Other bouts 13
- 1welterweight MainConor McGregorvsMax Holloway
- 3bantamweightCory SandhagenvsMario Bautista
- 4flyweightBrandon RoyvalvsLone'er Kavanagh
- 5lightweightKing GreenvsTerrance McKinney
- 6light heavyweightNikita KrylovvsRobert Whittaker
- 7Not linkedheavyweightGable StevesonvsElisha Ellison
- 8bantamweightCody GarbrandtvsAdrian Yanez
- 9featherweightLuke RileyvsKai Kamaka III
- 10women's flyweightTracy CortezvsWang Cong
- 11middleweightDamian PinasvsCesar Almeida
- 12Not linkedbantamweightFarid BasharatvsJohn Garza
- 13middleweightRyan GandravsZach Reese
- 14flyweightAlessandro CostavsCody Durden
Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Benoit Saint Denis 74.5% · Paddy Pimblett 25.5%
Pure Elo pre-fight: Benoit Saint Denis 50.9% · Paddy Pimblett 49.1%
The Honest Elo Meter is hidden once a bout is recorded — win-probability simulations only make sense before the fight. Pre-fight ratings have been updated in both fighters' profiles below to reflect this result.
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Other fights on this card · 11
Notable
Has never been finished — the only loss went to the scorecards.
Finishes 100% of wins (5 KO · 4 SUB).
Finishes 75% of wins (2 KO · 4 SUB; 50% of wins end in round 1).
5 career post-fight bonuses — a reliable action fighter.
7 career post-fight bonuses — a reliable action fighter.
Tale of the tape
| 9-4-0 | UFC record | 8-1-0 |
| KO 5 · Sub 4 | Finishes | KO 2 · Sub 4 |
| -1 | Streak | +1 |
| 30 | Age | 31 |
| 5'11" 180 cm | Height | 5'10" 178 cm |
| 73" 185 cm | Reach | 73" 185 cm |
| Southpaw | Stance | Orthodox |
| 1643 | Global Elo | 1673 |
| 1599 | Elo rating | 1640 |
Benoit Saint Denis — Notable ▼
- Top 5 · lightweightStriking Accuracy
- 1Benoit Saint Denis58%
- 2Marquel Mederos58%
- 3Quillan Salkilld58%
- 4Justin Gaethje58%
- 5Anshul Jubli57%
- 100% of wins by KO or submission
- Top 5 · lightweightControl Time per 15 Minutes
- 1Grant Dawson9.76
- 2Nurullo Aliev8.80
- 3Benoit Saint Denis7.08
- 4Terrance McKinney6.77
- 5Claudio Puelles6.69
- 33% of wins finished in round 1
Paddy Pimblett — Notable ▼
- Performance of the Night in last fight
- Has never been finished — durability signal
- Earned a bonus in 4 of last 5 fights
- 75% of wins by KO or submission
Benoit Saint Denis — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 484 landed total · career
- Head 63%
- Body 26%
- Leg 11%
- Distance 51%
- Clinch 18%
- Ground 31%
Paddy Pimblett — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 484 landed total · career
- Head 62%
- Body 18%
- Leg 20%
- Distance 76%
- Clinch 8%
- Ground 17%
Performance comparison
Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.
- 1Terrance McKinney7.95
- 2Esteban Ribovics7.41
- 3Gauge Young7.00
- 4Billy Quarantillo6.80
- 5King Green6.59
- 1Benoit Saint Denis58%
- 2Marquel Mederos58%
- 3Quillan Salkilld58%
- 4Justin Gaethje58%
- 5Anshul Jubli57%
- 1Fares Ziam1.58
- 2Kaue Fernandes1.63
- 3Nurullo Aliev1.67
- 4Arman Tsarukyan1.80
- 5Joe Solecki1.90
- 1Matheus Camilo67%
- 2Fares Ziam64%
- 3Nasrat Haqparast63%
- 4Ilia Topuria62%
- 5King Green62%
- 1Quillan Salkilld5.74
- 2Mateusz Gamrot5.08
- 3Matheus Camilo4.16
- 4Benoit Saint Denis4.15
- 5Grant Dawson3.62
- 1Kaue Fernandes100%
- 2Rafael Fiziev71%
- 3Manuel Torres67%
- 4Esteban Ribovics67%
- 5Rongzhu63%
- 1Trey Ogden100%
- 2Ottman Azaitar100%
- 3Anshul Jubli100%
- 4Ilia Topuria95%
- 5Gauge Young92%
- 1Charles Oliveira2.59
- 2Terrance McKinney2.18
- 3Chase Hooper2.05
- 4Benoit Saint Denis1.73
- 5Jim Miller1.72
- 1Grant Dawson9.76
- 2Nurullo Aliev8.80
- 3Benoit Saint Denis7.08
- 4Terrance McKinney6.77
- 5Claudio Puelles6.69
Division-adjusted profile
each axis = percentile in own divisionThe size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.
Finish & durability
How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.
Strength of schedule in UFC
Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1599 (Benoit Saint Denis) vs 1612 (Paddy Pimblett).
- Jul 11, 2026
- Jan 31, 2026
- Nov 15, 2025
- Sep 6, 2025
- May 10, 2025
- Jul 11, 2026
- Jan 24, 2026
- Apr 12, 2025
- Jul 27, 2024
- Dec 16, 2023