Frevola vs Saint-Denis

Who won Frevola vs Saint-Denis?

Benoit Saint-Denis beat Matt Frevola by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 295, on Saturday 11th November 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Frevola vs Saint-Denis stats

Matt Frevola stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Benoit Saint-Denis made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Matt Frevola's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Benoit Saint-Denis marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Matt Frevola's UFC record stood at 5-5-1, while Benoit Saint-Denis' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Frevola had an advantage in power over Saint-Denis, with a 36% knock out percentage over Saint-Denis' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Saint-Denis had a massive advantage over Frevola, boasting a 75% submission rate over Frevola's 27%.

Matt Frevola was the older man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Saint-Denis had a height advantage of 2 inches over Frevola.

Frevola was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 3 months earlier than Saint-Denis, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 32 to Saint-Denis' 29.

Frevola vs Saint-Denis form

Frevola had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Drew Dober at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ottman Azaitar at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Genaro Valdez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he had lost to Terrance McKinney at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

He was victorious against Luis Pena at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Activity check

Frevola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Frevola vs Saint-Denis?

Matt Frevola was a 19/10 (+190) underdog going into the contest, while Benoit Saint-Denis made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.