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Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez
19-6 · MEX
VS
Jason Knight
Jason Knight
20-3 · USA
December 9, 2017 · Fresno, California, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
144.8lb
Weigh-in
145.6lb
Gabriel Benitez def. Jason Knight by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benitez20/550/000:38
Knight12/620/500:38
R2
Benitez24/590/000:24
Knight9/471/200:22
R3
Benitez41/780/000:15
Knight15/720/200:03
Total
Benitez85/1920/001:17
Knight36/1811/901:03

Scorecards

Benitez vs Knight

RdDerek ClearyMarcos RosalesWade VierraCommunity
R110-810-89-99.8-8.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2630-2629-2729.8-26

Media (16 cards) · avg 3025.9 · 16 Benitez · 0 Knight

Point deductions: R11 Knight (Biting)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benitez-Knight. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
BenitezWin probabilityKnight
22.2%77.8%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
34%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benitez22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%35%
Submission7%32%
Decision7%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 85
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Knight78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%27%
Submission27%35%
Decision30%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 36
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R212%
R38%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Benitez
47.4%+108
Knight
-10851.2%
Most takedownstie 48.7%
Benitez
19.4%+164
Knight
-16431.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benitez
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.6%
+135
Under 37.5
57.4%
-135
04794
Knight
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
41.8%
+135
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.5%
-135
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Benitez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.4%
+279
Under 0.5
73.6%
-279
035
Knight
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-163
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 8.6 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
Benitez22.2%26.0%−3.8+270
Knight77.8%74.0%+3.8-330

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
70.3Striking61.3
Benitez +9.0
38.0Grappling67.7
Knight +29.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenitezKnight
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1579
1536
Divisional
1577
1501
Striking offense
1507
1504
Striking defense
1495
1497
Grappling offense
1500
1497
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.68
Strikes landed / min
3.75
41%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.66
Strikes absorbed / min
3.08
71%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.94
Takedown accuracy
41%
47%
Takedown defense
52%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gabriel Benitez
  • LEnrique BarzolaU-DEC R3
    Close -1357mo before
  • WSam SiciliaSUB R2
    Close +1001y 3mo before
  • LAndre FiliKO/TKO R1
    Close +1902y 1mo before
  • WClay CollardU-DEC R3
    Close +2152y 6mo before
  • WHumberto Brown MorrisonSUB R3
    Close -6003y 1mo before
Jason Knight
  • LRicardo LamasKO/TKO R1
    Close -1154mo before
  • WChas SkellyKO/TKO R3
    Close -1107mo before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R2
    Close -13510mo before
  • WDan HookerU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y before
  • WJim AlersS-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 5mo before
Benitez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
16% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
65% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Benitez
Knight
5
UFC fights
6
50.0 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
69.6 min · 11.6 avg
19y 0m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benitez
Knight
59W–21L · 73.8%
Overall
106W–32L · 76.8%
33W–15L · 68.8%
Wins
55W–19L · 74.3%
26W–6L · 81.3%
Losses
51W–13L · 79.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benitez
Knight
116W–75L · 60.7%
Overall
73W–39L · 65.2%
94W–63L · 59.9%
Wins
73W–39L · 65.2%
22W–12L · 64.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Benitez
Knight
5.48
Landed / min
5.70
39.8%
Accuracy
31.8%
73.8%
Defense
52.7%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
60.1%
Time at distance
47.7%
Grappling & control
Benitez
Knight
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.94
Takedown accuracy
40.9%
46.9%
Takedown defense
52.0%
2.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.59
9.0%
Control share
30.6%
Strike target map
Benitez
  • Head46%(85)div 64%
  • Body29%(53)div 19%
  • Legs25%(46)div 17%
Knight
  • Head74%(193)div 64%
  • Body11%(28)div 19%
  • Legs15%(40)div 17%

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

Gabriel Benitez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Knight
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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