Joseph Benavidez Record: 28-8-0

  • Height: 5' 4"
  • Weight: 125 lbs.
  • Reach: 65"
  • STANCE: Southpaw
  • DOB: Jul 31, 1984
Career statistics:
  • SLpM: 3.52
  • Str. Acc.: 34%
  • SApM: 2.67
  • Str. Def: 61%
  • TD Avg.: 1.41
  • TD Acc.: 30%
  • TD Def.: 62%
  • Sub. Avg.: 0.6

SLpM - Significant Strikes Landed per Minute

Str. Acc. - Significant Striking Accuracy

SApM - Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute

Str. Def. - Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land)

TD Avg. - Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes

TD Acc. - Takedown Accuracy

TD Def. - Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land)

Sub. Avg. - Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes

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W/L Fighter Kd Str Td Sub Event Method Round Time

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Askar Askarov

0

0

46

58

0

5

0

0

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Mar. 06, 2021

U-DEC

3

5:00

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Deiveson Figueiredo

0

2

18

35

0

0

0

4

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2

Jul. 18, 2020

SUB

Rear Naked Choke

1

4:48

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Deiveson Figueiredo

0

1

46

25

0

1

0

1

UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo

Feb. 29, 2020

KO/TKO

Punch

2

1:54

win

Joseph Benavidez

Jussier Formiga

1

0

50

15

0

1

0

0

UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos

Jun. 29, 2019

KO/TKO

Punches

2

4:47

win

Joseph Benavidez

Dustin Ortiz

1

0

21

49

7

3

0

0

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw

Jan. 19, 2019

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Alex Perez

0

0

35

14

1

1

0

0

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale

Nov. 30, 2018

KO/TKO

Punches

1

4:19

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Sergio Pettis

0

0

59

74

2

0

0

0

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

Jun. 09, 2018

S-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Henry Cejudo

0

1

69

68

0

1

0

0

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale

Dec. 03, 2016

S-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Zach Makovsky

0

0

66

40

0

4

0

0

UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson

Feb. 06, 2016

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Ali Bagautinov

0

0

48

31

0

0

0

0

UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson

Oct. 03, 2015

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

John Moraga

0

0

63

42

4

0

0

0

UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier

May. 23, 2015

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Dustin Ortiz

0

0

94

37

2

2

0

0

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson

Nov. 22, 2014

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Tim Elliott

0

0

9

16

0

3

1

0

UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira

Apr. 26, 2014

SUB

Guillotine Choke

1

4:08

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Demetrious Johnson

0

1

4

7

0

0

0

0

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2

Dec. 14, 2013

KO/TKO

Punch

1

2:08

win

Joseph Benavidez

Jussier Formiga

1

0

20

6

0

0

0

0

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader

Sep. 04, 2013

KO/TKO

Knee

1

3:07

win

Joseph Benavidez

Darren Uyenoyama

2

0

57

11

2

0

0

0

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez

Apr. 20, 2013

KO/TKO

Punch

2

4:50

win

Joseph Benavidez

Ian McCall

0

0

57

40

0

1

0

0

UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar

Feb. 02, 2013

U-DEC

3

5:00

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Demetrious Johnson

0

0

44

77

0

5

2

0

UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort

Sep. 22, 2012

S-DEC

5

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Yasuhiro Urushitani

1

0

18

8

1

0

1

0

UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann

Mar. 02, 2012

KO/TKO

Punch

2

0:11

win

Joseph Benavidez

Eddie Wineland

0

0

66

24

0

0

0

0

UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle

Aug. 14, 2011

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Ian Loveland

0

0

48

45

5

0

0

0

UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones

Mar. 19, 2011

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Wagnney Fabiano

0

0

17

6

0

0

3

0

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki

Nov. 11, 2010

SUB

Guillotine Choke

2

2:45

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Dominick Cruz

0

0

35

58

0

6

1

0

WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez

Aug. 18, 2010

S-DEC

5

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Miguel Torres

0

0

15

17

2

0

2

1

WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz

Mar. 06, 2010

SUB

Guillotine Choke

2

2:57

win

Joseph Benavidez

Rani Yahya

1

0

7

5

0

0

0

0

WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff

Dec. 19, 2009

KO/TKO

1

1:35

loss

Joseph Benavidez

Dominick Cruz

0

0

31

36

0

6

1

0

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles

Aug. 09, 2009

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Jeff Curran

1

0

51

22

2

1

1

1

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki

Apr. 05, 2009

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Danny Martinez

0

0

55

12

1

1

0

0

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia

Dec. 03, 2008

U-DEC

3

5:00

win

Joseph Benavidez

Junya Kudo

0

0

12

5

2

0

1

0

DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round

Jul. 21, 2008

SUB

Guillotine Choke

1

2:42