Benoit Saint Denis

LightweightGrappler
9 - 4

13 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (100%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
73"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
30
Southpaw

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.

  1. Loss vs Paddy Pimblett · Submission · R1 0:52 · UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 2026
  2. Win vs Dan Hooker · KO/TKO · R2 4:45 · UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 2026
  3. Win vs Beneil Dariush · KO/TKO · R1 0:16 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
  4. Win vs Mauricio Ruffy · Submission · R2 2:56 · UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 2025
  5. Win vs Kyle Prepolec · Submission · R2 2:35 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 2025

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
5.6
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
59%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.38

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.1
Strike Differential
+1.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
58%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.9
Takedown Accuracy
35%
Takedown Defense
72%
Control Time / Fight
3:09
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.8

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
15% KO
8% Sub
R2
23% KO
23% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

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.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LPaddy PimblettSubmissionR1 · 0:52UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 22026-07-11
WDan HookerKO/TKOR2 · 4:45UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 22026-01-31
WBeneil DariushKO/TKOR1 · 0:16UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev2025-11-15
WMauricio RuffySubmissionR2 · 2:56UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho2025-09-06
WKyle PrepolecSubmissionR2 · 2:35UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena2025-05-10
LRenato MoicanoKO/TKOR2 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis2024-09-28
LDustin PoirierKO/TKOR2 · 2:32UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
WMatt FrevolaKO/TKOR1 · 1:31UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira2023-11-11
WThiago MoisesKO/TKOR2 · 4:44UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac2023-09-02
WIsmael BonfimSubmissionR1 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov2023-07-01
WGabriel MirandaKO/TKOR2 · 0:16UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa2022-09-03
WNiklas StolzeSubmissionR2 · 1:32UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik2022-06-04
LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30

How Denis Ranks at Lightweight

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

Striking volume5.6 sig. strikes/min
93rd percentile
Striking accuracy59%
96th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.1/min
27th percentile
Takedowns1.9/fight
82nd percentile
Takedown defense72%
68th percentile
Knockdown power0.38/fight
86th percentile

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