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Quillan Salkilld vs Benoit Saint Denis prediction

Lightweight · Salkilld vs Saint Denis · 6 Feb 2027
UFC 6-0 · Pro 13-1
VS
UFC 9-4 · Pro 17-4

Prediction

early read
Quillan Salkilld 64%
64%36%
as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:11 UTC

By the numbers

  • Finishers

    Both fighters finish: at least two thirds of their UFC wins ended inside the distance. When two finishers meet, 65% of UFC fights end inside the distance (358 of 554 fights). Across every UFC fight it is 53%.

  • Win streaks

    Salkilld comes in on a 6-fight UFC winning run. A fighter on a run of 6 or more against an opponent on a shorter one wins 64% of the time (206 of 322 fights).

  • Age

    Salkilld is 4 years younger. With an age gap of 4 to 5 years, the younger fighter wins 56% of UFC fights (931 of 1,658 fights).

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Quillan Salkilld vs Benoit Saint Denis.

Red corner QuillanSalkilldLuistro Combat Academy · Born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia · Fights out of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
VSUpcoming
Blue corner Benoit SaintDenis“God of War”Venum Training Camp Paris · Hometown (per Sherdog): Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
LightweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Comes in on a 6-fight win streak.
  • Every one of Denis’s 9 UFC wins came inside the distance.
  • Has finished 5 of 6 UFC wins.
  • 13 UFC bouts deep — 7 more than Salkilld.
13-1
Record
17-4
−4 yr26
Age
30
+1″6' 0"
Height
5' 11"
+2″75″
Reach
73″
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
6
UFC bouts
+713
5/683% of wins
Finishes
+17%9/9100% of wins
Luistro Combat Academy
Gym
Venum Training Camp Paris
Perth, Western Australia, Australiafights out of
From
Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitainehometown, per Sherdog
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 6-0UFC recordUFC 9-4
13-1Pro record17-4
—NicknameGod of War
6' 0"Height5' 11"
75"Reach73"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
26Age30
155 lbs.Weight155 lbs.
AustraliaNationalityFrance
Pinjarra, Western Australia, AustraliaBorn in—
Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaFights out of—
—Hometown (per Sherdog)Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Luistro Combat AcademyCampVenum Training Camp Paris
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Quillan SalkilldBenoit Saint Denis
88
Striking
92
48
Defence
26
69
Grappling / TD
72
75 limited sample
Cardio
47 limited sample
77
Chin
61
71
Fight IQ
60
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Quillan Salkilld6 UFC fights · 126 landed

65.1%
HEAD
62.9%
23.0%
BODY
26.4%
11.9%
LEGS
10.7%

Benoit Saint Denis13 UFC fights · 484 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Quillan Salkilld

6.86takedowns / 15 min
6.86 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
4.15 / 15m
19.06 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
11.86 / 15m
36%
ACCURACY
35%
1.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
1.70 / 15m

Benoit Saint Denis

4.15takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.19 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Lightweight

Stats comparison

Quillan Salkilld (left) vs Benoit Saint Denis (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
4.73
vs
5.58
Striking accuracy
56%
vs
58%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.79
vs
4.09
Striking defence
46%
vs
41%
Takedowns / 15 min
6.86
vs
4.15
Takedown accuracy
36%
vs
35%
Takedown defence
81%
vs
72%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1
vs
1.7
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Quillan SalkilldFightIQ profileWrestler

6' 0" orthodox wrestler campaigning at Lightweight. 6 UFC wins — 3 KO/TKO, 2 submission, 1 decision.

Built from Quillan Salkilld’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Benoit Saint DenisFightIQ profileWrestle-submission

5' 11" southpaw wrestle-submission campaigning at Lightweight. 9 UFC wins — 5 KO/TKO, 4 submission.

Built from Benoit Saint Denis’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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