Benoit Saint Denis

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Benoit Saint Denis

Nickname“God of War”

Record

17-4, 1 NC

Streak

L1

Age

30

Date of birth

Dec 18, 1995

Fighting out of: Nîmes
Born: France
Camps: CYFIT·Masterless
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Jul 11, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Paddy Pimblett

#6Paddy Pimblett

Lightweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke On Ground · R1 · 0:52

UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 11, 2026

D'Arce Choke On Ground

UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2

Dan Hooker

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R2 · 4:45

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 31, 2026

Punches to Head From Mount

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2

Beneil Dariush

#9Beneil Dariush

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:16

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 15, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev

Mauricio Ruffy

#15Mauricio Ruffy

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 2:56

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 6, 2025

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho

Kyle Prepolec

Lightweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R2 · 2:35

UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 10, 2025

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena

Renato Moicano

#11Renato Moicano

Lightweight · KO/TKO · R2 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 28, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis

Dustin Poirier

#3Dustin Poirier

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:32

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 9, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2

Matt Frevola

#14Matt Frevola

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:31

UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira · Nov 11, 2023

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira

Thiago Moises

#15Thiago Moises

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R2 · 4:44

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac · Sep 2, 2023

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac

Ismael Bonfim

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 4:48

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · Jul 1, 2023

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov

Gabriel Miranda

Gabriel Miranda

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:16

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa

Niklas Stolze

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 1:32

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik · Jun 4, 2022

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

#15Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Oct 30, 2021

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB61st

58%484 / 828

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%84th304
Body26%88th128
Leg11%63rd52

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

Sig. strikes by position

51%Standing

Standing51%245
Clinch18%87
Ground31%152

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Benoit Saint Denis

Benoit Saint Denis

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

52.5

91st

Body

A+

95th

22.1

95th

Leg

B

65th

9.0

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

D

26th

13.5

26th

Leg

B

62nd

6.2

62nd

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	52.5	304	614	50%
Body	22.1	128	160	80%
Leg	9.0	52	54	96%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.7	241	479	50%
Body	13.5	78	94	83%
Leg	6.2	36	39	92%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Benoit Saint Denis

Benoit Saint Denis

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 87 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Saint 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.

Benoit Saint Denis

Saint 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

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Takedown attempts

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Control time

Benoit Saint Denis

Saint Denis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.3	4.1	3.3	0.71	52%	13
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

Benoit Saint Denis

13 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

58/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

84th

57%

84th

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

5

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	4	2-2	50%
Ranked 6–15	5	3-2	60%
Unproven	4	4-0	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	Paddy Pimblett#6	Top-5	77	Jul 11, 2026
W	Dan Hooker#6	Top-5	79	Jan 31, 2026
W	Beneil Dariush#9	Top-5	79	Nov 15, 2025
W	Mauricio Ruffy#15	Ranked 6–15	69	Sep 6, 2025
W	Kyle Prepolec	Unproven	8	May 10, 2025
L	Renato Moicano#11	Ranked 6–15	69	Sep 28, 2024
L	Dustin Poirier#3	Top-5	91	Mar 9, 2024
W	Matt Frevola#14	Ranked 6–15	62	Nov 11, 2023
W	Thiago Moises#15	Ranked 6–15	61	Sep 2, 2023
W	Ismael Bonfim	Unproven	8	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	Ranked 6–15	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.

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