Benitez vs Ontiveros

Who won Benitez vs Ontiveros?

Gabriel Benitez beat Charlie Ontiveros by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Benitez vs Ontiveros stats

Gabriel Benitez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Charlie Ontiveros made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Gabriel Benitez's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Charlie Ontiveros' came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Ontiveros had a massive power advantage over Benitez, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Benitez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ontiveros had an advantage over Benitez, with a 18% submission rate over Benitez's 0%.

Gabriel Benitez was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Ontiveros had a height advantage of 6 inches over Benitez. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Benitez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Ontiveros, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 65 to Ontiveros' 37.

Benitez vs Ontiveros form

Benitez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to David Onama at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Billy Quarantillo at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Justin Jaynes at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had beaten Jason Knight at UFC Fight Night 123 on 9th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SaveMart Center, Fresno.

Activity check

Benitez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Ontiveros' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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