Benoît Saint Denis
FranceBenoît Saint Denis, “God of War”, is a Lightweight from France with an official record of 17-4 (1 NC). The 17 wins came 6 by knockout and 11 by submission. The most recent bout on file is a first-round submission loss to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 on 11 July 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | Paddy Pimblett | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R1 · 0:52 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Dan Hooker | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:45 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Beneil Dariush | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 0:16 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev |
| Sep 6, 2025 | Mauricio Ruffy | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:56 | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho |
| May 10, 2025 | Kyle Prepolec | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 2:35 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Renato Moicano | LOSS | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Dustin Poirier | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 2:32 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Matt Frevola | WIN | KOKick | R1 · 1:31 | UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Thiago Moisés | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:44 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Ismael Bonfim | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Gabriel Miranda | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 0:16 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa |
| Jun 4, 2022 | Niklas Stolze | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:32 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira |
| Aug 1, 2021 | Arkaitz Ramos Gudari | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R1 · 3:09 | Brave CF 52 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Luan Santiago | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R2 · 3:51 | Brave CF 49 |
| Aug 8, 2020 | Mario Saeed | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 1:49 | Brave CF 38 |
| Jan 19, 2020 | Ivica Truscek | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kneebar) | R1 · - | Brave CF 34 |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Pawel Kielek | NC | NCNo Contest | R2 | Brave CF 28 |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Ibragim Baisarov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 · 2:47 | EBD 7: European Beatdown 7 |
| Jun 15, 2019 | Antoine Bensimon | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 | VIC Fight: French Championship 2019 |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Artur Szczepaniak | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R3 · 3:00 | SFC 14 - Staredown Fighting Championship 14 |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Marc Domon | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 | LFC: Lions Fighting Championship 8 |
Wins, losses and draws are Benoît Saint Denis’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 22 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Benoît Saint Denis’s record, in numbers
Benoît Saint Denis’s record is 17-4 (1 NC), and MMA Hub holds a full result for all 22 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
The 17 wins break down as 6 by knockout and 11 by submission — 17 of 17 inside the distance, a finish rate of 100%. Across the 21 of 22 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 6 minutes 1 seconds.
Benoît Saint Denis has been stopped 3 times in the 22 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 14% of them.
Of the 22 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 5 were the main event of the card. Six of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 613 Lightweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Benoît Saint Denis has a finish rate above 91% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 56% of them and a two-year bout count above 99% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Benoît Saint Denis is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 73in, fights southpaw and is 30, born 18 December 1995.
These figures are recomputed from Benoît Saint Denis’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.