# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:24.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-hughes"
name: "Matt Hughes"
slug: "matt-hughes"
description: "Matthew Allen Hughes is an American retired mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling. Widely considered among the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, he is a former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame inductee, and NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee. During his ventures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Hughes put together two six-fight winning streaks defeating all of the available opposition in the welterweight division. In May 2010, Hughes became the eighth inductee into the UFC Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American mixed martial arts fighter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Hughes_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.352005826303333
  historical:           20.821276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "matthughes9x"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/matthughes9x/"
    handle:    "matthughes9x"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1995611"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.matt-hughes.com"
sources:
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    title: "مات هيوز (مقاتل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мат Хюз"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hughes_(fighter)"
    title: "Matt Hughes (fighter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Hughes (lottatore)"
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    title: "マット・ヒューズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "맷 휴즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Hughes"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hughes"
    title: "Matt Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Метт Г'юз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80134"
    title: "Matt Hughes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump