Benoit Saint Denis Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Paddy PimblettUpcoming Lightweight	—	—	—	—	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2	Jul 11, 2026
W	#6Dan Hooker Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	4:45	UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2	Jan 31, 2026
W	#9Beneil Dariush Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:16	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev	Nov 15, 2025
W	#15Mauricio Ruffy Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:56	UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho	Sep 6, 2025
W	Kyle Prepolec Lightweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	2:35	UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena	May 10, 2025
L	#11Renato Moicano Lightweight	KO/TKO	—	R2	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis	Sep 28, 2024
L	#3Dustin Poirier Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:32	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2	Mar 9, 2024
W	#14Matt Frevola Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	1:31	UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira	Nov 11, 2023
W	#15Thiago Moises Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:44	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac	Sep 2, 2023
W	Ismael Bonfim Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:48	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov	Jul 1, 2023
W	Gabriel Miranda Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:16	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Sep 3, 2022
W	Niklas Stolze Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:32	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik	Jun 4, 2022
L	#15Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021

Outside the UFC

8-0, 1 NCacross 9 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 7 subBrave CF 52 · Brave CF 49 · Brave CF 38 · WFC 24 / Brave CF 34 · RXF 36 / Brave CF 28 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Arkaitz Ramos9-6	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:09	Brave CF 52	Aug 1, 2021
W	Luan Santiago23-8	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	3:51	Brave CF 49	Mar 25, 2021
W	Mario Saeed13-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:49	Brave CF 38	Aug 8, 2020
W	Ivica Truscek46-40	Submission	Kneebar	R1	—	WFC 24 / Brave CF 34	Jan 19, 2020
NC	Pawel Kielek9-7-1	No Contest	Accidental Clash of Heads	R2	5:00	RXF 36 / Brave CF 28	Nov 4, 2019
W	Ibragim Baisarov8-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:47	EBD 7	Oct 12, 2019
W	Antoine Bensimon2-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:00	Vic Fight	Jun 15, 2019
W	Artur Szczepaniak13-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:00	SFC 14	Mar 21, 2019
W	Marc Domont0-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:29	Lions FC 8	Feb 16, 2019

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

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Submission

11 wins, 0 losses

W11

L0

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.42

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.83

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Benoit Saint Denis

PowerChin

Knockout rate

42%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

1.65 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.42 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

Benoit Saint Denis

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB62nd

58%483 / 825

Striking accuracy

42%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.53 differential

Landed5.62

Absorbed4.09

57%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%85th303
Body27%89th128
Leg11%63rd52

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

Sig. strikes by position

51%Standing

Standing51%244
Clinch18%87
Ground31%152

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Benoit Saint Denis

Landed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

52.9

92nd

Body

A+

96th

22.3

96th

Leg

B

65th

9.1

65th

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

D

27th

41.7

27th

Body

F

24th

13.6

24th

Leg

B

65th

5.9

65th

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	52.9	303	611	50%
Body	22.3	128	160	80%
Leg	9.1	52	54	96%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.7	239	476	50%
Body	13.6	78	94	83%
Leg	5.9	34	37	92%

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

Benoit Saint Denis

36%

Takedown accuracy

72%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.4 min net

On top7.1

On bottom1.7

Offense

Takedowns

A+

90th

4.2

90th

TD accuracy

C

48th

36%

48th

Sub attempts

A+

86th

1.7

86th

Control

A+

88th

7.1 min

88th

Defense

TD defense

B

64th

72%

64th

Controlled

1.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	24 / 67
Submission attempts	10
Control time	40:54

Defense

TDs defended	13 / 18
Control absorbed	9:42

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (86min 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

Benoit Saint Denis

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 86 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Denis hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

DenisOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Denislanded / min

Takedown attempts

Denisattempts / min

Control time

Denis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.4	4.2	3.3	0.70	53%	12
R2	12.9	8.5	5.4	0.89	45%	9
R3	7.4	4.0	5.0	1.00	11%	1

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

Benoit Saint Denis

12 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

59/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

83rd

55%

83rd

Win quality

A+

94th

64%

94th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

5

1

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
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-5	3	2-1	67%
Top-15	5	3-2	60%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	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
W	Dan Hooker#6	Top-5	79	Jan 31, 2026
W	Beneil Dariush#9	Top-5	79	Nov 15, 2025
W	Mauricio Ruffy#15	Top-15	69	Sep 6, 2025
W	Kyle Prepolec	Unproven	8	May 10, 2025
L	Renato Moicano#11	Top-15	69	Sep 28, 2024
L	Dustin Poirier#3	Top-5	91	Mar 9, 2024
W	Matt Frevola#14	Top-15	62	Nov 11, 2023
W	Thiago Moises#15	Top-15	61	Sep 2, 2023
W	Ismael Bonfim	Building	15	Jul 1, 2023
W	Gabriel Miranda	Unproven	8	Sep 3, 2022
W	Niklas Stolze	Unproven	8	Jun 4, 2022
L	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos#15	Top-15	60	Oct 30, 2021

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

12 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

5-0

5 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-1

4 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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-1

8 bouts

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

5 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Benoit Saint Denis

Active

5 monthssince last bout

vs Dan Hooker · Jan 31, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-2As underdog 2-1

101.0

DK avg

114.9

Median

135.5

Ceiling

47.6

Floor

75%

Boom

8%

Bust

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