Humberto Bandenay vs. Gabriel Benitez

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 7-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
7-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
83.9
Layoff (months)Δ 56.5 mo
27.4
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Humberto Bandenay hunts takedowns — 2.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Benitez is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Benitez rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Humberto Bandenay

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 236

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

692.22/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7315.26/min · norm 3.54
1494.79/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6254.49/min · norm 3.47
41.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 45.0%
41.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
63.9%norm 54.85%
10.48/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.43/15 · norm 0.29

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

Humberto Bandenay

Distance 89.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

Gabriel Benitez

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

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

Humberto Bandenay

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.8%)

Gabriel Benitez

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bandenay L/AAccFeatherweight med Benitez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 55 / 148 37.2% 40.9% 658 / 1638 40.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.8% 19 / 36 52.8% 70.8%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.2% 54 / 80 67.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 39 / 127 30.7% 37.2% 416 / 1358 30.6% 37.2%
To the body 20 / 25 80.0% 68.2% 165 / 226 73.0% 68.2%
To the legs 10 / 13 too few to rate 80.7% 150 / 170 88.2% 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 Bandenay L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Benitez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 180 52.2% 39.2% 532 / 1591 33.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3% 42 / 68 61.8% 70.3%
On the ground 31 / 41 75.6% 69.4% 51 / 73 69.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 175 54.9% 35.9% 422 / 1462 28.9% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 64 67.2% 67.9% 123 / 181 68.0% 67.9%
To the legs 10 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 80 / 89 89.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
646.2% acc · 2.90/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2955.8% def · norm 61.5%
3:5012.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:354.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:314:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
30:423:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.48/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
80.86/15 · 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.