Billy Matt Thompson

Club Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy
Nationality United States

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Billy Matt Thompson has competed in 3 different divisions across a total of 15 events since debuting on HEMA Ratings in July 2022.

In their competitive career, Billy Matt Thompson has competed in 8 states against a total of 105 opponents from 5 nationalities.

CountryEventsFightsOpponentsWin rate
United States 15 129 105 56%
- California 1 4 4 0%
- Colorado 1 6 6 50%
- Florida 2 15 14 87%
- Georgia 5 57 46 49%
- Kentucky 1 8 8 75%
- Maryland 2 13 13 54%
- North Carolina 2 16 13 56%
- Ohio 1 10 10 60%
NationalityEventsFightsOpponentsWin rate
Canada 3 3 3 33%
Mexico 4 4 3 25%
Netherlands 1 1 1 0%
United Kingdom 2 2 2 50%
United States 15 119 96 58%
OpponentEarliest matchLatest matchEventsFightsWin rate
John Blood July 2022 June 2025 4 5 40%
Jamie Watkins February 2025 September 2025 2 3 33%
Jeff Schmaley January 2024 June 2024 2 3 67%
Rachel Carlyle July 2023 April 2025 3 3 100%
Jason Pajski July 2022 July 2023 2 3 67%
Ross Woomer June 2024 February 2025 2 2 50%
Michael Roth February 2025 September 2025 2 2 0%
Chris Mineweaser September 2025 September 2025 1 2 50%
Mariana López Rodriguez July 2022 June 2023 2 2 50%
Benjamin Aycrigg April 2025 February 2026 2 2 0%
Event Division Stage Opponent Outcome Opponent rating Win chance
LynxCup 2026 (February 2026) Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Table of 16 AJ Trefney WIN 1658.22 28%
LynxCup 2026 (February 2026) Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Wesley Halstead WIN 1532.88 48%
South East Renaissance Fencing Open 2025 (June 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 29 John Blood WIN 1502.84 49%
Midtown Melee 2025 (February 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Quarterfinals Cameron Fulco WIN 1492.53 31%
Fence-acola II 2025 (April 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Bronze Medal Match Alex Jacklett WIN 1492.14 31%
LynxCup 2026 (February 2026) Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Chris Holloman WIN 1483.92 55%
Midtown Melee 2025 (February 2025) Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims John Blood WIN 1463.20 17%
LynxCup 2026 (February 2026) Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Alec Willette WIN 1456.79 56%
South East Renaissance Fencing Open 2025 (June 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Danial Alt WIN 1455.75 57%
Fence-acola II 2025 (April 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Top 16 Geoffrey Uhal WIN 1449.76 35%
Event Division Stage Opponent Outcome Opponent rating Win chance
Midtown Melee 2025 (February 2025) Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims John Blood WIN 1463.20 17%
LynxCup 2026 (February 2026) Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Table of 16 AJ Trefney WIN 1658.22 28%
Midtown Melee 2025 (February 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Quarterfinals Cameron Fulco WIN 1492.53 31%
Fence-acola II 2025 (April 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Bronze Medal Match Alex Jacklett WIN 1492.14 31%
South East Renaissance Fencing Open 2025 (June 2025) Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Lucas Needel WIN 1372.19 33%
SERFO 2024 (June 2024) Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Quarterfinals Anonymous fighter WIN 1400.44 33%
Fence-acola II 2025 (April 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Top 16 Geoffrey Uhal WIN 1449.76 35%
King's Cup 2024 (January 2024) Mixed Steel Longsword Elimination Bracket Anonymous fighter WIN 1341.89 39%
Midtown Melee 2025 (February 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 Jamie Watkins WIN 1190.59 46%
Hot Sword Summer 2025 (June 2025) Mixed Steel Longsword Top 16 David Russell WIN 1439.13 48%

Ratings

Category Rank (current) Weighted Rating (current) Rank (best) Weighted Rating (best)
Longsword
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword 407 (top 5%) 1560 407 (2 months) 1562.1 (February 2026)
Sword and Buckler
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler 841 (top 52%) 1105.9 703 (February 2025) 1121.4 (June 2025)

