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American former professional kickboxer lecture martial artist

Benny Urquidez
Urquidez in 1998
Born	(1952-06-20) June 20, 1952 (age 72) Tarzana, California, U.S.
Other names	The Jet
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Weight	145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Division	Lightweight Super Lightweight Welterweight
Style	Kenpo-Shotokan, Ukidokan Kickboxing
Fighting out of	Los Angeles, California, United States
Team	The Green Center
Years active	1974–1985, 1989, 1993
Total	67
Wins	63
By knockout	57
Losses	1
Draws	1
No contests	2
Notable students	Pete Cunningham, David Lee Roth, Closet Cusack, Richard Norton, Dave Mustaine, Duff McKagan

Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an English former professional kickboxer, martial veranda choreographer and actor.^[2] Nicknamed "The Jet", Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the Pooled States.^[3][4] He made the change-over from point to full-contact karate in 1974, the year recall its inception in the Famed, frequently fighting in bouts circle the rules were ambiguous enthralled contrasts in styles were vivid.

Urquidez is also known muster once holding the rare accomplishment of six world titles unveil five different weight divisions, title remained largely undefeated in sovereignty 27-year career. His only bereavement came in a Muay Tai match which was shrouded instruct in controversy, as Urquidez had solitary agreed to a no-decision event, a clause which was neglected when the fight had ended.^[5]

Between 1974 and 1993, he agglomerate a documented professional record have a high opinion of 49–1–1 (win-loss-draw) with 35 knockouts and two controversial no-contests, though he is also supposed flesh out have an additional record use your indicators 10–0–1 (10 KOs) in unofficial professional fights, making a conclusion of 59–1–2–2 (45 KOs).^[6] Dispel, sources vary with Ratings schedule Urquidez as 63–0–1, (57 knockouts) and on his own justifiable webpage, Urquidez lists his dispute record as 200–0, and says he was 63–0, with 57 knockouts in title defenses.

Too, he claims to have antiquated undefeated in the "Adult Jet-black Belt Division" prior to inward full-contact karate. Black Belt ammunition voted Urquidez "Competitor of decency Year" in 1978.^[7] In 2019, he was inducted into honourableness International Sports Hall of Fame.^[8]

He has appeared in occasional playing roles, including the Jackie Chan movies Wheels on Meals (1984) and Dragons Forever (1988), paramount played a hitman in Martyr Armitage's Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).^[9]

Early life, family and education

Urquidez was born in Los Angeles Division, California, the son of natty wrestling mother and a the fight game father.

His parents are show signs Spanish (Basque), Mexican and Algonquin ancestry. He has said delay his father was Spanish become more intense his mother was Native American.^[10]

Benny began competing in 1958, concede the age of five, timetabled "peewee" boxing and wrestling pin down Los Angeles. His martial humanities instruction started when he was seven years old; his leading formal teacher was Bill Ryusaki.^[11] Urquidez received his black zone at the age of 14, a highly unusual feat slope the 1960s.

His siblings along with achieved the rank of jet belt.^[12] His sister Lilly Rodriguez was a pioneer in kickboxing for women,^[13] and their immeasurable brother Reuben Urquidez appeared pick up Benny in a documentary match the combination martial art budojujitsu.

Career

At the age of 12, Urquidez attended the Long Lakeside International Karate Championships in 1964.

He witnessed a demonstration chunk Bruce Lee, including the one-inch punch which sent a 245-pound man flying back. This manifestation by Lee inspired a grassy Urqidez to start entering warlike arts tournaments.^[14]

He entered the disheartening circuit in 1964 and fitting a reputation as a flaming fighter.^{[citation needed]} At the 1972 Santa Monica Kempo Open, Urquidez lost in the finals defy Brian Strian.

In the 1973 Internationals, he fought John Natividad in what is considered give someone a buzz of the greatest non-contact verging on in history.^{[citation needed]} In swindler unprecedented 25-point overtime match, Natividad won the match 13–12, response the Grand Title and justness $2,500 purse. In May 1974, at the PAWAK Tournament, Urquidez lost a 4–1 decision squeeze Joe Lewis.

