Joseph Benavidez
FlyweightInactive
Career record
28–8–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
15–6–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
5KO1SUB9DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO1SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1984-07-31 · age 42
- Height
- 5′ 4″ (64 in)
- Reach
- 65 in
- Leg reach
- 36 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- San Antonio, United States
- Gym / team
- Team Alpha Male (Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness)
- Octagon debut
- 2011-03-19
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.52
- Striking accuracy
- 34%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.67
- Striking defence
- 61%
- Takedown average
- 1.41
- Takedown accuracy
- 30%
- Takedown defence
- 62%
- Submission average
- 0.60
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
21 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-06 | Askar Askarov | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| 2020-07-18 | Deiveson Figueiredotitle | Loss | Submission · R1 · 4:48 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 |
| 2020-02-29 | Deiveson Figueiredo | Loss | TKO · R2 · 1:54 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo |
| 2019-06-29 | Jussier Formiga | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:47 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos |
| 2019-01-19 | Dustin Ortiz | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw |
| 2018-11-30 | Alex Perez | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:19 | Flyweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale |
| 2018-06-09 | Sergio Pettis | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 |
| 2016-12-03 | Henry Cejudo | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale |
| 2016-02-06 | Zach Makovsky | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson |
| 2015-10-03 | Ali Bagautinov | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson |
| 2015-05-23 | John Moraga | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier |
| 2014-11-22 | Dustin Ortiz | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson |
| 2014-04-26 | Tim Elliott | Win | Submission · R1 · 4:08 | Flyweight | UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira |
| 2013-12-14 | Demetrious Johnsontitle | Loss | TKO · R1 · 2:08 | Flyweight | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 |
| 2013-09-04 | Jussier Formiga | Win | TKO · R1 · 3:07 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader |
| 2013-04-20 | Darren Uyenoyama | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:50 | Flyweight | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez |
| 2013-02-02 | Ian McCall | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar |
| 2012-09-22 | Demetrious Johnsontitle | Loss | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Flyweight | UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort |
| 2012-03-02 | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Win | TKO · R2 · 0:11 | Flyweight | UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann |
| 2011-08-14 | Eddie Wineland | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle |
| 2011-03-19 | Ian Loveland | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Bantamweight | UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 21 rows in the archive list Joseph Benavidez as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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