Matthew Elliott

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• Matthew Elliott won his FightStar Championship tournament semi-final by TKO with a knee and will fight for £25,000 in the final against Aiden Lee.

  Episode 111: Ian Garry's Missed Opportunity & Eoin "The Sheriff" Sheridan's Breakout PFL KO

• Matt Elliott is entered in a FightStar Championships four-man tournament with 25,000 prize money, live on The Zone.

  Episode 110: Gary Rooney | Will Fleury Loss | Ian Machado Garry vs Islam Makhachev Preview

• Matthew Elliott knocked out Jake McHugh in the first round at Cage Warriors 201 in Manchester with a right hand after slipping the jab.

  Episode 102: March Madness

• Matthew Elliott previously represented Team GB in wrestling and judo at youth Commonwealth Games level.

  Episode 102: March Madness

• Alex Santidus beat Matthew Elliott 29-28 on all three judges' scorecards at Cage Warriors 193.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 91: Damien McKenna, Trevor Makengo & Jamie Abbott-Bissett

• Kenny Mokhonoana, coming off two losses including a January PFL bout against Ibrahim Ibrahimov, fights Matthew Elliott in a 5-2 vs 4-2 SBG Ireland vs Fight Academy Ireland matchup at Cage Warriors 188: Sheehan vs. Burlinson: Sheehan vs. Burlinson.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 82: Max Lally, Ciaran Brady, and Alexander O'Sullivan

• Jordan O'Neill, Matthew Elliott, and Emer Darcy signed multi-fight deals with Cage Warriors.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Conor McGregor is Back & Paul Hughes is PFL's Newest Star.

• Matthew Elliott disagrees with the judges' decision in his Ryan Shelley fight and has not fought since June 2022 in Belfast.

  The Auld Triangle: Episode 23 - 2022 Irish MMA Year in Review

• Matthew Elliott scratched his right retina about three weeks before Belfast and then scratched his left retina on his first session back, keeping him off sparring since.

  The Auld Triangle: Episode 23 - 2022 Irish MMA Year in Review

• The vast majority of people I've spoke to disagree with the Ryan Shelley decision.

  The Auld Triangle: Episode 23 - 2022 Irish MMA Year in Review

• Andy Stevenson scored Matthew Elliott vs Ryan Shelley 29–28 for Matthew Elliott and called it a razor-close fight.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 12 with Joseph Duffy

• Matthew Elliott is scheduled to fight Ryan Shelley this Saturday, 25 June, at Cage Warriors 140 in the SSE Arena in Belfast, with the main card kicking off at 9pm on UFC Fight Pass.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott made his professional MMA debut against Scott Pedersen at Cage Warriors.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said his last Cage Warriors appearance did not happen because of a visa conflict.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said fight week felt unusually smooth and that he was not struggling with low calories the way he normally does at this stage.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said the SSE Arena stage makes Cage Warriors 140 the biggest opportunity he has had, with more eyes on it than any European show because it streams live on UFC Fight Pass.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said one of the first MMA shows he watched live was at the Odyssey in Belfast when he was about 14 or 15.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said the Odyssey had not held an MMA show since about 2017 or 2018.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said his father pushed him into judo because he was overweight and not doing much with himself.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he started boxing and wrestling a few weeks after beginning judo because his father told him the best MMA fighters are wrestlers.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott competed in judo and wrestling for Northern Ireland initially and then for Britain from about age 14 or 15.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he medaled at the Commonwealth Championships in South Africa and the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said Northern Ireland was not given a wrestling place at the 2018 Commonwealth Games because a £50 fee was not paid by the deadline, despite funds being available.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said senior wrestling opportunities largely passed him by because GB squad sessions became concentrated in Manchester without funding to attend.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he and Muhammad Mokaev were on the same wrestling team, were friends at about age 14 to 16, and had talked about both wanting to do MMA.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he never actually wrestled with Muhammad Mokaev in training because of a weight gap of roughly 63–64 kilos for Mokaev versus 70–73 kilos for himself.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott started MMA at age 13 at Benevolent Next Generation BJJ with Romney after first doing BJJ with Rodney Balomina.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he trained at Fight Academy Ireland for about five years before his first amateur MMA fight.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said that at his pro debut he would have rated his game as about 95 percent grappling and 5 percent striking, but over the past year his striking has moved toward roughly 50-50 after working with Liam, Donnart Walsh, and Glyan.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he tore his LCL about three and a half weeks before his fight with Michael De Silva and spent that camp mostly on a stationary bike at a local leisure centre instead of training in the gym.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said his cardio crashed in the later rounds against Michael De Silva even though he felt sharp in the first round, and he wished he had thrown more shots when openings appeared.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott walked out to a Disney song at both of his previous pro fights and ran an Instagram poll that led The Lion King to win for his walkout music consideration.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said Ian Dean emailed that his Cage Warriors walkout song had to be submitted before Friday.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he wanted the Ryan Shelley fight and was surprised Team KF Martial Arts accepted it because they had previously turned down fighting him in August and December.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said Team KF Martial Arts took the fight partly because they saw him gas out against Michael De Silva without knowing his injury and training circumstances.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he has sparred Ryan Shelley and that the spar went his way, though he injured his knee during it.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said Ryan Shelley cannot close the wrestling gap with him in eight weeks or even eight years.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he does not believe Ryan Shelley wants the fight and interprets Shelley's limited social-media engagement as a lack of confidence.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said Cage Warriors booked Ryan Shelley against him on an Irish home show when he expected the promotion might keep the two Irish fighters separate.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said his older Instagram account was banned for posting COVID misinformation and that he now keeps MMA content on bergemonmma while posting other material on a separate account.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott said he respects Ryan Shelley's record and that Shelley shows up and finishes fights, but he still believes he will beat him.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• They've just booked him his funeral.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• I'm the monster here, not Ryan Shelley.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• All you can do is ask for opportunities and I've been handed the golden goose ticket.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• He can't catch up with my level of wrestle in eight weeks; he can't catch up with it in eight years.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Both my pro fights have walked out to Disney songs.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• I genuinely do not believe Ryan Shelley wants to fight me.

  Matthew Elliott Surprised By Ryan Shelley Matchmaking: "They've Just Booked Him His Funeral"

• Matthew Elliott defeated Michael Shields by split decision at Cage Conflict 6 - Revive and broke his hand in the first round.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 4 with Darragh Kelly & Cameron Clements

• Cameron Clements has trained wrestling with Matthew Elliott.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 4 with Darragh Kelly & Cameron Clements