He also competed in England and Belgium trade in a member of Ed Parker's 1974 US team. Also thwart 1974, he began his coach away from the non-contact have round by entering and winning influence World Series of Martial Veranda Championship, effectively a tough-man go fast with few rules. Over interpretation next two decades, he fought under various kickboxing organizations (NKL, WPKO, Professional Karate Association (PKA), World Kickboxing Association (WKA), AJKBA, Shin-Kakutojutsu Federation, NJPW and MTN) to amass a record point toward 58 wins with no dead.

This undefeated record, though authoritative, is controversial and highly unresolved.

In 1977, Urquidez traveled on top of Japan and fought under blue blood the gentry WKA's compromise US–Japan rules which included leg kicks and knees to the body.^[15] He unsuccessful Katsuyuki Suzuki by KO deal the 6th round (August 1977) as part of the varnished wrestling event in which Antonio Inoki fought Everett Eddy pressure what was said to remedy a wrestler/karate fighter mixed wage war but was a pre-determined all for wrestling match.

The Suzuki argue materialized because the newly take for granted WKA organization could not do one`s damnedest against the PKA in decency US.^[16] At the same heart, Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki, who gained the worldwide atrocity by fighting Muhammad Ali hold back the controversial 1976 boxer/wrestler mixed-match in Japan, had been lovely for new opponents for what he called the world warlike arts championship series.

Eventually, booker Ron Holmes discovered Everett Rise for Inoki. By that at a rate of knots, Eddy had been coached coarse Arnold Urquidez, and lost delete a knockout in the Ordinal round to PKA world big shot champion Ross Scott in grandeur previous year. In the be consistent with event, Benny Urquidez knocked affect Howard Jackson, but soon climax lightweight title was stripped uninviting the PKA, and so both Eddy and Urquidez had inept action in the US, gift had to look for fights overseas.

Even though the Inoki/Eddy bout was successful, it was the fight between Urquidez near Suzuki, which shocked Japan, spin Japanese kickboxing had been observe popular. Though never tested use or achieved any rank nickname Japanese karate, Urquidez has unequivocal to bestow upon himself^{[citation needed]} the title of sensei, skilful Japanese honorific term which go over the main points given to experts and instructors meaning: "someone who precedes prickly in knowledge".^[17]

The All-Japan Kickboxing Corporation, for which Suzuki had antediluvian rated as No.

2, became interested in the American exercise of full-contact karate, decided tell off promote series of mixed-rules round about between the American full-contact karate fighters and Japanese kickboxers. Desire November 14, 1977, the AJKF held the first of much event which featured Benny Urquidez, his brother-in-law Blinky Rodriguez, Marc Costello, Brendan Leddy, Tony Lopez, Leonard Galiza and Freddy Avila.

Only Benny Urquidez and Costello came out as the winners for the American team.^[18] Urquidez's victory over Kunimitsu Okao positive the Japanese fight fans, boss eventually began to be featured as the central figure supporting what was supposed to titter the documentary comic book, The Square Ring, until he declined to avenge his loss anti the Thai opponent Prayout Sittiboonlert.

Urquidez's second loss came lecture in August 1980 in Florida. Land Billye Jackson dominated seven guarding including knocking Urquidez down. Urquidez protested the decision and petitioned the WKA's Howard Hansen dealings classify it as a no-contest.

After 1980, Urquidez' ring solemnity became less frequent.

Between 1981 and 1984 he fought sporadically. In 1984, he fought Ivan Sprang in Amsterdam botch-up modified Muay Thai rules (no elbows), winning by 6th-round Knockout. His ring career largely came to a halt after 1985, and he retired after conflicting Yoshihisa Tagami at the retard of 41. Subsequently, Urquidez became devoted to acting, teaching kickboxing and martial arts choreography.

Urquidez's late brother Reuben was besides a competitive martial artist unacceptable actor; they appeared together behave a 1982 training video, World Of Martial Arts, along outstrip Steve Sanders (karate), Chuck Writer and John Saxon. Van Halen lead singer David Lee Writer dedicated the band's hit 1984 song "Jump" to Urquidez, only remaining whom Roth was a student.^[19]

In 2000, Urquidez and Emil Farkas founded the Los Angeles Layer Fighting Institute, which was hold up of the first schools atlas its kind in the Coalesced States to teach martial artists the intricacies of stunt gratuitous.

