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The Clinch

United States of America 2008-2021 · 71 rounds on file

Joseph Benavidez

21-8-0 W-L-D in this database

Joseph Benavidez, photograph by X2o
Strike accuracy 1,161/3,338
Takedown accuracy 31/101
Sig. strikes / round 16.4
Control / round 0:48
Inside the distance 48% 10 of 21 wins
Height
5′4″162.6 cm
Reach
65″165.1 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4231 JUL 1984
Listed weight
125 lb56.7 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 29 fights - 4.3 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 18 13-5-0 vs 1556 avg
Positional Controller 16 11-5-0
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 7 4-3-0 vs 1555 avg
Well-Rounded 7 4-3-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1567 avg
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 18 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

21 JUL 2008 - beat Junya Kudo · Submission 03 DEC 2008 - beat Danny Martinez · Decision (Unanimous) 05 APR 2009 - beat Jeff Curran · Decision (Unanimous) 09 AUG 2009 - lost to Dominick Cruz · Decision (Unanimous) 19 DEC 2009 - beat Rani Yahya · Technical Knockout 06 MAR 2010 - beat Miguel Torres · Submission 18 AUG 2010 - lost to Dominick Cruz · Decision (Split) 11 NOV 2010 - beat Wagnney Fabiano · Submission 19 MAR 2011 - beat Ian Loveland · Decision (Unanimous) 14 AUG 2011 - beat Eddie Wineland · Decision (Unanimous) 02 MAR 2012 - beat Yasuhiro Urushitani · Technical Knockout 22 SEP 2012 - lost to Demetrious Johnson · Decision (Split) 02 FEB 2013 - beat Ian McCall · Decision (Unanimous) 20 APR 2013 - beat Darren Uyenoyama · Technical Knockout 04 SEP 2013 - beat Jussier Formiga · Technical Knockout 14 DEC 2013 - lost to Demetrious Johnson · Technical Knockout 26 APR 2014 - beat Tim Elliott · Submission 22 NOV 2014 - beat Dustin Ortiz · Decision (Unanimous) 23 MAY 2015 - beat John Moraga · Decision (Unanimous) 03 OCT 2015 - beat Ali Bagautinov · Decision (Unanimous) 06 FEB 2016 - beat Zach Makovsky · Decision (Unanimous) 03 DEC 2016 - beat Henry Cejudo · Decision (Split) 09 JUN 2018 - lost to Sergio Pettis · Decision (Split) 30 NOV 2018 - beat Alex Perez · Technical Knockout 19 JAN 2019 - beat Dustin Ortiz · Decision (Unanimous) 29 JUN 2019 - beat Jussier Formiga · Technical Knockout 29 FEB 2020 - lost to Deiveson Figueiredo · Technical Knockout 18 JUL 2020 - lost to Deiveson Figueiredo · Submission 06 MAR 2021 - lost to Askar Askarov · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 71 rounds across 29 of 29 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.4
Takedowns landed 0.4
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:48 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 35% 1,161/3,338
Takedowns 31% 31/101
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 883/2,264

Where the strikes land

Head 53% 618
Body 26% 306
Leg 20% 237

And from where

At distance 80% 923
In the clinch 12% 137
On the ground 9% 101

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-2
Submission 4 won Submission · 4-1
Decision 11 won Decision (Unanimous) · 10-2 Decision (Split) · 1-3

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
06 MAR 2021 Askar Askarov Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 46 58 UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
18 JUL 2020 Deiveson Figueiredo Lost Submission R1 4:48 18 35 UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
29 FEB 2020 Deiveson Figueiredo Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:54 46 25 UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
29 JUN 2019 Jussier Formiga Won Technical Knockout R2 4:47 50 15 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
19 JAN 2019 Dustin Ortiz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 49 UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
30 NOV 2018 Alex Perez Won Technical Knockout R1 4:19 35 14 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale
09 JUN 2018 Sergio Pettis Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 59 74 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
03 DEC 2016 Henry Cejudo Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 69 68 The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale
06 FEB 2016 Zach Makovsky Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 66 40 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
03 OCT 2015 Ali Bagautinov Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 31 UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson
23 MAY 2015 John Moraga Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 63 42 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
22 NOV 2014 Dustin Ortiz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 94 37 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson
26 APR 2014 Tim Elliott Won Submission R1 4:08 9 16 UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira
14 DEC 2013 Demetrious Johnson Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:08 4 7 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
04 SEP 2013 Jussier Formiga Won Technical Knockout R1 3:07 20 6 UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader
20 APR 2013 Darren Uyenoyama Won Technical Knockout R2 4:50 57 11 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez
02 FEB 2013 Ian McCall Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 57 40 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
22 SEP 2012 Demetrious Johnson Lost Decision (Split) R5 5:00 44 77 UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort
02 MAR 2012 Yasuhiro Urushitani Won Technical Knockout R2 0:11 18 8 UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann
14 AUG 2011 Eddie Wineland Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 66 24 UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle
19 MAR 2011 Ian Loveland Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 45 UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
11 NOV 2010 Wagnney Fabiano Won Submission R2 2:45 17 6 WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
18 AUG 2010 Dominick Cruz Lost Decision (Split) R5 5:00 35 58 WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez
06 MAR 2010 Miguel Torres Won Submission R2 2:57 15 17 WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz
19 DEC 2009 Rani Yahya Won Technical Knockout R1 1:35 7 5 WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff
09 AUG 2009 Dominick Cruz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 31 36 WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles
05 APR 2009 Jeff Curran Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 51 22 WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki
03 DEC 2008 Danny Martinez Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 55 12 WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
21 JUL 2008 Junya Kudo Won Submission R1 2:42 12 5 DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round

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