Benito Lopez


Benito Lopez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Combat career

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

In April 2014, Lopez won his debut MMA debut fight against Oscar Ramirez at Bellator 115 event at Reno, Nevada, United States.
Later in September, Lopez signed to WFC and won two MMA matches versus Drey Mitchell at the WFC 11 - Mitchell vs. Major event and against Matt Wagy at the WFC 13 - Huckaba vs. Mitchell event. In 2016 and the first half of the 2017, Lopez signed a multi-fight contract with the King of the Cage, winning all three fights against Rick James, Journey Newson and Benjamin Vinson, respectively.
After the fight against Steven Peterson at the Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series - Season 1, Episode 7, Lopez was awarded with UFC contract, together with Joby Sanchez.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On 9 December 2019, Lopez was scheduled to face Martin Day at. However Day pulled out of the event due to a knee injury and he was replaced by Albert Morales. He won his UFC debut fight via unanimous decision.
Lopez was scheduled to face Manny Bermudez on January 26, 2019 at UFC 233. As a result of the cancellation of UFC 233, the pair was rescheduled to on February 17, 2019. He lost the fight via guillotine choke submission in round one.
Lopez was scheduled to face Ricky Simon at UFC 227 on August 4, 2018. However, it was reported that Lopez pulled out from the bout for undisclosed reason and he was replaced by Montel Jackson.
Lopez faced Vince Morales on 13 July 2019 at. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record