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Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez
23-11 · MEX
April 27, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Maheshate Maheshate def. Gabriel Benitez by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Maheshate21/660/000:00
Benitez23/690/000:00
R2
Maheshate43/1160/000:03
Benitez51/1040/000:00
R3
Maheshate33/1300/000:00
Benitez47/1220/000:00
Total
Maheshate97/3120/000:03
Benitez121/2950/000:00

Scorecards

Maheshate vs Benitez

RdBryan MinerEric ColónTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.4-9.6
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2828-2929-2828.2-28.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 11 Maheshate · 0 Benitez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Maheshate-Benitez.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
MaheshateWin probabilityBenitez
50.7%49.3%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
23%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Maheshate, blue toward Benitez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Maheshate51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%48%40%
Submission8%16%4%
Decision18%36%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1756)act 97
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Benitez49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%44%13%
Submission15%31%7%
Decision12%25%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 121
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R222%
R310%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Maheshate
51.2%-108
Benitez
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 42.4%
Maheshate
32.1%-126
Benitez
+12625.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maheshate
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
39.9%
+151
Under 41.5
60.1%
-151
053105
Benitez
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.3%
+152
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.5%
-152
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Maheshate
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.6%
+146
Under 0.5
59.4%
-146
035
Benitez
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.5%
+182
Under 0.5
64.5%
-182
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 8.4 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Maheshate50.7%67.9%−17.2-248
Benitez49.3%32.1%+17.2+197
By method
Maheshate by KO/TKO23.4%39.6%−16.2+111
Maheshate by submission11.7%4.5%+7.2+1763
Maheshate by decision15.6%21.5%−5.9+289
Benitez by KO/TKO22.7%12.8%+9.9+556
Benitez by submission11.4%6.9%+4.5+1106
Benitez by decision15.1%14.7%+0.4+471
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds62.7%58.9%+3.8-168
Over 2.5 rds40.9%42.3%−1.4+120
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision30.7%37.0%−6.3+154

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
38.9Striking67.8
Benitez +28.8
12.6Grappling51.5
Benitez +38.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MaheshateBenitez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1520
1505
Divisional
1527
1504
Striking offense
1527
1512
Striking defense
1480
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.68
Strikes landed / min
4.92
25%
Strike accuracy
42%
5.91
Strikes absorbed / min
4.26
47%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.24
0%
Takedown accuracy
50%
45%
Takedown defense
56%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
343
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Maheshate Maheshate
  • LViacheslav BorshchevKO/TKO R2
    Close +14011mo before
  • LRafa GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close +1261y 4mo before
  • WSteve GarciaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1701y 11mo before
Gabriel Benitez
  • LJim MillerSUB R3
    Close +1283mo before
  • WCharlie OntiverosKO/TKO R1
    Close -3631y 8mo before
  • LDavid OnamaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1542y 2mo before
  • LBilly QuarantilloKO/TKO R3
    Close -1562y 9mo before
  • WJustin JaynesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2153y 5mo before
Maheshate — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Benitez — win / loss by method
Record: 23-11-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
27% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
7win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
2 (29%)Submission(14%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (13%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Maheshate
Benitez
3
UFC fights
14
23.9 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
124.1 min · 8.9 avg
7y 1m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Maheshate
Benitez
32W–10L · 76.2%
Overall
197W–63L · 75.8%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Wins
94W–35L · 72.9%
20W–6L · 76.9%
Losses
103W–28L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maheshate
Benitez
33W–40L · 45.2%
Overall
116W–75L · 60.7%
33W–39L · 45.8%
Wins
94W–63L · 59.9%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Losses
22W–12L · 64.7%
Distance striking
Maheshate
Benitez
3.81
Landed / min
6.32
23.9%
Accuracy
39.9%
48.7%
Defense
65.9%
1.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
64.9%
Time at distance
68.6%
Grappling & control
Maheshate
Benitez
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.24
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
45.5%
Takedown defense
55.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.97
0.2%
Control share
15.4%
Strike target map
Maheshate
  • Head75%(48)div 63%
  • Body16%(10)div 21%
  • Legs9%(6)div 16%
Benitez
  • Head55%(335)div 63%
  • Body25%(152)div 21%
  • Legs20%(123)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Maheshate Maheshate
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Gabriel Benitez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.