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Maheshate vs. Gabriel Benitez

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 7-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
7-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
26
AgeΔ 12 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
13.9
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
29.8
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Maheshate rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Maheshate absorbs 6.56 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Gabriel Benitez is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Maheshate

Full career not yet synced for Maheshate — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Gabriel Benitez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2834.11/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
7315.26/min · norm 3.52
4526.56/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6254.49/min · norm 3.50
31.8%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 44.7%
51.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
63.9%norm 54.8%
20.44/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.43/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Maheshate

Distance 95.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.1% (norm 8.0%)

Gabriel Benitez

Distance 93.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Maheshate

Head 81.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.0%)

Gabriel Benitez

Head 77.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Maheshate L/AAccLightweight med Benitez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 265 / 854 31.0% 38.3% 658 / 1638 40.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 17 / 36 47.2% 67.5% 19 / 36 52.8% 70.5%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.8% 54 / 80 67.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 730 25.5% 35.1% 416 / 1358 30.6% 37.1%
To the body 57 / 112 50.9% 69.1% 165 / 226 73.0% 68.0%
To the legs 40 / 49 81.6% 81.8% 150 / 170 88.2% 80.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Maheshate L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Benitez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 391 / 824 47.5% 38.8% 532 / 1591 33.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 33 / 53 62.3% 68.6% 42 / 68 61.8% 70.3%
On the ground 28 / 49 57.1% 68.0% 51 / 73 69.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 713 39.6% 35.2% 422 / 1462 28.9% 35.9%
To the body 71 / 104 68.3% 68.2% 123 / 181 68.0% 68.0%
To the legs 99 / 109 90.8% 81.5% 80 / 89 89.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.17
847.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2955.8% def · norm 61.5%
0:160.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
5:354.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
12:172:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
30:423:18 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
80.86/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Benitez has more cage time on record.