Record

DivisionTotalWinLossDrawOther
Mixed Steel Longsword 106 66 39 1 0
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler 12 5 7 0 0
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler 11 1 9 1 0
Sum 129 72 55 2 0

Full rating histories

The fighter has been on an island, I.E. has no direct link to most fighters, in 4 out of 45 months

Match results

LynxCup 2026

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Branden Zipplinger LOSS 1851.60 8%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Chris Holloman WIN 1483.92 55%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Arto Fama LOSS 1788.72 13%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Alec Willette WIN 1456.79 56%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Wesley Halstead WIN 1532.88 48%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Paul Groover LOSS 1695.98 23%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Pool Christina Tamer WIN 1212.14 83%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Table of 16 AJ Trefney WIN 1658.22 28%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Table of 32 Lacey Eck WIN 1262.50 88%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Div 1) Table of 8 Benjamin Aycrigg LOSS 1963.04 4%

Double Barrel Classic 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword 3rd Place Cameron Fulco LOSS 1557.22 38%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 5 Chris Mineweaser WIN 1329.88 69%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 5 Minh Nguyen WIN 1079.25 66%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 5 Randi Cramer WIN 877.14 94%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 5 John Adler WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Quarters Thomas Hanks WIN 1299.70 79%
Mixed Steel Longsword Rd of 16 Omkar Kale WIN 1412.00 68%
Mixed Steel Longsword Semis Chandler Maypoles LOSS 1450.93 51%

Hot Sword Summer 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Derek Quintana WIN 1343.50 58%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Reece Langley WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Chase Thompson WIN 973.67 74%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 16 David Russell WIN 1439.13 48%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 32 Andrew Hall WIN 917.38 73%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 8 Quoc Lieu LOSS 1451.23 60%

South East Renaissance Fencing Open 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Kyle Callaway LOSS 1477.45 53%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Bradley Smith LOSS 1741.19 16%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Aidan Witherspoon LOSS 1670.86 24%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Danial Alt WIN 1455.75 57%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 16 Marshall Strong LOSS 1798.81 11%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 29 John Blood WIN 1502.84 49%

Fence-acola II 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Bronze Medal Match Alex Jacklett WIN 1492.14 31%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Benjamin Murphy WIN 1093.78 80%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Maeve Esk WIN 980.03 69%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools James Gearhart WIN 1078.87 70%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Rachel Carlyle WIN 1115.92 79%
Mixed Steel Longsword Semifinals Benjamin Aycrigg LOSS 1933.70 3%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 16 Geoffrey Uhal WIN 1449.76 35%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 32 James Gearhart WIN 1078.87 70%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 8 Aaron McGinnis WIN 1317.46 56%

Midtown Melee 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Bronze Medal Match Marshall Strong LOSS 1758.39 10%
Mixed Steel Longsword Elims Richard Escoto WIN 1269.40 66%
Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 John Blood LOSS 1483.73 38%
Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 Nick Bush WIN 1017.52 69%
Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 Jen Richards WIN 816.70 83%
Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 Amber Vanscoit WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword pool 4 Jamie Watkins WIN 1190.59 46%
Mixed Steel Longsword Quarterfinals Cameron Fulco WIN 1492.53 31%
Mixed Steel Longsword Round of 16 Aaron McGinnis WIN 1237.74 55%
Mixed Steel Longsword Semifinals Quoc Lieu LOSS 1417.66 51%

Mid-South Historical Fencing Open 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Eighth-Finals Sam Wittenberg WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Elimination Bracket Nathan Beard WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Bradley Smith LOSS 1721.76 10%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Ava Thrasher WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Michele Gulley WIN 1221.90 60%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Joel Conley WIN 1026.73 58%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Will Espeseth WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Quarterfinals Youseef Jaafar LOSS 1534.04 25%

SERFO 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Eighth-Finals Logan Dehne WIN 1230.40 50%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Gold Medal Match Jarred Thompson WIN 1219.07 56%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Rachel Carlyle WIN 1010.83 65%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Richard Vang WIN 1085.48 66%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Anonymous fighter WIN 1018.30 57%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Quarterfinals Anonymous fighter WIN 1400.44 33%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Semifinals Ross Woomer WIN 1186.64 49%

