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Benoit Saint Denis

17-4-0 (1 NC)
30y·5' 11"·73" reach·Southpaw
7:05
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.49
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
100%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss March 2024. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in June 2022, 96 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Mar 2024

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 484 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 63%Body 26%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 18%Ground 31%
And how often each lands
Head50%
Body80%
Legs96%
Distance50%
Clinch83%
Ground65%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins5 KO · 4 SUB
4Losses2 KO · 1 SUB · 1 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

13%
Santos
88%
Stolze
62%
Miranda
61%
Bonfim
55%
Moises
21%
Frevola
65%
Poirier
1%
Moicano
73%
Prepolec
58%
Ruffy
0%
Dariush
64%
Hooker
8%
Pimblett

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.11100%13
R28.46206%9
R34.001

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.58
Strikes absorbed / min4.09
Striking accuracyof everything thrown58%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed41%
Takedowns / 15 min4.15
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land35%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed72%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.7
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.67
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts6.7m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

50.0%
Landed at range
490 thrown over 13 bouts
39.2%
Expected
against these opponents
+10.8pp
Gap
above expected
81.2%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LPaddy PimblettJul 2026SUB R10:04 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Total strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:52
D'Arce Choke On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDan HookerJan 2026KO R26:14 ctrl97 str2 td
Significant strikes
97 of 127 · 76%
Total strikes
170 of 205 · 83%
Takedowns
2 of 9 · 22%
Control
6:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:45
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 21%Clinch 10%Ground 69%
This fight on UFCStats
WBeneil DariushNov 2025KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 5 · 60%
Total strikes
3 of 5 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:16
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 67%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WMauricio RuffySep 2025SUB R24:38 ctrl17 str3 td
Significant strikes
17 of 38 · 45%
Total strikes
37 of 61 · 61%
Takedowns
3 of 10 · 30%
Control
4:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:56
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 53%Body 47%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 53%Clinch 18%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyle PrepolecMay 2025SUB R25:32 ctrl54 str3 td
Significant strikes
54 of 70 · 77%
Total strikes
77 of 103 · 75%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
5:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:35
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 67%Body 20%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 44%Clinch 41%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LRenato MoicanoSep 2024DOC R20:05 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 60 · 42%
Total strikes
35 of 70 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 5:00
Target
Head 52%Body 40%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierMar 2024KO R24:53 ctrl50 str3 td
Significant strikes
50 of 74 · 68%
Total strikes
69 of 97 · 71%
Takedowns
3 of 7 · 43%
Control
4:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:32
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 36%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 34%Clinch 62%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt FrevolaNov 2023KO R10:19 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Total strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:31
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 17%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WThiago MoisesSep 2023KO R25:20 ctrl101 str5 td
Significant strikes
101 of 182 · 55%
Total strikes
123 of 210 · 59%
Takedowns
5 of 9 · 56%
Control
5:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:44
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 49%Body 28%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 10%Ground 49%
This fight on UFCStats
WIsmael BonfimJul 2023SUB R12:57 ctrl13 str2 td
Significant strikes
13 of 33 · 39%
Total strikes
35 of 58 · 60%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
2:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:48
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 23%Body 77%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGabriel MirandaSep 2022KO R23:17 ctrl42 str1 td
Significant strikes
42 of 67 · 63%
Total strikes
81 of 110 · 74%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:17
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:16
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 12%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 5%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WNiklas StolzeJun 2022SUB R25:44 ctrl8 str3 td
Significant strikes
8 of 10 · 80%
Total strikes
41 of 48 · 85%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
5:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:32
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 50%Body 38%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 25%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosOct 2021U-DEC1:55 ctrl67 str2 td
Significant strikes
67 of 148 · 45%
Total strikes
80 of 162 · 49%
Takedowns
2 of 14 · 14%
Control
1:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 30%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.