19 Facts About Dave Beneteau

David Beneteau was born on June 22,1967 and is a Canadian former mixed martial artist who is best known for his appearances in Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 5,6,15 and, Ultimate Ultimate 1995.

Toward the end of his mixed martial arts career, Dave Beneteau performed professional wrestling matches for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and other promotions in Japan and Canada.

Dave Beneteau was admitted to the bar in 2003 and practiced primarily as a criminal defense lawyer under the tutelage of renowned Toronto defence lawyer, John Rosen, until 2007.

In 2015, Dave Beneteau earned a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and is a General Counsel for Movati Athletics in the Greater Toronto Area.

Dave Beneteau debuted in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at its UFC 5 event in April 1995.

Dave Beneteau was billed as a Wrestler with experience and success in Judo.

Dave Beneteau finished his first opponent, Kung Fu practitioner Asbel Cancio, in only 21 seconds, needing just a takedown and a flurry of quick ground and pound to do so.

Dave Beneteau then faced Jeet Kune Do expert Todd Medina and defeated him in very much the same way, and then reached the finals, where he was pitted against wrestling champion and future hall-of-famer Dan Severn.

Dave Beneteau returned in UFC 6, where he faced former Russian Sambo champion Oleg Taktarov in the first round.

Dave Beneteau initiated the match with heavy punches and an early takedown, but Taktarov caught Dave Beneteau in a guillotine choke for the win.

Dave Beneteau lost again by way of an inverted rolling ankle lock.

Dave Beneteau then travelled to Japan, where he defeated UFC II Tournament runner-up Patrick Smith in under a minute.

Dave Beneteau made his final UFC appearance in 1997, where he faced the Carlson Gracie apprentice and world heavyweight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Carlos Barreto.

Accordingly, Dave Beneteau was in heavy danger at the beginning of the fight, as Barreto took his back and landed strikes to the back of his head while pursuing a rear naked choke, but the Canadian managed to escape and returned the favor via ground and pound against the fence.

Since Severn was already booked that weekend, he suggested Dave Beneteau could do the booking for him.

Dave Beneteau agreed and Severn trained him in the basics of pro wrestling so that he could perform for New Japan.

Dave Beneteau then began to work with Don Frye and Brian Johnson in New Japan under the Club 245 stable which was named after the State of California criminal code for assault and bodily harm.

Dave Beneteau participated in a lot of tag team matches with Frye and even had singles matches with Yuji Nagata, Yoji Anjo and Naoya Ogawa.

Dave Beneteau did some work with Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling and Antonio Inoki's Universal Fighting Arts Organization.