JosephBenavidez

USA
Flyweight

HT/WT
1.63 m, 56 kg
Birthdate
31/7/1984 (40)
Team
Team Alpha Male
Stance
Southpaw
Reach
1.65 m

Fight History

Date	Opponent	Res.	Decision	Rnd	Time	Event
6 Mar, 2021	Askar Askarov	L	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
18 Jul, 2020	Deiveson Figueiredo	L	Submission	1	4:48	UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
29 Feb, 2020	Deiveson Figueiredo	L	KO/TKO	2	1:54	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
29 Jun, 2019	Jussier Formiga	W	KO/TKO	2	4:47	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
19 Jan, 2019	Dustin Ortiz	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
1 Dec, 2018	Alex Perez	W	KO/TKO	1	4:19	The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale
10 Jun, 2018	Sergio Pettis	L	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
4 Dec, 2016	Henry Cejudo	W	Decision - Split	3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale
7 Feb, 2016	Zach Makovsky	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson
3 Oct, 2015	Ali Bagautinov	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson
23 May, 2015	John Moraga	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier
22 Nov, 2014	Dustin Ortiz	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson
26 Apr, 2014	Tim Elliott	W	Submission	1	4:08	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
15 Dec, 2013	Demetrious Johnson	L	KO/TKO	1	2:08	UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
5 Sep, 2013	Jussier Formiga	W	KO/TKO	1	3:07	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader
21 Apr, 2013	Darren Uyenoyama	W	KO/TKO	2	4:50	UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez
3 Feb, 2013	Ian McCall	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar
23 Sep, 2012	Demetrious Johnson	L	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort
2 Mar, 2012	Yasuhiro Urushitani	W	KO/TKO	2	0:11	UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann
15 Aug, 2011	Eddie Wineland	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC on Versus: Hardy vs. Lytle
20 Mar, 2011	Ian Loveland	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones
11 Nov, 2010	Wagnney Fabiano	W	Submission	2	2:45	WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
18 Aug, 2010	Dominick Cruz	L	Decision - Split	5	5:00	WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2
6 Mar, 2010	Miguel Torres	W	Submission	2	2:57	WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz
19 Dec, 2009	Rani Yahya	W	KO/TKO	1	1:35	WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff
9 Aug, 2009	Dominick Cruz	L	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles
5 Apr, 2009	Jeff Curran	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki
3 Dec, 2008	Danny Martinez	W	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
21 Jul, 2008	Junya Kudo	W	Submission	1	2:42	Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final
8 May, 2008	Maurice Eazel	W	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:02	PFC 8: A Night of Champions
17 Jan, 2008	Jason Georgianna	W	Submission (Guillotine)	2	0:38	PFC 6: No Retreat, No Surrender
1 Jun, 2007	Rocky Del Monte	W	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	-	IE: Independent Event
28 Apr, 2007	Carlos Lovio	W	TKO	1	-	Bring it On: Under Destruction
7 Apr, 2007	Justin Smitley	W	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	2:18	WC 2: Warrior Cup 2
14 Oct, 2006	Ramon Rodriguez	W	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:33	BW: Border Warz
3 Jun, 2006	Brandon Shelton	W	Submission (Kimura)	2	0:53	UFP: Universal Fight Promotions

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