Beneil Dariush

LightweightComplete Fighter
17 - 81 D

26 UFC Fights | 65% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (47%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
72"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
37
Southpaw

Beneil Dariush UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Beneil Dariush is 17-8-1 in the UFC across 26 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 5 by submission and 9 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-8-1, 6-0 of it outside the UFC. Dariush competes at lightweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 5'10" with a 72" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Quillan Salkilld by knockout in May 2026.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 84th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (82%).

Beneil Dariush's UFC win rate is 65% (17 of 26 fights), and 47% of those wins came by finish. Dariush averages 1.3 takedowns per fight at 38% accuracy and stops 82% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
23-8-1
UFC Record
17-8-1
Height
5'10"
Reach
72"
Age
37
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Quillan Salkilld · KO/TKO · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Beneil Dariush's Last 5 Fights

Dariush is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Quillan Salkilld · KO/TKO · R1 3:29 · UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · May 2026
  2. Loss vs Benoit Saint Denis · KO/TKO · R1 0:16 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
  3. Win vs Renato Moicano · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira · Jun 2025
  4. Loss vs Arman Tsarukyan · KO/TKO · R1 1:04 · UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Dec 2023
  5. Loss vs Charles Oliveira · KO/TKO · R1 4:10 · UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana · Jun 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.24

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.6
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+1.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
44%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.3
Takedown Accuracy
38%
Takedown Defense
82%
Control Time / Fight
3:31
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.5

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
8% Sub
R2
4% KO
12% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Beneil Dariush vs Average

Beneil Dariush lands 16.2 strikes in R1 but 17.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Beneil Dariush's UFC Fight History

26 UFC fights on record (17-8-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LQuillan SalkilldKO/TKOR1 · 3:29UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates2026-05-02
LBenoit Saint DenisKO/TKOR1 · 0:16UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev2025-11-15
WRenato MoicanoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira2025-06-28
LArman TsarukyanKO/TKOR1 · 1:04UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan2023-12-02
LCharles OliveiraKO/TKOR1 · 4:10UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana2023-06-10
WMateusz GamrotDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev2022-10-22
WTony FergusonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler2021-05-15
WDiego FerreiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06
WScott HoltzmanKO/TKOR1 · 4:38UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik2020-08-08
WDrakkar KloseKO/TKOR2 · 1:00UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
WFrank CamachoSubmissionR1 · 2:02UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren2019-10-26
WDrew DoberSubmissionR2 · 4:41UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09
WThiago MoisesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez2018-11-10
LAlexander HernandezKO/TKOR1 · 0:42UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya2018-03-03
D/NCEvan DunhamDrawR3 · 5:00UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee2017-10-07
LEdson BarbozaKO/TKOR2 · 3:35UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum2017-03-11
WRashid MagomedovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson2016-11-05
WJames VickKO/TKOR1 · 4:16UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 22016-06-04
LMichael ChiesaSubmissionR2 · 1:20UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans2016-04-16
WMichael JohnsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux2015-08-08
WJim MillerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold2015-04-18
WDaron CruickshankSubmissionR2 · 2:38UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos2015-03-14
WDiego FerreiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 22014-10-25
WAnthony Rocco MartinSubmissionR2 · 3:38UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos2014-08-23
LRamsey NijemKO/TKOR1 · 4:20UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson2014-04-11
WCharlie BrennemanSubmissionR1 · 1:45UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou2014-01-15

How Dariush Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
62nd percentile
Striking accuracy49%
74th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.6/min
70th percentile
Takedowns1.3/fight
64th percentile
Takedown defense82%
84th percentile
Knockdown power0.24/fight
65th percentile

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