Beneil Dariush Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Quillan Salkilld Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:29	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	#13Benoit Saint Denis Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:16	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev	Nov 15, 2025
W	#10Renato Moicano Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025
L	#8Arman Tsarukyan Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:04	UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan	Dec 2, 2023
L	#1Charles Oliveira Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:10	UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana	Jun 10, 2023
W	#9Mateusz Gamrot Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022
W	#5Tony Ferguson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	May 15, 2021
W	#10Diego Ferreira Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021
W	Scott Holtzman Lightweight	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Fist Head	R1	4:38	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik	Aug 8, 2020
W	Drakkar Klose Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:00	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero	Mar 7, 2020
W	Frank Camacho Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:02	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Oct 26, 2019
W	Drew Dober Lightweight	Submission	Armbar On Ground	R2	4:41	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos	Mar 9, 2019
W	Thiago Moises Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez	Nov 10, 2018
L	Alexander Hernandez Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:42	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya	Mar 3, 2018
D	#14Evan Dunham Lightweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee	Oct 7, 2017
L	#5Edson Barboza Lightweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R2	3:35	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	#15Rashid Magomedov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson	Nov 5, 2016
W	James Vick Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:16	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
L	#14Michael Chiesa Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:20	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans	Apr 16, 2016
W	#5Michael Johnson Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015
W	#12Jim Miller Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Machida vs. Rockhold	Apr 18, 2015
W	Daron Cruickshank Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:38	UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos	Mar 14, 2015
W	Diego Ferreira Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
W	Anthony Rocco Martin Lightweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	3:38	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Dos Anjos	Aug 23, 2014
L	Ramsey Nijem Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R1	4:20	UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson	Apr 11, 2014
W	Charlie Brenneman Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:45	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou	Jan 15, 2014

Outside the UFC

6-0across 6 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 3 sub · 1 decRITC · HFR 2 · Samurai Pro Sports · RITC 2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jason Meaders12-12	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:43	RITC	May 4, 2013
W	Trace Gray3-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:36	RITC	Jan 19, 2013
W	Gilberto dos Santos1-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	4:03	HFR 2	Oct 27, 2012
W	Dominic Gutierrez6-20	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:16	Samurai Pro Sports	Oct 21, 2011
W	Vance Bejarano1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:21	RITC	Oct 9, 2010
W	Jordan Betts0-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	RITC 2	Nov 20, 2009

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 7 losses

W5

L7

Submission

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Decision

10 wins, 0 losses

W10

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.27

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

5

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.46

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Beneil Dariush

PowerChin

Knockout rate

12%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

1.39 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

7

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

9

2.38 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Beneil Dariush

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

5W

Split1 decision · 17%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

5

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB59th

49%836 / 1,701

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.11 differential

Landed3.74

Absorbed2.63

70%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%65th505
Body23%68th191
Leg17%66th140

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

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%561
Clinch15%128
Ground18%147

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Beneil Dariush

Landed per 15

Head

B

66th

33.9

66th

Body

B

70th

12.8

70th

Leg

B

67th

9.4

67th

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

B

62nd

25.4

62nd

Body

C

43rd

10.4

43rd

Leg

A

80th

3.8

80th

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	33.9	505	1,271	40%
Body	12.8	191	271	70%
Leg	9.4	140	159	88%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.4	378	1,073	35%
Body	10.4	155	240	65%
Leg	3.8	56	64	88%

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

Beneil Dariush

38%

Takedown accuracy

83%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.8 min net

On top6.1

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

72nd

2.2

72nd

TD accuracy

C

54th

38%

54th

Sub attempts

A

70th

0.8

70th

Control

A+

87th

6.1 min

87th

Defense

TD defense

A

83rd

83%

83rd

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	33 / 86
Submission attempts	12
Control time	90:59

Defense

TDs defended	43 / 52
Control absorbed	19:48

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (224min 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

Beneil Dariush

26 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 224 min

100%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Dariush holds steady (-3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Dariush sustains 100% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Dariush ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Dariushlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Dariushattempts / min

Control time

Dariush% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.7	4.1	3.2	0.39	34%	26
R2	6.4	3.2	1.9	0.40	50%	16
R3	6.3	3.6	2.4	0.34	43%	10

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

Beneil Dariush

26 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

66/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

89th

64%

89th

Win quality

A+

90th

59%

90th

Opponent quality distribution

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

7

11

2

3

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	7	4-3	57%
Top-15	11	7-3-1	70%
Contender-level	2	2-0	100%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Quillan Salkilld	Top-15	49	May 2, 2026
L	Benoit Saint Denis#13	Top-5	73	Nov 15, 2025
W	Renato Moicano#10	Top-15	69	Jun 28, 2025
L	Arman Tsarukyan#8	Top-5	84	Dec 2, 2023
L	Charles Oliveira#1	Champion	98	Jun 10, 2023
W	Mateusz Gamrot#9	Top-5	75	Oct 22, 2022
W	Tony Ferguson#5	Top-5	89	May 15, 2021
W	Diego Ferreira#10	Top-15	71	Feb 6, 2021
W	Scott Holtzman	Established	30	Aug 8, 2020
W	Drakkar Klose	Contender-level	40	Mar 7, 2020
W	Frank Camacho	Unproven	12	Oct 26, 2019
W	Drew Dober	Top-15	52	Mar 9, 2019
W	Thiago Moises	Top-15	43	Nov 10, 2018
L	Alexander Hernandez	Top-15	46	Mar 3, 2018
D	Evan Dunham#14	Top-15	64	Oct 7, 2017
L	Edson Barboza#5	Top-5	82	Mar 11, 2017
W	Rashid Magomedov#15	Top-15	62	Nov 5, 2016
W	James Vick	Top-15	55	Jun 4, 2016
L	Michael Chiesa#14	Top-15	70	Apr 16, 2016
W	Michael Johnson#5	Top-5	78	Aug 8, 2015
W	Jim Miller#12	Top-5	75	Apr 18, 2015
W	Daron Cruickshank	Established	30	Mar 14, 2015
W	Diego Ferreira	Top-15	49	Oct 25, 2014
W	Anthony Rocco Martin	Contender-level	32	Aug 23, 2014
L	Ramsey Nijem	Established	26	Apr 11, 2014
W	Charlie Brenneman	Unproven	12	Jan 15, 2014

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

25 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

4-1

5 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-5

12 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-2

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-2

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

12-5

17 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-1

2 bouts

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

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Beneil Dariush

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Quillan Salkilld · May 2, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 9-4As underdog 7-4

65.6

DK avg

77.9

Median

105.1

Ceiling

13.7

Floor

46%

Boom

27%

Bust

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