Matty Whitmore was a 29-year-old Personal Trainer from Pacific Palisades, California when he competed on Survivor: Gabon. As the only original Fang member to stay on the physically weaker tribe throughout the pre-merge, Matty was valued for his challenge strength. After the merge, he led the Fang Alliance to take control of the game. Matty was eliminated just one day before the Final Tribal Council after losing a fire-making tiebreaker challenge to Bob Crowley at the final four.