Askar Askarov vs Joseph Benavidez

Askar Askarov is 15-1-1; Joseph Benavidez is 28-8-0. Joseph Benavidez is 8 years older than Askar Askarov. Askar Askarov has a 2" · 5 cm reach advantage over Joseph Benavidez. Askar Askarov is 2" · 5 cm taller than Joseph Benavidez. They have met once: Askar Askarov 1, Joseph Benavidez 0.

Askar Askarov

“Bullet” · 15-1-1

Met once

Joseph Benavidez

28-8-0

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Style & credentials

Askar Askarov

No background on record

Camp · Berkut FC

Joseph Benavidez

Folkstyle WrestlingBoxingMuay Thai

—Brown Prajied · Muay ThaiDuane Ludwig
2000Champion · State HS103 lb Catchweight
—Las Cruces High SchoolWrestling and boxing
—William Penn UniversityWrestling · one semester

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

77%

Head

54%

10%

Body

26%

13%

Leg

20%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Askar Askarovlast 5 fights

76%10%14%

Joseph Benavidezlast 21 fights

81%12%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Askar Askarov Joseph Benavidez

Strikes landed / min

3.053.91

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Below avg · better than 38% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Good · better than 67% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.803.01

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Good · better than 70% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Good · better than 64% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.601.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Good · better than 82% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Average · better than 58% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

25%31%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Below avg · better than 20% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Below avg · better than 32% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

67%68%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Average · better than 55% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Good · better than 60% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.400.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Askar Askarov · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersJoseph Benavidez · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1502 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.05

Strikes landed / min

3.91

2.80

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.01

2.60 / 10.4

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.50 / 4.8

25%

Takedown accuracy

31%

67%

Takedown defence

68%

4:42

Control time / fight

1:57

0.40

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.20

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Askar Askarov5 UFC fights · 229 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

57%131/300

9%21/30

10%22/24

Clinch

7%15/18

1%3/3

3%6/6

Ground

13%30/42

0%0/0

0%1/1

Joseph Benavidez20 UFC fights · 903 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

42%381/1577

22%202/377

18%162/267

Clinch

7%62/114

3%28/35

2%20/23

Ground

5%42/71

0%2/2

0%4/5

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Askar Askarov9 of 17 ended early · 53%8 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

Joseph Benavidez20 of 36 ended early · 56%16 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

7 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Askar Askarov4-1

W
Alan Gomes De Castro
ACA 166 - Magomedov vs Dolgov· Nov 24, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · 130 lb Catchweight
L
Kai Kara-France
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus· Mar 26, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Joseph Benavidez
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Alexandre Pantoja
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs Benavidez· Jul 19, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Tim Elliott
UFC 246: McGregor vs Cowboy· Jan 18, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight

Full record · 17 fights

D
Brandon Moreno
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Stephens· Sep 21, 2019
DRAW · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Rasul Albaskhanov
ACA 86: ACB 86, Moscow· May 5, 2018
Submission · R2 · 1:59 · Bantamweight
W
Anthony Leone
ACA 58: ACB 58 - Young Eagles 17, Khasavyurt· Apr 22, 2017
DEC · Bantamweight
W
Jose Maria Tome
ACA 48: ACB 48 - Revenge· Oct 22, 2016
Submission · Bantamweight
W
Ruslan Abiltarov
ACA 38: ACB 38 - Breakthrough· May 20, 2016
Submission · R2 · 1:37 · Flyweight
W
Marcin Lasota
ACA 29: ACB 29 - Poland· Feb 6, 2016
TKO · R2 · 3:35 · Bantamweight
W
Kirill Medvedovski
ACA 22: ACB 22 - St. Petersburg· Sep 12, 2015
DEC · Bantamweight
W
Vyacheslav Gagiev
ACA 17: ACB 17 - Grand Prix Berkut 2015 Stage 4· May 2, 2015
TKO · R3 · 3:03 · Bantamweight
W
Vakha Kadyrov
Khasavyurt Fight· Jun 21, 2014
TKO · R1 · 3:15 · Flyweight
W
Elvin Abbasov
Grand European Fighting Championship· Feb 15, 2014
Submission
W
Kvanzhakov Kantemir
Sparta Club Challenge 2013· Dec 8, 2013
TKO · R1 · 2:14 · Flyweight
W
Shamil Amirov
Kavkaz League· Jul 7, 2013
Submission · R2 · 2:05 · Flyweight

