Matt Denning ("Ken Doll") | MMA Fighter Page

1,055

Pro Lightweight (out of 1,068)

US Northeast

part of North America

2,241

Pound for Pound (of 2,247)

126

Pro Lightweight (of 129)

New England

part of US Northeast

581

Pound for Pound (of 587)

Pro Lightweight (of 64)

Matt Denning is the #18,094 ranked MMA fighter in the North America region. Denning is also ranked in 2 North America sub-regions (US Northeast, New England). He is only ranked in regions where he has fought at least 2 times out of his last 6 MMA bouts.

Denning is ranked at Lightweight in each region, since he fought at least once in the weight class in his last 2 fights.

Pro MMA Statistics Record: 8-25-0

KO/TKO

TKO

0 wins, 13 losses

52% of losses

Submission

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8 wins, 12 losses

100% of wins

48% of losses

Decision

DEC

0 wins, 0 losses

MMA Record By Promotion

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DURING 2017

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DECISION

100%

DURING 2016

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DECISION

100%

Matt Denning Combat Sports Record

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professional bouts

TKO

Josiah Shackleford

Boxing Boxing

KO/TKO · 2:33 · R1

Night of Knockouts XXXIV

Rear Naked Choke · 2:41 · R1

2:33 · R1

2025 May 17

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Bruce Boyington

8-24 17-14

NEF 62: Stars of War

Tapout to Strikes · 2:05 · R1

2:41 · R1

2025 May 3

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TKO

Ilyaz Mamadaliyev

8-23 6-4

AFP 101: First Fight Night

Strikes

2:05 · R1

2025 Feb 22

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Ed Davis

8-22 2-1

Rear Naked Choke · 2:00 · R1

NEF 61: Smythe vs. Betancourt

Arm Triangle Choke · 1:45 · R1

2:00 · R1

2025 Feb 8

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Lucas Rosa

8-21 4-0

Battle in Barre 15

Arm Triangle

1:45 · R1

2024 Dec 7

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Nathaniel Grimard

8-20 5-5

Rear Naked Choke · 2:20 · R1

NEF 60: Open Season

NEF 54: Fight at the Opera

2:20 · R1

2024 Nov 9

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TKO

Anthony Vasta

8-19 2-4

KO/TKO · 2:27 · R1

Submission to Strikes · 1:37 · R1

2:27 · R1

2023 Sep 2

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TKO

Artur Minev

8-18 0-0

NEF 53: American Valor

Strikes

1:37 · R1

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Ryan Lilley

8-17 11-9

Submission · 2:41 · R1

LXF 8: The Return

Submission

2:41 · R1

2023 Jan 14

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Aaron Hughes

8-16 2-3

Guillotine Choke · 2:30 · R1

Cage Titans 57

Rear Naked Choke · 1:01 · R1

2:30 · R1

2023 Jan 7

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Carl Langston

7-16 2-6

NEF 50: Piersma vs. Sanders

Arm Triangle Choke · 1:46 · R2

1:01 · R1

2022 Nov 12

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Rodrigo Almeida

7-15 14-5

Combat FC 2

Arm Triangle

1:46 · R2

2022 Oct 21

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TKO

Jordan Downey

7-14 8-9-1

KO/TKO · 1:03 · R1

NEF 49: Queen City Showdown

Rear Naked Choke · 0:35 · R1

1:03 · R1

2022 Sep 9

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Brian Cosco

6-14 0-0

NEF 48: Heatwave

Guillotine Choke · 0:57 · R1

0:35 · R1

2022 Jul 30

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Jacob Guerrero

5-14 0-0

Combat FC 1

Broken Finger · 1:02 · R1

0:57 · R1

2022 Jun 17

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DEC

Boxing Boxing

4 Rounds

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TKO

