Gabriel Benitez vs. Billy Quarantillo

UFC 7-8-0 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-8-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
27.4
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
19.8
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Billy Quarantillo is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Billy Quarantillo outworks the Featherweight division — 7.04 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Gabriel Benitez is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gabriel Benitez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Billy Quarantillo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7315.26/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
8637.04/min · norm 3.54
6254.49/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
7205.87/min · norm 3.47
41.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
52.2%norm 45.0%
63.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
43.0%norm 54.85%
40.43/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.24/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Gabriel Benitez

Distance 93.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

Billy Quarantillo

Distance 78.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Gabriel Benitez

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Billy Quarantillo

Head 79.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Benitez L/AAccFeatherweight med Quarantillo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 658 / 1638 40.2% 40.9% 573 / 1289 44.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 36 52.8% 70.8% 148 / 182 81.3% 70.8%
On the ground 54 / 80 67.5% 69.2% 142 / 182 78.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 416 / 1358 30.6% 37.2% 599 / 1313 45.6% 37.2%
To the body 165 / 226 73.0% 68.2% 198 / 260 76.2% 68.2%
To the legs 150 / 170 88.2% 80.7% 66 / 80 82.5% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Benitez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Quarantillo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 532 / 1591 33.4% 39.2% 563 / 1035 54.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 68 61.8% 70.3% 106 / 138 76.8% 70.3%
On the ground 51 / 73 69.9% 69.4% 51 / 91 56.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 1462 28.9% 35.9% 496 / 983 50.5% 35.9%
To the body 123 / 181 68.0% 67.9% 141 / 187 75.4% 67.9%
To the legs 80 / 89 89.9% 81.5% 83 / 94 88.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
250.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1325.5% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.19
2955.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2761.4% def · norm 61.5%
5:354.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
33:0827.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:423:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
32:363:59 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.86/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
91.10/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Benitez has more cage time on record.