Tag: Gabriel Benitez

Highlights: Rampage-Style Slam Ends Insane 39-Second Fight

The awesome finishes are rolling early and often at #UFCChile…

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Continuing the amazing finishes on the preliminary card of tonight’s (Sat., May 19, 2018) UFC Fight Night 129 from the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, featherweight Gabriel Benitez scored one of more impressive UFC stoppages of the year.

Facing Humberto Bandenay in a fight that was wild from the opening bell, Benitez dropped his opponent with a huge punch, only to see Bandenay go for an armbar. Benitez fought out of it well, using a monster slam that would have made PRIDE FC-era Rampage Jackson proud.

A few perhaps unnecessary hammerfists followed, and Benitez had another UFC victory in only 39 seconds. Watch it right here:

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UFC Featherweight Reacts To Bizarre Finger-Biting Incident At UFC Fresno

UFC Fresno had a bit of a Mike Tyson moment when Jason Knight bit Gabriel Benítez’ finger during their featherweight clash last Saturday. Knight as ultimately deducted a point for his indiscretion, and Benítez gave his thoughts on the bite days later. “I think it was a moment of desperation. I heard when his corner […]

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UFC Fresno had a bit of a Mike Tyson moment when Jason Knight bit Gabriel Benítez’ finger during their featherweight clash last Saturday.

Knight as ultimately deducted a point for his indiscretion, and Benítez gave his thoughts on the bite days later.

“I think it was a moment of desperation. I heard when his corner yelled, ‘defend the guillotine, defend the guillotine,’ and in that moment I had him in the guillotine, and I think he felt the pressure. When I grabbed the chin, he slid his chin to his chest, opened his mouth, and in that moment he bit me.”

“All of the sudden, I just felt the bite, and it happened twice. The first one, I stopped for a second and thought, ‘no, it can’t be,’ and the second one, that’s when I yelled because it hurt a lot. My finger is actually a bit swollen, but nothing major happened. He was wearing a mouthpiece but that protected the top teeth, not the bottom, so I did feel the teeth but it didn’t open (cut) me or anything, it was just the pressure of the bite which hurt a lot.”

Knight ended up losing the fight anyway in a bout that saw Benítez dominate from start to finish. “Hick Diaz” carried a good deal of hype leading into the fight, and had proved to be a colorful character during interviews with the media.

While many fighters could have been psychologically and physically shaken by being bit, Benítez persevered and took a decision victory. Two judges even scored the bout 30-26 in Benítez favor.

He revealed despite the distraction of the bite, he didn’t want to let it alter his game on the way to his highest-caliber win:

“In that moment, I didn’t want to get distracted by anything,” Benitez said. “I just simply let it be because I didn’t want to get distracted. I didn’t feel any anger, I just almost didn’t believe it like at that moment. I was like, ‘This is not true, he didn’t bite me,’ so I was just incredulous. But nothing major happened and I was able to continue.

“I just simply stuck to my strategy. I didn’t want to go to the ground with him, I felt superior on the feet, so I just stuck to my plan. If I went to the ground, I was just going to stand back up and keep hitting him on the feet. Even my coach Javier Mendez told me, ‘Don’t worry, you can keep attempting it (guillotine choke), but we’re going to stick to the strategy,’ and that’s what I did.”

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Jason Knight vs. Gabriel Benitez Set For UFC Fight Night 123

Jason Knight will be back in action against Gabriel Benitez. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently announced the match-up. The bout is set to take place inside the SaveMart Center in Fresno, California. It’ll take place on Dec. 9. In …

Jason Knight will be back in action against Gabriel Benitez. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently announced the match-up. The bout is set to take place inside the SaveMart Center in Fresno, California. It’ll take place on Dec. 9. In his last bout, Knight was finished by Ricardo Lamas via first-round TKO. The loss ended […]

UFC 211 Medical Suspensions: Two Fighters Face Long Layoff

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC 211, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Stipe Miocic and former champion Junior dos Santos served as the main event. Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs.

