Cesar Benitez
UFC DebutNickname“El Duro”
Record
Streak
L8
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Posadas, Misiones
- Born
- Argentina
- Camp
- Shia Ryu Academy
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Cesar Benitez makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
446-295-4
.602 win rate
Winning-record opponents
26 of 39
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
45
39 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 45 bouts · 41 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 3 decNumber 1 · Global MMA · MFC · El Coliseo · SFH 18 / RyskCombat MMA 12 +36
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Estanislao Ramirez Licata | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:23 | SFH 18 / RyskCombat MMA 12 | Oct 27, 2024 |
| L | Max Linchevsky | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:50 | Bodyth Rogger Promotions | Sep 21, 2024 |
| L | Mario Sousa21-4-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:54 | Cascavel Fight Championship | Aug 17, 2024 |
| L | Josias Nunez9-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:22 | Champion 23 | Jul 10, 2024 |
| L | Submission | Keylock | R1 | 3:25 | CAM 27 | Jul 6, 2024 | |
| L | Horacio Bepre8-3-1 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R2 | 3:05 | Deep Combat 6 | Jun 15, 2024 |
| L | Pablo Djamkotchin | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:36 | CAM 24 | Apr 6, 2024 |
| L | Matias Jose Olguin8-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:00 | EFC 3 | Mar 16, 2024 |
| W | Tomas Garcia | KO/TKO | Submission to Strikes | R1 | 0:00 | LDG 3 | Sep 24, 2023 |
| L | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:58 | TC 2 | Aug 19, 2023 | |
| L | Submission | Neck Crank | R1 | 1:27 | SFH / Shinka Jitsu | Jul 1, 2023 | |
| L | Jonathan Figueroa16-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:28 | TC 1 | Apr 29, 2023 |
| L | Jose Medina12-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:17 | SFH 6 | Oct 15, 2022 |
| W | Juan Barrios1-3 | Disqualification | — | R3 | 0:00 | SFC | Aug 21, 2022 |
| L | Roberto Gamarra12-9 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:44 | MFM 3 | Jul 23, 2022 |
| L | Alexandre Arrais Freire | Submission | — | R1 | 2:21 | Number 1 | May 21, 2022 |
| L | Diego Robledo17-14 | KO/TKO | Injury | R2 | 1:52 | CAM 9 | Apr 30, 2022 |
| L | Matias Juarez16-13 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:25 | Deep Combat 1 | Apr 16, 2022 |
| L | Jhonny Carlos12-7 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:35 | Number 1 | Feb 5, 2022 |
| L | Carlo Prater35-25-1 | Submission | Anaconda Choke | R1 | 1:20 | COF 14 | Dec 11, 2021 |
| L | Rodrigo Carlos35-29 | Submission | — | R1 | 0:00 | MSF 3 | Nov 27, 2021 |
| W | Sebastian Villa | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | UDC Internacional | Nov 6, 2021 |
| W | Gustavo Bazan4-23 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GAU Fight | Oct 2, 2021 |
| L | Pablo Dhorta10-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:00 | Global MMA | Aug 22, 2021 |
| L | Matias Ibanez11-12 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 0:00 | MSF 1 | Dec 12, 2020 |
| L | Luiz Fernando3-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:34 | HCC 21 | Feb 1, 2020 |
| L | Joilton Lutterbach42-10 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:20 | HCC 19 | Dec 28, 2019 |
| L | Jean Mejias5-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Global MMA | Dec 15, 2019 |
| L | Juan Jose Ibanez14-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | EFC 17 | Oct 5, 2019 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:58 | CWF 5 | Sep 7, 2019 | |
| W | Miguel Angel Antunes de Lara5-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | XCF | Aug 4, 2019 |
| W | Angel Ucan0-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 0:00 | IFN 5 | Jun 7, 2019 |
| L | Jose Luis Alegre14-7 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:00 | EFC 14 | Oct 19, 2018 |
| L | Jose Luis Alegre14-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | EFC 11 | Jul 12, 2018 |
| L | Bruno Conti14-11 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 2:25 | Bella Vista Fight | Jun 23, 2018 |
| W | Matias Toledo0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:46 | MFC | May 5, 2018 |
| W | Aricacio de Oliveira1-4 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | IFN 4 | Apr 14, 2018 |
| L | Cesar Corona3-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | — | Ragnarok 9 | Feb 3, 2018 |
| W | Jonathan Torres1-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | MFC | Oct 6, 2017 |
| L | Hugo Centurion1-1 | Submission | — | R1 | 0:55 | Xtreme Cage Fight 1 | Mar 11, 2017 |
| L | KO/TKO | Elbows and Punches | R1 | 4:40 | WKC MMA | Oct 22, 2016 | |
| L | Mauricio Ariel Pare23-25 | Disqualification | Illegal Kick | R1 | 0:00 | La Jaula MMA | Oct 8, 2016 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:19 | El Coliseo | Nov 29, 2014 | |
| L | Gustavo Allende2-6 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:29 | Dojo Serpiente | May 4, 2014 |
| W | Maximiliano Ochoa0-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | El Coliseo | Aug 3, 2013 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.