Joseph Benavidez2-3

L
Askar Askarov
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya· Mar 6, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs Benavidez· Jul 19, 2020
Submission · R1 · 4:48 · Flyweight
L
Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs Figueiredo· Feb 29, 2020
TKO · R2 · 1:54 · Flyweight
W
Jussier Formiga
UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs Dos Santos· Jun 29, 2019
TKO · R2 · 4:47 · Flyweight
W
Dustin Ortiz
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Dillashaw· Jan 19, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight

Full record · 36 fights

W
Alex Perez
The Ultimate Fighter Season 28 Finale: Dos Anjos vs Usman· Nov 30, 2018
TKO · R1 · 4:19 · Flyweight
L
Sergio Pettis
UFC 225: Whittaker vs Romero· Jun 9, 2018
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Henry Cejudo
UFC Fight Night: A Tournament of Champions· Dec 3, 2016
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Zach Makovsky
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson· Feb 6, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Ali Bagautinov
UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson· Oct 3, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
John Moraga
UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier· May 23, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Dustin Ortiz
UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson· Nov 22, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Tim Elliott
UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira· Apr 26, 2014
Submission · R1 · 4:08 · Flyweight
L
Demetrious Johnson
UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Benavidez 2· Dec 14, 2013
TKO · R1 · 2:08 · Flyweight
W
Jussier Formiga
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader· Sep 4, 2013
TKO · R1 · 3:07 · Flyweight
W
Darren Uyenoyama
UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez· Apr 20, 2013
TKO · R2 · 4:50 · Flyweight
W
Ian McCall
UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar· Feb 2, 2013
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Demetrious Johnson
UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort· Sep 22, 2012
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Yasuhiro Urushitani
UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann· Mar 3, 2012
TKO · R2 · 0:11 · Flyweight
W
Eddie Wineland
UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle· Aug 14, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Ian Loveland
UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones· Mar 19, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Wagnney Fabiano
WEC 52: Faber vs Mizugaki· Nov 10, 2010
Submission · R2 · 2:45 · Bantamweight
L
Dominick Cruz
WEC 50: Cruz vs Benavidez 2· Aug 17, 2010
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Miguel Torres
WEC 47: Bowles vs Cruz· Mar 6, 2010
Submission · R2 · 2:57 · Bantamweight
W
Rani Yahya
WEC 45: Cerrone vs Ratcliff· Dec 18, 2009
TKO · R1 · 1:35 · Bantamweight
L
Dominick Cruz
WEC 42: Torres vs Bowles· Aug 8, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Jeff Curran
WEC 40: Torres vs Mizugaki· Apr 4, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Danny Martinez
WEC 37: Torres vs Tapia· Dec 2, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Junya Kodo
Dream 5· Jul 21, 2008
Submission · R1 · 2:42 · Featherweight
W
Maurice Eazel
Palace Fighting Championship· May 8, 2008
Submission
W
Jason Georgianna
Palace Fighting Championship· Jan 17, 2008
Submission
W
Rocky Del Monte
California Regional· Jun 1, 2007
Submission
W
Carlos Lovio
California Regional· Apr 28, 2007
TKO
W
Justin Smitley
California Regional· Apr 7, 2007
TKO
W
Ramon Rodriguez
Colorado Regional· Oct 14, 2006
Submission
W
Brandon Shelton
New Mexico Regional· Jun 3, 2006
Submission

Head-to-Head History

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya
Sat, Mar 6, 2021
Askar Askarov
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Askar AskarovJoseph Benavidez

WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Jan 18, 2020
Tim Elliott
WSubmission · ROUND 1 · 4:08Sat, Apr 26, 2014

Frequently asked questions

Have Askar Askarov and Joseph Benavidez ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya (Sat, Mar 6, 2021), where Askar Askarov won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Askar Askarov and Joseph Benavidez?

Askar Askarov is 15-1-1 and Joseph Benavidez is 28-8-0.

Who has the longer reach, Askar Askarov or Joseph Benavidez?

Askar Askarov has the longer reach: 67" · 170 cm against 65" · 165 cm for Joseph Benavidez, a 2" · 5 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Askar Askarov or Joseph Benavidez?

Askar Askarov is taller at 5'6" · 168 cm; Joseph Benavidez stands 5'4" · 163 cm.

Who is older, Askar Askarov or Joseph Benavidez?

Joseph Benavidez is 42 and Askar Askarov is 34.

Who has more finishes, Askar Askarov or Joseph Benavidez?

Askar Askarov has 9 wins inside the distance (4 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission); Joseph Benavidez has 17 wins (8 by KO/TKO, 9 by submission).

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