Benardo Sopaj

“The Lion King”

Benardo Sopaj (13-3) is a bantamweight fighting out of Stockholm, Sweden. Benardo Sopaj's last fight was a win over Timothy Cuamba by submission (rear-naked choke) at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa in May 2026.

Record13-3-0

DivisionBantamweight

Height5'6"

Reach66"

Age26

Last FightMay 16, 2026

BornSep 25, 2000

BirthplaceFier, Albania

Fighting out ofStockholm, Sweden

UFC Career Stats:

Sig. strikes landed / min4.39

Striking accuracy58%

Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.69

Striking defense53%

Takedowns / 15 min2.43

Takedown accuracy60%

Takedown defense77%

Sub attempts / 15 min0.81

3 UFC fights through Oct 31, 2026. Source: UFCStats

Fight History:

*Exhibition (EX.) fights included in history

Result	Opponent	Division	Method	Rnd / Time	Event	Date	Fight
W	Timothy Cuamba	Bantamweight	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	R2 · 2:25	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa	May 16, 2026	View
W	Ricky Turcios	Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Flying Knee)	R3 · 4:41	UFC Fight Night	Mar 2, 2024
W	Geovane Vargas	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Submission to Punches)	R1 · 4:00	AFN 4	Dec 30, 2023
W	Julien Lopez	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Straight Right)	R1 · 0:20	FCR 15	Feb 25, 2023
W	Karlen Minasyan	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Head Kick)	R2 · 1:59	Fight Club Rush 13	Aug 27, 2022
L	Francesco Nuzzi	Bantamweight	Decision (Split)	R3	BRAVE CF 49	Mar 25, 2021
W	Tariq Ismail	Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	Brave CF 38	Aug 8, 2020
W	Darius Buda	Bantamweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R2 · 3:03	Ak Fighting Championship 2	Nov 16, 2019
L	Alexey Shaposhnikov	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	WFCA 50	Aug 18, 2018
W	Konstantinos Charisis	Flyweight	KO/TKO (Leg Kicks)	R1 · 4:04	Cage Survivor 11	Mar 3, 2018
W	Apostolos Geropoulos	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R3 · 3:46	MMA Challenge Pro 7	Nov 4, 2017
W	Nikos Taktikos	Bantamweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 0:19	Corinthian Pro MMA	Sep 23, 2017
W	Bobi Stojcevski	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 4:55	MMA Challenge Pro 6	Apr 23, 2017
W	Nikos Kalivas	Bantamweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R1 · 1:13	Greek FC 7	Oct 9, 2016
W	Nikos Leopoulos	Bantamweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R1 · 1:35	Cage Survivor 5	Jun 11, 2016

WTimothy Cuamba
May 16, 2026
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa·Bantamweight
Submission (Rear-naked choke)·R2 · 2:25View
WRicky Turcios
Jan 18, 2025
UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano·Bantamweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
LVinicius Oliveira
Mar 2, 2024
UFC Fight Night·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Flying Knee)·R3 · 4:41
WGeovane Vargas
Dec 30, 2023
AFN 4·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Submission to Punches)·R1 · 4:00
WJulien Lopez
Feb 25, 2023
FCR 15·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Straight Right)·R1 · 0:20
WKarlen Minasyan
Aug 27, 2022
Fight Club Rush 13·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Head Kick)·R2 · 1:59
LFrancesco Nuzzi
Mar 25, 2021
BRAVE CF 49·Bantamweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WTariq Ismail
Aug 8, 2020
Brave CF 38·Bantamweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WDarius Buda
Nov 16, 2019
Ak Fighting Championship 2·Bantamweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R2 · 3:03
LAlexey Shaposhnikov
Aug 18, 2018
WFCA 50·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WKonstantinos Charisis
Mar 3, 2018
Cage Survivor 11·Flyweight
KO/TKO (Leg Kicks)·R1 · 4:04
WApostolos Geropoulos
Nov 4, 2017
MMA Challenge Pro 7·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R3 · 3:46
WNikos Taktikos
Sep 23, 2017
Corinthian Pro MMA·Bantamweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 0:19
WBobi Stojcevski
Apr 23, 2017
MMA Challenge Pro 6·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 4:55
WNikos Kalivas
Oct 9, 2016
Greek FC 7·Bantamweight
Submission (Triangle Choke)·R1 · 1:13
WNikos Leopoulos
Jun 11, 2016
Cage Survivor 5·Bantamweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R1 · 1:35