Benoit Saint Denis
13 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (100%)
Benoit Saint Denis UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Benoit Saint Denis is 9-4 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 5 wins by knockout and 4 by submission. The full pro MMA record is 17-4 (1 NC), 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Benoit Saint Denis competes at lightweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 5'11" with a 73" reach at 30 years old. The last bout was a loss to Paddy Pimblett by submission in Jul 2026.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 96th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (59%).
Benoit Saint Denis's UFC win rate is 69% (9 of 13 fights), and 100% of those wins came by finish. Saint Denis averages 1.9 takedowns per fight at 35% accuracy and stops 72% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 17-4 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 9-4
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 73"
- Age
- 30
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Paddy Pimblett · Submission · Jul 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Benoit Saint Denis's Last 5 Fights
Saint Denis is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Paddy Pimblett · Submission · R1 0:52 · UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 2026
- Win vs Dan Hooker · KO/TKO · R2 4:45 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
- Win vs Beneil Dariush · KO/TKO · R1 0:16 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
- Win vs Mauricio Ruffy · Submission · R2 2:56 · UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 2025
- Win vs Kyle Prepolec · Submission · R2 2:35 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 2025
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Benoit Saint Denis vs Average
Benoit Saint Denis's UFC Fight History
13 UFC fights on record (9-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Paddy Pimblett | Submission | R1 · 0:52 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 | 2026-07-11 |
| W | Dan Hooker | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:45 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 | 2026-01-31 |
| W | Beneil Dariush | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:16 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev | 2025-11-15 |
| W | Mauricio Ruffy | Submission | R2 · 2:56 | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho | 2025-09-06 |
| W | Kyle Prepolec | Submission | R2 · 2:35 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena | 2025-05-10 |
| L | Renato Moicano | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis | 2024-09-28 |
| L | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:32 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 | 2024-03-09 |
| W | Matt Frevola | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:31 | UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira | 2023-11-11 |
| W | Thiago Moises | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:44 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac | 2023-09-02 |
| W | Ismael Bonfim | Submission | R1 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov | 2023-07-01 |
| W | Gabriel Miranda | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:16 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | 2022-09-03 |
| W | Niklas Stolze | Submission | R2 · 1:32 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik | 2022-06-04 |
| L | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | 2021-10-30 |
How Denis Ranks at Lightweight
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