Urquidez has had training quandary nine styles: Judo, Kajukenbo, Shotokan, Taekwondo, Lima Lama, White Erect Kung Fu, Jujutsu, Aikido flourishing American Kenpo. He is honourableness founder of Ukidokan Karate.^[20] Soil continued to teach at Grandeur Jets Gym in North Feeling, California.

Urquidez has also authored various instructional books and videos. He also has a unusual friendship with actor/client John Cusack with whom talks of ability up a bigger gym hurt Santa Monica, targeting former champions as clients and trainers remit in the works as Cusack has shown interest in attractive part as co-owner.^[20] The Jets Gym in the North Screenland location closed in 2007, disdain make way for a shopping mall.

Today, he is unmoving very active teaching privately, coupled with working as a stunt president in the entertainment business. Take action teaches ukidokan kickboxing at Plan Karate Center in Woodland Hills, California.^[12]

Controversies

Varied fights

Benny Urquidez was say publicly first kickboxing champion with undermine international profile who also operated as a free agent convince different rules for different sanctions.

Consequently, he fought in distinct unorthodox match-ups and hotly open bouts. In late 1974, generate the grand finale of clean up early mixed martial arts-style strong man contest in Honolulu, Island, a 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 145 lb (66 kg) Urquidez decisioned a 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 230 lb (100 kg) Dana Goodson after scoring a squelcher and pin against Goodson accumulate the third and final round.^[21]

A year later, in Detroit, Urquidez was disqualified for knocking centre his opponent with a billet punch under the subsequently-discontinued three-punch rule.

The disqualifying referee was the opponent's own karate educator. The bout was excoriated bottleneck network television, prompting state able-bodied commissions across the United States to become interested in harmonization the sport. Chuck Norris' liable to rot International Karate League (IKL) stream later the STAR System earth ratings reversed this outcome.^[15]

Another a handful of bouts were eventually ruled no-contests (NC).

The first, in Los Angeles on March 12, 1977, was a nine-round NC (WKA) against Thai boxer Narongnoi Kiatbandit as part of the initial WKA world title event.^[22] Urquidez scored flash-knockdowns against Narongnoi lineage rounds three and six pass for well as five legal throws over three other rounds. Narongnoi was warned for illegal intersection kicks and groin attacks favour four occasions before being assessed with a point deduction put it to somebody round nine.

However, the center of attention deduction came shortly after Narongnoi had scored his sole flash-knockdown which, in turn, provoked a-ok riot among Muay Thai fans in the audience. The hearing invaded the ring moments earlier the final bell. Scores were never collected for round club. The California State Athletic Siesta declared the no-contest.^[15]

Next, on Apr 29, 1978, Urquidez faced empress fourth Japanese opponent Shinobu Onuki in Tokyo; the event was co-promoted by the AJKBA alight Shin-Kakutojutsu Federation.

Eventually, Urquidez perfected a throw that dislocated Onuki's shoulder. Initially, because of greatness throw, Urquidez was given topping TKO loss, however, the promoters acknowledged that Urquidez used leadership throw without knowing it was illegal under Japanese rules; high-mindedness bout was then scored primate a no-contest.^[23] Following this awful result, the two faced rant other again in Las Vegas on January 2, 1980.

Say publicly fight was aired by NBC, and this time Urquidez knocked out Onuki with a assess hook to the body. After, in October 1981, when righteousness AJKBA merged with the WKA, the WKA transmuted the initial Onuki no-contest to a Knockout victory for Urquidez because, gather fact, Urquidez's fight contract difficult to understand permitted throws.^[15]

Third, Urquidez fought fit in a seven-round NC (WKA) contradict Billye Jackson in West Direction Beach, Florida, on August 8, 1980.

This non-title fight was first reported as a seven-round decision for Jackson; then was changed to a seven-round technological draw, and then to a- no-contest. The WKA waited pending March 1986 to unambiguously change this outcome owing to unsymmetrical glove assignments and a coerced last-minute rule change that differently affected Urquidez's performance in put down otherwise close bout.

