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Gabriel Benitez

23-13-0
38y·5' 8"·71" reach·Southpaw
0:36
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.77
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
71%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
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 November 2015. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Feb 2022

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 731 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 57%Body 23%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 3%Ground 7%
And how often each lands
Head31%
Body73%
Legs88%
Distance40%
Clinch53%
Ground68%

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.

7Wins3 KO · 2 SUB · 2 DEC
8Losses4 KO · 1 SUB · 3 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.

4%
Morrison
6%
Collard
0%
Fili
4%
Sicilia
0%
Barzola
9%
Knight
62%
Bandenay
0%
Yusuff
0%
Morales
0%
Jaynes
6%
Quarantillo
0%
Onama
39%
Ontiveros
0%
Miller
0%
Maheshate

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
R15.20100%15
R24.7591%9
R36.01116%8

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.26
Strikes absorbed / min4.49
Striking accuracyof everything thrown41%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed63%
Takedowns / 15 min0.22
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land50%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed55%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.9
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.75
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts9.3m

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.

40.2%
Landed at range
1,638 thrown over 15 bouts
41.2%
Expected
against these opponents
−1.1pp
Gap
below expected
74.1%
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

LMaheshateApr 2024S-DEC0:00 ctrl121 str0 td
Significant strikes
121 of 295 · 41%
Total strikes
121 of 296 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 11%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJim MillerJan 2024SUB R30:01 ctrl80 str0 td
Significant strikes
80 of 182 · 44%
Total strikes
84 of 188 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:25
Neck Crank From Back Control
Target
Head 64%Body 16%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCharlie OntiverosAug 2022KO R11:24 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 60 · 62%
Total strikes
47 of 74 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:33
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 70%Body 16%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 5%Ground 57%
This fight on UFCStats
LDavid OnamaFeb 2022KO R10:00 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 96 · 48%
Total strikes
46 of 96 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:24
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 41%Body 37%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBilly QuarantilloJul 2021KO R30:50 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 110 · 52%
Total strikes
67 of 122 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:50
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:40
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 67%Body 23%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 11%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats
WJustin JaynesDec 2020KO R10:00 ctrl38 str0 td
Significant strikes
38 of 104 · 37%
Total strikes
38 of 104 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:06
Knee to Body At Distance
Target
Head 53%Body 26%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 0%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
LOmar MoralesMay 2020U-DEC0:00 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 179 · 28%
Total strikes
50 of 179 · 28%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 34%Body 42%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LSodiq YusuffAug 2019KO R10:00 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 72 · 33%
Total strikes
24 of 72 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:14
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 46%Body 17%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WHumberto BandenayMay 2018KO R10:24 ctrl9 str1 td
Significant strikes
9 of 19 · 47%
Total strikes
9 of 19 · 47%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:24
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:39
Slam to On Ground
Target
Head 78%Body 11%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 22%Clinch 0%Ground 78%
This fight on UFCStats
WJason KnightDec 2017U-DEC1:17 ctrl85 str0 td
Significant strikes
85 of 192 · 44%
Total strikes
91 of 199 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 16%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LEnrique BarzolaMay 2017U-DEC0:00 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 151 · 34%
Total strikes
67 of 169 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 24%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WSam SiciliaSep 2016SUB R20:17 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 101 · 39%
Total strikes
39 of 101 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:20
Guillotine Choke Standing Technical Submission
Target
Head 54%Body 10%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 5%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LAndre FiliNov 2015KO R10:00 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 26 · 42%
Total strikes
11 of 26 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:13
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 27%Body 18%Legs 55%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WClay CollardJun 2015U-DEC0:57 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 106 · 57%
Total strikes
97 of 144 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 22%Body 50%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 2%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WHumberto Brown MorrisonNov 2014SUB R30:25 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 61 · 38%
Total strikes
32 of 71 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
5
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 0:30
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 65%Body 22%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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