Benitez vs Onama

Who won Benitez vs Onama?

David Onama beat Gabriel Benitez by during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner David Onama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Benitez vs Onama stats

Gabriel Benitez stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

David Onama made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Gabriel Benitez's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while David Onama's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Onama had a large advantage in power over Benitez, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Benitez's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Benitez had a slight advantage over Onama, with a 45% submission rate over Onama's 38%.

Gabriel Benitez was the older man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Onama had a height advantage of 3 inches over Benitez.

Benitez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 11 years and 6 months earlier than Onama, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 65 to Onama's 23.

Benitez vs Onama form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Onama's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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