 227
325:Sherdog
268:Amateur
171:present
120:⁄
1465:10 May
1431:"Matt"
1390:10 May
1365:10 May
1340:10 May
1315:10 May
1290:10 May
1121:Notes
1112:Round
1106:Event
1051:3 wins
812:PFC 1
547:Notes
538:Round
532:Event
464:8 wins
270:record
234:Losses
184:record
130:Stance
83:Weight
75:Height
1250:from
1227:2:32
1188:0:36
1149:1:50
1115:Time
1109:Date
1094:Res.
1011:1:15
975:0:46
936:5:00
895:4:12
859:0:59
823:5:00
800:Loss
784:1:51
743:1:57
705:5:00
678:Loss
665:3:16
622:4:20
595:Loss
579:2:05
552:Loss
541:Time
535:Date
520:Res.
323:from
276:Total
190:Total
169:2014-
109:Reach
1467:2020
1442:2020
1417:2020
1392:2020
1367:2020
1342:2020
1317:2020
1292:2020
1207:1–0
1204:Win
1168:2–0
1165:Win
1129:3–0
1126:Win
991:1–0
988:Win
955:2–0
952:Win
914:3–0
911:Win
875:4–0
872:Win
839:5–0
836:Win
803:5–1
762:6–1
759:Win
721:7–1
718:Win
681:7–2
641:8–2
638:Win
598:8–3
555:8–4
286:Wins
200:Wins
158:Team
60:Robo
29:Born
1261:UFC
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