Benítez vs Jaynes

Who won Benítez vs Jaynes?

Gabriel Benitez beat Justin Jaynes by during the main card of UFC Vegas 16, on Saturday 5th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gabriel Benitez.

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).

Benítez vs Jaynes stats

Gabriel Benitez stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Justin Jaynes made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Gabriel Benitez's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Justin Jaynes' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Jaynes had an advantage in power over Benitez, with a 50% knock out percentage over Benitez's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Benitez had an advantage over Jaynes, with a 48% submission rate over Jaynes' 31%.

Gabriel Benitez was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Benitez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jaynes. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Benitez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Jaynes, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 65 to Jaynes' 42.

Benítez vs Jaynes 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 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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