Yusuff vs Benítez

Who won Yusuff vs Benítez?

Sodiq Yusuff beat Gabriel Benitez by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

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).

Yusuff vs Benítez stats

Sodiq Yusuff stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Gabriel Benitez made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Sodiq Yusuff's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Sodiq Yusuff's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Gabriel Benitez's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Yusuff had a large advantage in power over Benitez, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Benitez's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Benitez had a massive advantage over Yusuff, boasting a 48% submission rate over Yusuff's 0%.

Sodiq Yusuff was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Yusuff had a height advantage of 1 inch over Benitez. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Yusuff was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 8 years and 8 months later than Benitez, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 37 to Benitez's 65.

Yusuff vs Benítez form

Yusuff had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Don Shainis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gabriel Benitez at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he was victorious against Sheymon Moraes at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

He had won against Suman Mokhtarian at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Activity check

Yusuff's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 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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