Matt Serra (13-7, 8) was born in East Meadow, New York, U.S. on June 2, 1974. At the age of 23 years on April 1, 1998, he made his professional MMA debut against Khamzat Vitaev, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On May 4, 2001, 26-year old Matt Serra made his UFC debut on his 5th professional MMA fight at UFC 31 against a 29-year old Shonie Carter but lost the fight via KO in the 3rd round.
He became the UFC welterweight champion on April 7, 2007 at age 32 on his 16th professional MMA fight at UFC 69 after defeating a 25-year old Georges St-Pierre via 1st-round TKO.
Serra's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Chris Lytle at UFC 119 at age 36 on September 25, 2010. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 13 times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 7 losses in the promotion.
Some of Matt Serra's best fights have been against Georges St-Pierre, Frank Trigg, Kelly Dullanty, Chris Lytle, Jeff Curran, Ivan Menjivar and Yves Edwards.
Serra has 7 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20  | Sep 25, 2010 36 years, 3 months 13-7 (8) | 36 years, 1 months 29-17-5 (23) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
19  | Feb 6, 2010 35 years, 8 months 13-6 (8) | 37 years, 8 months 19-7 (14) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
18  | May 23, 2009 34 years, 11 months 12-6 (7) | 35 years, 7 months 42-7 (33) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
17  | Apr 19, 2008 33 years, 10 months 12-5 (7) | 26 years, 11 months 15-2 (11) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | LOSS Knees to the body and punches Lost UFC welterweight title |
16 | Apr 7, 2007 32 years, 10 months 12-4 (7) | 25 years, 10 months 13-1 (10) | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches Won UFC welterweight title |
15 | Nov 11, 2006 32 years, 5 months 11-4 (6) | 32 years, 2 months 22-12-5 (18) | TUF | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
14 | Jan 1, 1970 -4 years 10-4 (6) | Shonie Carter | TUF | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
13 | Jan 1, 1970 -4 years 9-4 (6) | Pete Spratt | TUF | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches |
12  | Jun 4, 2005 31 years 8-4 (5) | 22 years, 9 months 13-3 (8) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
11  | Jun 19, 2004 30 years 8-3 (5) | 22 years 13-3 (11) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
10  | Jan 31, 2004 29 years, 7 months 7-3 (5) | 26 years, 4 months 16-6-1 (12) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
9  | Feb 28, 2003 28 years, 8 months 6-3 (5) | 26 years, 5 months 15-3 (13) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
8  | Sep 27, 2002 28 years, 3 months 6-2 (5) | 23 years, 9 months 4-1 (4) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
7  | Mar 22, 2002 27 years, 9 months 6-1 (5) | 24 years, 8 months 4-0 (2) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
6  | Sep 28, 2001 27 years, 3 months 5-1 (4) | 24 years, 11 months 18-5-1 (16) | UFC | 3 | MD | WIN | |
5  | May 4, 2001 26 years, 11 months 4-1 (4) | 29 years 18-5-5 (8) | UFC | 3 | KO | LOSS Spinning back fist | |
4 | Feb 24, 2001 26 years, 8 months 4-0 (4) | Greg Melisi | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
3 | Jan 29, 2000 25 years, 7 months 3-0 (3) | Jeff Telvi | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | ||
2 | Aug 21, 1999 25 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Graham Lewis | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
1 | Apr 1, 1998 23 years, 9 months 1-0 (1) | Khamzat Vitaev | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
