Benardo Sopaj
“Lion King”
Bantamweight
AlbaniaUFC🔥 2-fight win streak
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13WINS
3LOSSES
0DRAWS
7KO/TKO
4SUB
2DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 26 · born Sep 25, 2000 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′6″ 168 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 66″ 168 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 37″ 94 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Bantamweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Allstarts Gym UFC.com
- Born
- Albania UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Albania UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Oct. 21, 2026 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 7 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
58%Striking accuracy163 of 281 landed
30%Takedown accuracy3 of 10 landed
4.39Sig. strikes landedper min
4.69Sig. strikes absorbedper min
53%Striking defense
2.43Takedownsper 15 min
77%Takedown defense
0.81Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.81Knockdownsper 15 min
12:22Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 3 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Timmy Cuamba | Submission | 2 | May 16, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Ricky Turcios | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 18, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Vinicius Oliveira | KO/TKO | 3 | Mar 2, 2024 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.