Joseph Benavidez Scouting Report
Vitals
5’4″ 125 lbs (Flyweight)
65″ reach, Southpaw
July 31, 1984
Record
28-8 (UFC: 15-6)
Current Streak
3 straight losses
Training
Brown prajied in Muay Thai
Championships Held
None
Strengths
– very quick
– great wrestler
– extremely physically strong
– superior striking power for a flyweight
– superb submission skills
– very good striker
– used to beating much bigger opponents
– very experienced
– great gas tank
– great at passing guard
– excellent striking defense
– very good mixing kicks into his attack
Weaknesses
– horribly inaccurate striker
– has never won “the big one” (0-5 in title fights)
– horrible takedown accuracy and takedown defense
– doesn’t land many strikes in the clinch or on the ground
– can be knocked out
– getting up there in years
– small, even for the flyweight class
– brutally knocked/choked out in two recent fights
– in a big slump
Synopsis
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
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