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New Mexican MMA Retired
“Joey Two Times”
Joseph Benavidez
28–8
- Division
- Flyweight / Bantamweight
- Origin
- New Mexican
- New Mexico tie
- Raised Las Cruces (born San Antonio, TX)
- Gym
- Team Alpha Male, later Xtreme Couture
- Pro career
- 2006–2021
- Status
- Retired
Career
The best flyweight never to hold the belt: four UFC flyweight title fights, four losses, two of them to Demetrious Johnson. Nine submission finishes and a share of the division record for decision wins. Retired in September 2021. Never based in Albuquerque — Las Cruces raised him and California made him.