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC 211, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Stipe Miocic and former champion Junior dos Santos served as the main event. Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. vs. Jessica Andrade in a UFC Strawweight Championship bout served as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card was Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout, Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez in a featherweight bout and Krzysztof Jotko vs. David Branch in a middleweight bout.

Some of the more notable suspensions include Miocic being suspended until 5/21, Dos Santos until 6/28, Jedrzejczyk and Andrade until 5/29. The longer suspensions include Gabriel Benitez and Chas Skelly being suspended until 11/10.

Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Stipe Miocic: Suspended until May 21.

Junior Dos Santos: Suspended until June 28.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk: Suspended until May 29.

Jessica Andrade: Suspended until May 29.

Damian Maia: Suspended until May 23.

Jorge Masvidal: Suspended until May 23.

Frankie Edgar: Suspended until May 23.

Yair Rodriguez: Suspended until June 28.

Dustin Poirier: Suspended until June 28.

Eddie Alvarez: Suspended until June 13.

Jason Knight: Suspended until June 28.

Chas Skelly: Suspended until Nov. 10.

David Branch: Suspended until May 23.

Krzysztof Jotko: Suspended until May 23.

James Vick: Suspended until May 21.

Marco Polo Reyes: Suspended until June 13.

Cortney Casey: Suspended until May 23.

Jessica Aguilar: Suspended until May 23.

Chase Sherman: Suspended until May 21.

Rashad Coulter: Suspended until June 23.

Enrique Barzola: Suspended until May 23.

Gabriel Benitez: Suspended until Nov. 10.

Gadzhimurad Antigulov: Suspended until May 21.

Joachim Christensen: Suspended until May 21.

UFC 211 took place on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Three bouts aired on the UFC Fight Pass prelims at 5:30 p.m. ET while the FX prelims aired at 8 p.m. ET. The five bouts will take place on the main card that aired on pay-per-view (PPV) at 10 p.m. ET.

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UFC 211 Preliminary Bout Predictions

UFC 211: Krzysztof Jotko Vs. Dave Branch This fight is on the preliminary card bout and it basically marks the return of Dave Branch to the UFC after a six year long hiatus. Branch was a two – division WSOF champ and is also regarded and respected as one of the best fighters even outside […]

UFC 211: Krzysztof Jotko Vs. Dave Branch

This fight is on the preliminary card bout and it basically marks the return of Dave Branch to the UFC after a six year long hiatus. Branch was a two – division WSOF champ and is also regarded and respected as one of the best fighters even outside the octagon. However, despite all of his former glory and reputation, it cannot be denied that Branch has something to prove on upon his long awaited return. Will he be able to keep Jotko under control? We will have to wait and see. Jotko has been in immaculate form of late and really has a good chance of actually winning this bout.

UFC 211: Jason Knight Vs. Chas Skelly

Yet another fight which is being featured on the preliminary bout see’s Jason Knight take on Chas Skelly. Knight is a promising 24 – year old who recently impressed with a massive win over Alex Caceres. In fact, the fight did not even go to the judges, Knight was able to dish out a submission which left Caceres will little choice but to wave the white flag.

Chas Skelly will be a different ball game though, he has a background in wresting and so it is certainly not going to be easy to Knight to pull off one of his signature submissions. Skelly has been able to win most of his competitive fights thus far in a convincing manner, will he be able to keep that up against Knight?

UFC 211: Marco Polo Reyes Vs. James Vick

Reyes comes from The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 in which he was a competitor. Since that competition has come to an end, Reyes has been in good form and has put out some exceptional results. However, is he really fit enough to be in the UFC? well, the UFC is going to test exactly that come UFC fight night 211 when he goes up against James Vick (10-1).

UFC 211: Gabriel Benitez Vs. Enrique Barzola

Benitez and Barzola are going into this knowing that one of the might be handed the pink slip. There really is a lot to lose here. Neither fighter has justified their inclusion in the UFC thus far and now the loser will in all likelihood, lose it all. The question is though – who will it be?