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Beneil Dariush
Lightweight
United States#15 LightweightUFC2-fight losing streak
United States#15 LightweightUFC2-fight losing streakGet an email when Beneil is booked
23WINS
8LOSSES
1DRAWS
5KO/TKO
8SUB
10DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 37 · born May 6, 1989 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′10″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 72″ 183 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 40.5″ 103 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Southpaw UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #15 Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Kings MMA - Huntington Beach, CA UFC.com
- Born
- Iran UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jan. 15, 2014 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 8 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
49%Striking accuracy836 of 1701 landed
10%Takedown accuracy9⚑ of 86 landed
3.74Sig. strikes landedper min
2.63Sig. strikes absorbedper min
57%Striking defense
2.21Takedownsper 15 min
83%Takedown defense
0.81Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.47Knockdownsper 15 min
08:36Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 26 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Quillan Salkilld | KO/TKO | 1 | May 2, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Benoit Saint Denis | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 15, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Renato Moicano | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 28, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Arman Tsarukyan | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 2, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 10, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Mateusz Gamrot | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 22, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Tony Ferguson | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 15, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Diego Ferreira | Decision - Split | 3 | Feb 6, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Scott Holtzman | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 8, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Drakkar Klose | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 7, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Frank Camacho | Submission | 1 | Oct 26, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Drew Dober | Submission | 2 | Mar 9, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Thiago Moises | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 10, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Alexander Hernandez | KO/TKO | 1 | Mar 3, 2018 | ↗ |
| D | Evan Dunham | Decision - Majority | 3 | Oct 7, 2017 | ↗ |
| L | Edson Barboza | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 11, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Rashid Magomedov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 5, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | James Vick | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 4, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Michael Chiesa | Submission | 2 | Apr 16, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Michael Johnson | Decision - Split | 3 | Aug 8, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Jim Miller | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 18, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Daron Cruickshank | Submission | 2 | Mar 14, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Diego Ferreira | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 25, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Rocco Martin | Submission | 2 | Aug 23, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Ramsey Nijem | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 11, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Charlie Brenneman | Submission | 1 | Jan 15, 2014 | ↗ |
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.