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Diego Ferreira vs Beneil Dariush | MMA Bout | UFC 179 Aldo vs Mendes 2 | Pankratia

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UFC 179 Aldo vs Mendes 2
Diego Ferreira vs Beneil Dariush

Diego Ferreira vs Beneil Dariush

UFC 179
Aldo
vs
Mendes 2

EVENT COMPLETED

EventUFC 179 Aldo vs Mendes 2

Ginasio do Maracanãzinho, Maracanã, Brazil

Bout Information

UFC · Lightweight · MMA

Fighter comparison

Diego Ferreira

Diego Ferreira

VS

3x5

Decision - Unanimous

R3

05:00

Beneil Dariush

Beneil Dariush

Brazil

Nationality

United States

20-7-0

Record

23-8-1

/

Nickname

/

41

Age

37

175.3 cm

Height

177.8 cm

70.3 kg

Weight

70.3 kg

188 cm

Reach

182.9 cm

102.9 cm

Leg Reach

102.9 cm

MMA

Martial Art

MMA

/

Gym

/

Before

Won
vs Ramsey Nijem
UFC 177 Dillashaw vs Soto
Aug 30, 2014
Won
vs Colton Smith
UFC Fight Night Stephens vs Swanson
Jun 28, 2014

After

Lost
vs Dustin Poirier
UFC Fight Night Mendes vs Lamas
Apr 4, 2015
Won
vs Olivier Aubin-mercier
UFC Fight Night Johnson vs Bader
Jan 31, 2016
Won
vs Jared Gordon
UFC Fight Night Cowboy vs Medeiros
Feb 18, 2018
Won
vs Kyle Nelson
UFC 231 Holloway vs Ortega
Dec 9, 2018
Won
vs Rustam Khabilov
UFC Fight Night Blachowicz vs Santos
Feb 23, 2019
Won
vs Mairbek Taisumov
UFC 242 Khabib vs Poirier
Sep 7, 2019
Won
vs Anthony Pettis
UFC 246 McGregor vs Cowboy
Jan 19, 2020
Lost
vs Beneil Dariush
UFC Fight Night Overeem vs Volkov
Feb 7, 2021
Lost
vs Gregor Gillespie
UFC Fight Night Rodriguez vs Waterson
May 9, 2021
Lost
vs Mateusz Gamrot
UFC Fight Night Lewis vs Daukaus
Dec 19, 2021
Won
vs Michael Johnson
UFC Fight Night Dern vs Hill
May 21, 2023
Won
vs Mateusz Rębecki
UFC Fight Night Lewis vs Nascimento
May 11, 2024
Lost
vs Grant Dawson
UFC 311 Makhachev vs Moicano
Jan 19, 2025
Lost
vs Alexander Hernandez
Noche UFC Lopes vs Silva
Sep 13, 2025
Won
vs Billy Quarantillo
UFC Fight Night Gamrot vs Salkilld
Aug 8, 2026

Before

Won
vs Anthony Rocco Martin
UFC Fight Night Henderson vs Dos Anjos
Aug 23, 2014
Lost
vs Ramsey Nijem
UFC Fight Night Nogueira vs Nelson
Apr 11, 2014
Won
vs Charlie Brenneman
UFC Fight Night Rockhold vs Philippou
Jan 15, 2014

After

Won
vs Daron Cruickshank
UFC 185 Pettis vs Dos Anjos
Mar 14, 2015
Won
vs Jim Miller
UFC Fight Night Machida vs Rockhold
Apr 18, 2015

Won

vs Michael Johnson

UFC Fight Night Teixeira vs Saint Preux

Aug 8, 2015

vs Michael Chiesa

UFC Fight Night Teixeira vs Evans

Apr 17, 2016

vs James Vick

UFC 199

Jun 5, 2016

vs Rashid Magomedov

UFC Fight Night Dos Anjos vs Ferguson

Nov 6, 2016

vs Edson Barboza

UFC Fight Night Belfort vs Gastelum

Mar 12, 2017

vs Evan Dunham

UFC 216 Ferguson vs Lee

Oct 7, 2017

vs Alexander Hernandez

UFC 222 Cyborg vs Kunitskaya

Mar 3, 2018

vs Thiago Moisés

UFC Fight Night The Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez

Nov 11, 2018

vs Drew Dober

UFC Fight Night Lewis vs Dos Santos

Mar 10, 2019

vs Frank Camacho

UFC Fight Night Maia vs Askren

Oct 26, 2019

vs Drakkar Klose

UFC 248 Adesanya vs Romero

Mar 8, 2020

vs Scott Holtzman

UFC Fight Night Lewis vs Oleinik

Aug 9, 2020

vs Diego Ferreira

UFC Fight Night Overeem vs Volkov

Feb 7, 2021

vs Tony Ferguson

UFC 262 Oliveira vs Chandler

May 16, 2021

vs Mateusz Gamrot

UFC 280 Oliveira vs Makhachev

Oct 22, 2022

vs Charles Oliveira

UFC 289 Nunes vs Aldana

Jun 11, 2023

vs Arman Tsarukyan

UFC Fight Night Dariush vs Tsarukyan

Dec 3, 2023

vs Renato Moicano

UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira

Jun 29, 2025

vs Benoît Saint Denis

UFC 322 Della Maddalena vs Makhachev

Nov 16, 2025

vs Quillan Salkilld

UFC Fight Night Della Maddalena vs Prates

May 1, 2026