Benoit Saint Denis

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Losses

Age	28 years
Name	Benoît Saint Denis
Nickname	God of War
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Reach	73 in (185 cm)
Team	Woirin Team Elite
Head coach	Daniel Woirin
Grappling coach	Christophe Savoca
Rank	Black belt in Judo

Benoit Saint Denis is a professional MMA fighter who competes in the lightweight division of the UFC. Before his career in MMA, he served in the army as a member of the 1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment, which is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command. In March 2019, Saint Denis left the army after serving for 5 years. Later, on October 30, 2021, Benoit made his UFC debut in the welterweight division against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and lost the fight via unanimous decision. In his entire MMA career, he has fought in four divisions, which include super lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, and lightweight. Currently, he is ranked #11 in the lightweight division of the UFC.

Benoît Saint Denis MMA record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Notes
Loss	13–2 (1)	Dustin Poirier	KO (punches)	UFC 299	March 9, 2024	2	2:32
Win	13–1 (1)	Matt Frevola	KO (head kick)	UFC 295	November 11, 2023	1	1:31	Performance of the Night.
Win	12–1 (1)	Thiago Moisés	TKO (punches)	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac	September 2, 2023	2	4:44	Fight of the Night.
Win	11–1 (1)	Ismael Bonfim	Submission (face crank)	UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov	July 1, 2023	1	4:48
Win	10–1 (1)	Gabriel Miranda	TKO (punches)	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	September 3, 2022	2	0:16	Performance of the Night.
Win	9–1 (1)	Niklas Stolze	Submission (rear-naked choke)	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik	June 4, 2022	2	1:32	Lightweight debut.
Loss	8–1 (1)	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 267	October 30, 2021	3	5:00	Welterweight bout. Zaleski was deducted one point in round 3 due to a groin strike. Result contested by Saint Denis.[72]
Win	8–0 (1)	Arkaitz Ramos Gudari	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	Brave CF 52	August 1, 2021	1	3:09
Win	7–0 (1)	Luan Santiago	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	Brave CF 49	March 25, 2021	2	3:51
Win	6–0 (1)	Mario Saeed	TKO (punches)	Brave CF 38	August 8, 2020	2	1:49	Super Lightweight (165 lb) debut.
Win	5–0 (1)	Ivica Trušček	Submission (kneebar)	Brave CF 34	January 19, 2020	1	3:39
NC	4–0 (1)	Paweł Kiełek	NC (accidental clash of heads)	Brave CF 28	November 4, 2019	2	5:00
Win	4–0	Ibragim Baisarov	Submission (armbar)	European Beatdown 7	October 12, 2019	1	2:47
Win	3–0	Antoine Bensimon	Submission (guillotine choke)	Vic Fight: French Championship 2019	June 15, 2019	1	4:00
Win	2–0	Artur Szczepaniak	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Staredown Fighting Championship 14	March 21, 2019	3	3:00	Welterweight debut. Won the vacant SFC Welterweight Championship.
Win	1–0	Marc Domont	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	Lions Fighting Championship 8	February 16, 2019	1	3:29	Middleweight debut.