Joseph Benavidez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#3Askar Askarov Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
L	#1Deiveson FigueiredoTitle Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:48	UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2	Jul 18, 2020
L	#3Deiveson Figueiredo Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance Non-title fight for Figueiredo; missed weight	R2	1:54	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo	Feb 29, 2020
W	#1Jussier Formiga Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:47	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019
W	#8Dustin Ortiz Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw	Jan 19, 2019
W	#14Alex Perez Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:19	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale	Nov 30, 2018
L	#5Sergio Pettis Flyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2	Jun 9, 2018
W	#2Henry Cejudo Flyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale	Dec 3, 2016
W	#8Zach Makovsky Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	Feb 6, 2016
W	#15Ali Bagautinov Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015
W	#5John Moraga Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015
W	#13Dustin Ortiz Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson	Nov 22, 2014
W	#8Tim Elliott Flyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Mount	R1	4:08	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014
L	CDemetrious JohnsonTitle Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:08	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	#6Jussier Formiga Flyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Body In Clinch	R1	3:07	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader	Sep 4, 2013
W	#9Darren Uyenoyama Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Body At Distance	R2	4:50	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
W	Ian McCall Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar	Feb 2, 2013
L	Demetrious JohnsonTitle Flyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort	Sep 22, 2012
W	Yasuhiro Urushitani Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:11	UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann	Mar 2, 2012
W	Eddie Wineland Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle	Aug 14, 2011
W	Ian Loveland Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones	Mar 19, 2011

Outside the UFC

13-2across 15 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 8 sub · 2 decWEC · DREAM · PFC 8 · PFC 6 · IE +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Wagnney Fabiano16-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:45	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
L	Dominick Cruz24-4	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
W	Miguel Torres44-9	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:57	WEC	Mar 6, 2010
W	Rani Yahya28-12-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:35	WEC	Dec 19, 2009
L	Dominick Cruz24-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 9, 2009
W	Jeff Curran36-18-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Apr 5, 2009
W	Danny Martinez21-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Dec 3, 2008
W	Junya Kodo8-7-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:42	DREAM	Jul 21, 2008
W	Maurice Eazel7-15	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:02	PFC 8	May 8, 2008
W	Jason Georgianna10-9	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:38	PFC 6	Jan 17, 2008
W	Rocky Del Monte5-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	0:00	IE	Jun 1, 2007
W	Carlos Lovio0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	Bring it On	Apr 28, 2007
W	Justin Smitley10-8-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R3	2:18	WC 2	Apr 7, 2007
W	Ramon Rodriguez0-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:33	CFC	Oct 14, 2006
W	Brandon Shelton21-7	Submission	Kimura	R2	0:53	UFP	Jun 3, 2006

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

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Submission

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Decision

11 wins, 5 losses

W11

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.19

Below avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

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

Joseph Benavidez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

24%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

1.19 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

1.14 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

7 scorecards on file

Joseph Benavidez

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–4

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 86%

5W1L

Split1 decision · 14%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC50th

34%938 / 2,543

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.85 differential

Landed3.52

Absorbed2.67

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head54%58th505
Body26%79th243
Leg20%73rd190

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

Sig. strikes by position

81%Standing

Standing81%764
Clinch12%111
Ground7%63

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joseph Benavidez

Landed per 15

Head

C

58th

31.5

58th

Body

A

83rd

15.2

83rd

Leg

A

79th

11.9

79th

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

60th

27.4

60th

Body

D

36th

12.9

36th

Leg

A

75th

4.8

75th

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	31.5	505	1,810	28%
Body	15.2	243	431	56%
Leg	11.9	190	302	63%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.4	439	1,292	34%
Body	12.9	206	289	71%
Leg	4.8	77	101	76%

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

Joseph Benavidez

31%

Takedown accuracy

68%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.3 min net

On top2.6

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

C

54th

1.5

54th

TD accuracy

C

44th

31%

44th

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.2

43rd

Control

C

57th

2.6 min

57th

Defense

TD defense

B

59th

68%

59th

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	24 / 78
Submission attempts	4
Control time	40:55

Defense

TDs defended	57 / 84
Control absorbed	20:42

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (240min 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

Joseph Benavidez

21 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 240 min

99%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Benavidez holds steady (-2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Benavidez sustains 99% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Benavidez — HOLDSOutput / 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

Benavidezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Benavidezattempts / min

Control time

Benavidez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	4.1	3.1	0.34	18%	21
R2	5.6	4.1	3.0	0.32	14%	16
R3	5.6	3.8	2.9	0.33	18%	12
R4	3.1	1.0	3.0	0.20	38%	1
R5	1.6	1.0	2.4	0.20	0%	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

Joseph Benavidez

21 resolved UFC bouts · 16 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

86/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

82%

98th

Win quality

A+

95th

67%

95th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

10

4

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
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	1-4	20%
Top-5	10	8-2	80%
Top-15	4	4-0	100%
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	Askar Askarov#3	Top-5	86	Mar 6, 2021
L	Deiveson Figueiredo#1	Champion	97	Jul 18, 2020
L	Deiveson Figueiredo#3	Champion	94	Feb 29, 2020
W	Jussier Formiga#1	Top-5	90	Jun 29, 2019
W	Dustin Ortiz#8	Top-15	74	Jan 19, 2019
W	Alex Perez#14	Top-5	74	Nov 30, 2018
L	Sergio Pettis#5	Top-5	84	Jun 9, 2018
W	Henry Cejudo#2	Champion	96	Dec 3, 2016
W	Zach Makovsky#8	Top-15	74	Feb 6, 2016
W	Ali Bagautinov#15	Top-5	74	Oct 3, 2015
W	John Moraga#5	Top-5	80	May 23, 2015
W	Dustin Ortiz#13	Top-15	71	Nov 22, 2014
W	Tim Elliott#8	Top-5	76	Apr 26, 2014
L	Demetrious JohnsonCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 14, 2013
W	Jussier Formiga#6	Top-5	85	Sep 4, 2013
W	Darren Uyenoyama#9	Top-15	71	Apr 20, 2013
W	Ian McCall	Top-5	57	Feb 2, 2013
L	Demetrious Johnson	Champion	83	Sep 22, 2012
W	Yasuhiro Urushitani	Unproven	8	Mar 2, 2012
W	Eddie Wineland	Top-5	56	Aug 14, 2011
W	Ian Loveland	Unproven	8	Mar 19, 2011

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

21 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

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

8-2

10 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-4

8 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

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

11-4

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-3

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-3

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-2

4 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-2

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Joseph Benavidez

Extended layoff

5y 4mosince last bout

vs Askar Askarov · Mar 6, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 14-3As underdog 1-3

68.5

DK avg

60.6

Median

108.2

Ceiling

21.4

Floor

48%

Boom

14%

Bust

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