Benson Henderson
14 UFC Fights | 79% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (18%)
Benson Henderson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Benson Henderson is 11-3 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 2 wins by submission and 9 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 30-13, 19-10 of it outside the UFC. Henderson competes at lightweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 5'9" with a 70" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a loss to Patrick Habirora by knockout in May 2026.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 88th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.3/fight).
Benson Henderson's UFC win rate is 79% (11 of 14 fights), and 18% of those wins came by finish. Henderson averages 2.3 takedowns per fight at 49% accuracy and stops 65% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 30-13
- UFC Record
- 11-3
- Height
- 5'9"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 42
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Patrick Habirora · KO (Punches) · May 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Benson Henderson's Last 5 Fights
Henderson is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Jorge Masvidal · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Masvidal · Nov 2015
- Win vs Brandon Thatch · Submission · R4 3:58 · UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch · Feb 2015
- Loss vs Donald Cerrone · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver · Jan 2015
- Loss vs Rafael Dos Anjos · KO/TKO · R1 2:31 · UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos · Aug 2014
- Win vs Rustam Khabilov · Submission · R4 1:16 · UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Khabilov · Jun 2014
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Benson Henderson vs Average
Benson Henderson lands 14.2 strikes in R1 but 15.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Benson Henderson's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (11-3), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Masvidal | 2015-11-28 |
| W | Brandon Thatch | Submission | R4 · 3:58 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch | 2015-02-14 |
| L | Donald Cerrone | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver | 2015-01-18 |
| L | Rafael Dos Anjos | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:31 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos | 2014-08-23 |
| W | Rustam Khabilov | Submission | R4 · 1:16 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Khabilov | 2014-06-07 |
| W | Josh Thomson | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Thomson | 2014-01-25 |
| L★ | Anthony Pettis | Submission | R1 · 4:41 | UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 | 2013-08-31 |
| W★ | Gilbert Melendez | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez | 2013-04-20 |
| W★ | Nate Diaz | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz | 2012-12-08 |
| W★ | Frankie Edgar | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar II | 2012-08-11 |
| W★ | Frankie Edgar | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson | 2012-02-25 |
| W | Clay Guida | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos | 2011-11-12 |
| W | Jim Miller | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle | 2011-08-14 |
| W | Mark Bocek | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields | 2011-04-30 |
How Henderson Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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