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Benoît Saint Denis

“God of War” France

Benoît Saint Denis is a professional MMA fighter (Lightweight) with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws. Wins by KO/TKO: 6, by submission: 11, by decision: 0. Next fight: Benoît Saint Denis vs Quillan Salkilld at UFC Fight Night 297 on 7 February 2027. Last fight: Loss vs Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 on 11 July 2026 by Submission (d'arce choke).

17 Wins

4 Losses

0 Draws

1 NC

KO / TKO 6 · 2

Submission 11 · 1

Decision 0 · 1

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VS Quillan Salkilld Lightweight

UFC Fight Night 297 7 February 2027

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Fight record

Loss
Paddy Pimblett UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 Analysis →
Submission (d'arce choke) R1 0:52 11 JUL 2026
Win
Dan Hooker UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 Analysis →
TKO (punches to head from mount) R2 4:45 31 JAN 2026
Win
Beneil Dariush UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev Analysis →
KO (punches) R1 0:16 15 NOV 2025
Win
Maurício Ruffy UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
Submission (face crank) R2 2:56 6 SEPT 2025
Win
Kyle Prepolec UFC 315
Submission (arm-triangle choke) R2 2:35 10 MAY 2025
Loss
Renato Moicano UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis
TKO (doctor stoppage) R2 5:00 28 SEPT 2024
Loss
Dustin Poirier UFC 299
KO (punches) R2 2:32 9 MAR 2024
Win
Matt Frevola UFC 295
KO (head kick) R1 1:31 11 NOV 2023
Win
Thiago Moisés UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac
TKO (punches) R2 4:44 2 SEPT 2023
Win
Ismael Bonfim UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov
Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 4:48 1 JUL 2023
Win
Gabriel Miranda UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
TKO (punches) R2 0:16 3 SEPT 2022
Win
Niklas Stolze UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
Submission (rear-naked choke) R2 1:32 4 JUN 2022
Loss
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos UFC 267
Decision (unanimous) R3 5:00 30 OCT 2021
Win
Arkaitz Ramos Gudari Brave CF 52
Submission (arm-triangle choke) R1 3:09 1 AUG 2021
Win
Luan Santiago Brave CF 49
Submission (arm-triangle choke) R2 3:51 25 MAR 2021
Win
Mario Saeed Brave CF 38
TKO (punches) R2 1:49 8 AUG 2020
Win
Ivica Trušček Brave CF 34
Submission (kneebar) R1 3:39 19 JAN 2020
NC
Paweł Kiełek Brave CF 28
No contest (accidental clash of heads) R2 5:00 4 NOV 2019
Win
Ibragim Baisarov European Beatdown 7
Submission (armbar) R1 2:47 12 OCT 2019
Win
Antoine Bensimon Vic Fight: Trophée de France Pancrace 2019
Submission (guillotine choke) R1 4:00 15 JUN 2019
Win
Artur Szczepaniak Staredown FC 14
Submission (rear-naked choke) R3 3:00 21 MAR 2019
Win
Marc Domont Lions FC 8
Technical Submission (guillotine choke) R1 3:29 16 FEB 2019