Sean Lally

5-13 8-6

Cage Titans 53

Broken Finger

1:02 · R1

2022 Jun 4

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Jesse Erickson

5-12 10-8

Rear Naked Choke · 1:57 · R1

NEF 47: The Battle of L/A

1:57 · R1

2022 May 14

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TKO

Jonathan Deupree

5-11 0-0

KO/TKO · 1:22 · R1

NEF 45: Uprising

1:22 · R1

2021 Nov 5

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TKO

Sage Philippe

5-10 0-1

KO/TKO · 4:43 · R1

Premier FC 31

4:43 · R1

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TKO

Yu Ji

5-9 1-0

KO/TKO · 1:48 · R1

Premier FC 29

1:48 · R1

2019 Oct 19

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TKO

Pat Casey

5-8 5-1

KO/TKO · 1:54 · R1

AMMO Fight League 7

1:54 · R1

2019 Jul 20

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TKO

Bill Jones

5-7 12-11

KO/TKO · 2:03 · R2

NEF 33: Riptide

Ground & Pound · 4:50 · R1

2:03 · R2

2018 Apr 14

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TKO

Don Shainis

5-6 2-1

Bellator 185

Ground Pound

4:50 · R1

2017 Oct 20

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Dominic Jones

4-6 1-0

Rear Naked Choke · 2:05 · R1

NEF 29: Stars & Stripes

Guillotine Choke · 3:34 · R1

2:05 · R1

2017 Jun 17

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Josh Parker

3-6 5-8

NEF 28: Invincible

3:34 · R1

2017 Apr 29

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TKO

Ricky Dexter

3-5 0-0

KO/TKO · 4:18 · R1

NEF 27: Resurgence

Guillotine Choke · 3:30 · R1

4:18 · R1

2017 Feb 11

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Tommy Marcellino

3-4 7-5

WSOF 34: Gaethje vs. Firmino

NEF 25: Heroes & Villains

3:30 · R1

2016 Dec 31

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Taylor Trahan

3-3 5-6

Armbar · 2:56 · R1

Armbar

2:56 · R1

2016 Sep 10

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Brandon Bushaw

3-2 1-2

Kimura · 2:24 · R3

NEF 24: Promised Land

Kimura

2:24 · R3

2016 Jun 18

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Derek Shorey

2-2 3-6

Heel Hook · 0:37 · R1

NEF 23: NEF Cages the Cape

Heel Hook

0:37 · R1

2016 May 14

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Josh Harvey

2-1 0-0

Triangle Choke · 2:00 · R1

NEF 22: All Roads Lead Here

Triangle Ch.

2:00 · R1

2016 Apr 23

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TKO

Jon Lemke

2-0 4-3

KO/TKO · 4:44 · R1

NEF 20: A History of Violence

Rear Naked Choke · 2:43 · R1

4:44 · R1

2015 Nov 21

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Zenon Herrera

1-0 0-1

2:43 · R1

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Derek Shorey

0-0 1-0

Armbar · 2:28 · R1

NEF 15: The Rematch

Armbar

2:28 · R1

2014 Nov 15

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Jeremy Tyler

3-3 4-2

Rear Naked Choke · 1:04 · R2

NEF 14: Baino vs. Wood

1:04 · R2

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Caleb Costello

2-3 1-2

Triangle Choke · 2:23 · R2

NEF 12: Only One Will Win

Triangle Ch.

2:23 · R2

2014 Feb 8

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TKO

Tollison Lewis

2-2 3-8

Punch · 0:36 · R1

NEF 10: Quinlan vs. Bondole

Punch

0:36 · R1

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Nate Charles

1-2 1-4

Guillotine Choke · 1:24 · R2

NEF 9: Pineau vs. Queen

Arm Triangle Choke · 2:28 · R2

1:24 · R2

2013 Aug 3

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Jay Perrin

1-1 2-1

Combat Zone 44

Arm Triangle

2:28 · R2

2013 Jun 14

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Trevor Kell

0-1 2-0

Guillotine Choke · 2:04 · R1

NEF 7: Davis vs. Heyliger