Benardo Sopaj Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Timothy Cuamba Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:25	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa	May 16, 2026
W	Ricky Turcios Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R3	4:41	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev	Mar 2, 2024

Outside the UFC

11-2across 13 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 3 sub · 1 decAllstars Fight Night · FCR 15 · FCR 13 · Brave CF 49 · Brave CF 38 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Geovane Vargas11-10	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:00	Allstars Fight Night	Dec 30, 2023
W	Julien Lopez7-6-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:20	FCR 15	Feb 25, 2023
W	Karlen Minasian5-4	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R2	0:59	FCR 13	Aug 27, 2022
L	Francesco Nuzzi11-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Brave CF 49	Mar 25, 2021
W	Tariq Ismail8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Brave CF 38	Aug 8, 2020
W	Darius Buda3-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:03	AKFC	Nov 16, 2019
L	Alexey Shaposhnikov9-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 50	Aug 18, 2018
W	Konstantinos Charisis1-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick and punches	R1	4:04	Cage Survivor 11	Mar 3, 2018
W	Apostolos Geropoulos5-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:46	MCP 7	Nov 4, 2017
W	Nikos Taktikos1-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:19	MMA Korinthos 2017	Sep 23, 2017
W	Bobi Stojcevski0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:55	MCP 6	Apr 23, 2017
W	Nikos Kalivas0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:13	GFC 7	Oct 9, 2016
W	Nikos Leopoulos0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:35	CS	Jun 11, 2016

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionCS

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Alexandros Moumtzis10-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CS	Jun 11, 2016

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Decision

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Benardo Sopaj

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.43 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

1.23 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Benardo Sopaj

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB59th

58%163 / 281

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.30 differential

Landed4.39

Absorbed4.69

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head86%82nd140
Body6%34th9
Leg9%49th14

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

51%Standing

Standing51%83
Clinch10%16
Ground39%64

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Benardo Sopaj

Landed per 15

Head

A+

93rd

56.6

93rd

Body

F

11th

3.6

11th

Leg

D

36th

5.7

36th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

50th

32.7

50th

Body

F

15th

17.8

15th

Leg

F

4th

19.8

4th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	56.6	140	251	56%
Body	3.6	9	14	64%
Leg	5.7	14	16	88%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.7	81	231	35%
Body	17.8	44	65	68%
Leg	19.8	49	72	68%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Benardo Sopaj

60%

Takedown accuracy

77%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.1 min net

On top3.6

On bottom1.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

70th

2.4

70th

TD accuracy

A

81st

60%

81st

Sub attempts

A

71st

0.8

71st

Control

B

60th

3.6 min

60th

Defense

TD defense

B

69th

77%

69th

Controlled

1.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 10
Submission attempts	2
Control time	8:52

Defense

TDs defended	10 / 13
Control absorbed	3:44

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (37min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Benardo Sopaj

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 37 min

128%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Sopaj builds (+13% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sopaj lifts to 128% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Sopaj ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Sopajlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sopajattempts / min

Control time

Sopaj% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	2.9	3.5	0.27	23%	3
R2	8.1	5.6	4.5	0.40	32%	3
R3	6.2	5.3	6.8	0.10	15%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Benardo Sopaj

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

25th

23%

25th

Win quality

B

64th

44%

64th

Limited UFC sample (3 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

61-40-1

.604 win rate

Winning-record opponents

8 of 13

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

13

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Timothy Cuamba	Building	18	May 16, 2026
W	Ricky Turcios	Unproven	12	Jan 18, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira	Top-15	46	Mar 2, 2024

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

3 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-0

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

1-0

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

8 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Benardo Sopaj

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Timothy Cuamba · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0

83.2

DK avg

90.1

Median

109.0

Ceiling

50.4

Floor

67%

Boom

0%

Bust

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