King's Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Elimination Bracket Anonymous fighter WIN 1341.89 39%
Mixed Steel Longsword Elimination Bracket Omar José Hernández Alcalá LOSS 892.87 68%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 1 Joseph Sherill LOSS 774.88 74%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 1 Pike Pullen LOSS 1414.38 32%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 1 RJ Bacon WIN 1212.10 52%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 1 Abigail Moore WIN 941.80 52%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool 1 Duncan Tennant LOSS Unrated

Queens Gambit 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 1 Rachel Carlyle WIN 729.69 74%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 1 Marie Sibaja LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 1 Jared Salazar WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 2 Maxwell Chamberlain LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 2 Shane Meeks LOSS 1244.08 49%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 2 Jason Pajski WIN 1263.68 49%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 3 Marie Sibaja WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 3 Ashley Hanks WIN 953.63 64%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Lightweight) Pool Set 3 Jason Pajski LOSS 1263.68 49%

SERFO 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Walker Skaggs DRAW 1310.94 45%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 David Miller LOSS 1386.56 39%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Douglas Bostic LOSS 1551.18 24%

SoCal Swordfight 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pool Set 1 Jonathan Clyde Ying LOSS 1640.28 22%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pool Set 1 Connor Wood LOSS 1388.68 37%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pool Set 1 Omar Alonso Macias Ortiz LOSS 1501.73 31%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pool Set 1 Zachary Brown LOSS 1442.90 37%

Kings Cup 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Nicholas Schneider LOSS 1484.22 33%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Kyle Crandall WIN 922.98 78%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Sean Pabers WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Table of 128 Andrew Gleason WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Table of 32 Connor Kemp-Cowell LOSS 1535.01 30%
Mixed Steel Longsword Table of 64 River Furlow WIN Unrated

Mid Continental HEMA Open 2022

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Group C Alex Williamson LOSS 1337.26 44%
Mixed Steel Longsword Group C Melissa Sakakura WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Group C Charles Vincent Brion WIN 1107.62 58%
Mixed Steel Longsword Group C Seth Fulkerson WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Group C Trevor Jones LOSS 1443.22 40%
Mixed Steel Longsword Round of 64 Veronica Young LOSS 1248.10 55%

Queen's Gambit 2022

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Consolation Bracket Ziggy Lindsey WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Consolation Bracket Iuri Vintonyak WIN 1178.66
Mixed Steel Longsword Consolation Bracket John Blood LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Elimination Bracket Max Fishman LOSS 660.23
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Aaron Brandt LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Jason Pajski WIN 1250.21
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Mariana López Rodriguez WIN 1007.27

Double Barrel Classic 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool 1 Chris Mineweaser LOSS 983.48 50%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool 1 Joseph Farris WIN 743.87 64%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool 1 Michael Roth LOSS 1890.88 6%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool 1 Jamie Watkins LOSS 1317.64 33%

South East Renaissance Fencing Open 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Luke Heinze LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Hamilton Stone LOSS 1459.75 25%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Lucas Needel WIN 1372.19 33%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Owen Sykes LOSS 767.69 61%

Midtown Melee 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims Emily Pittman WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims Ross Woomer LOSS 1197.63 31%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims John Blood WIN 1463.20 17%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Elims Nik Cheimis LOSS 1555.67 14%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler pool 4 Michael Roth LOSS 1735.74 9%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler pool 4 Jamie Watkins LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler pool 4 Jazsper Silverraven WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler pool 4 Charlotte Denton WIN Unrated

SERFO 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Emily Rowan LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Jacob Pendergraft LOSS 1568.06 25%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 William Scalia LOSS 722.78 59%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Anonymous fighter LOSS 1201.70 41%

SERFO 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 John Blood LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Kevin Stockwell LOSS 979.74
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Mariana López Rodriguez DRAW 1395.60