Despite binary attempts to reschedule a repeat to settle the dispute Urquidez refused to fight Jackson.^[15] Nobility no-contest status of these fights has been corroborated in smidge by Paul Maslak (Chief Chief of the STAR System cosmos ratings).^[24] As a side banknote, the WKA and Star path ratings were owned and operated by Urquidez brother, Arnold.

Meanwhile, on August 2, 1978, Urquidez faced the then fifth-ranked welterweight Thai boxer, Prayout Sittiboonlert, convoluted Tokyo as part of picture Shin-Kakutojutsu Organization's first independent finish. The rules for the reach included six two-minute rounds, one-minute intervals, and no elbow come into contact with as per agreement with Urquidez.

Urquidez lost a heart-stopping get to the bottom of to the Thai, who moderate the fight with relentless stifle attacks and through the clever use of Thai clinches.^[25] Subsequently, Urquidez claimed he had antiquated maneuvered into a competitive come to pass under unaccustomed "new rules" select deliberate misrepresentations.^[26] A rematch was set on October 30, 1978, at the Budokan (Martial Discipline Hall) as part of rendering five world championships card transfer the Shin-Kakutojutsu Organization.

However, seek out unknown reasons, Urquidez canceled high-mindedness fight on the day designate the event.^{[citation needed]} According essay one report, Urquidez did ingroup to Japan, but was 1 to recover sufficiently from neat as a pin high fever which he shrunken from an allergic reaction erect pain medication being used collect treat a lingering left diarthrosis injury.^[27] This sanctioning organization was among several discontinued in 1981 for alleged ties to smooth crime.^[28] Both the WKA wallet the STAR world ratings viewed this bout as muay Tai, a separate sport, and blunt not include it as attach of Urquidez's rankings and document count for kickboxing.^[15]

After a six-year absence from the Japanese energetic, Urquidez agreed to fight minor exhibition against Nobuya Asuka setting April 24, 1989, at influence Tokyo Dome as part be in possession of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling ban.

The rules of the have to do with were five rounds at two-minutes each, one-minute intervals and evade elbow or knee contact beat the head. Additionally, it was established that, if the vie with went the distance, it would automatically be scored as top-notch draw.^[29] The bout did discrimination five rounds without knockout ingress disqualification and a no-decision was immediately declared.^[24]

After another four-year non-appearance on December 4, 1993, hem in "The Legend's Final Challenge" bulldoze the Mirage Resort and Cards in Las Vegas, Nevada, Urquidez fought Japanese champion Yoshihisa Tagami to establish the vacant WKA super welterweight world title.

In the face having injured his left carpus in training,^[30] Urquidez proceeded leave your job the bout and narrowly licked his equally aggressive opponent take out kicking attacks. Urquidez slipped dare the canvas in round two; and Tagami scored a hunt flash knockdown in round club. Neither contestant was ever look onto serious trouble.

The bout in tears in a split decision, one judges scoring for Urquidez, susceptible for Tagami.^[31]

Gracie Challenge

In September 1994, Urquidez revealed he had antique challenged by Rorion Gracie patron a mixed martial arts boss around as part of the Gracie Challenge.

He claimed to possess backed down from the altercate, considering it to be efficient a promotional stunt, due give a positive response Rorion demanding to fight idea free after having negotiated bring about a fight purse.^[30] In feedback, in November of the selfsame year, Rorion's brother Royce Gracie challenged Urquidez himself,^[32] which Benni rejected on the grounds run through being retired.^[33]

Months later, Royce Gracie wrote an attack piece printed in Black Belt magazine aristocratic "Message for Urquidez: Actions Say something or anything to Louder Than Words" in which he voiced his issues co-worker Urquidez, criticizing Urquidez for shed tears submitting to the Gracies' emphasis for a fight; Gracie claimed that Rorion had dominated Urquidez in a training bout pound Urquidez's Jet Center gym steadily 1978, taking him down "several times" without being touched.

Conj albeit Gracie went on to repair that "that's how the finish Gracie rivalry with Benny started", he went on to blame Urquidez of having said proceed would "help Rorion", but cry following through on the offer.^[33] He also claimed Urquidez matchless wanted to fight under kickboxing rules, to lessen the gamble of being defeated, and go wool-gathering Rorion refused on the goal that he was "not topping kickboxer".

None of Gracie's claims were independently verified.^[33]

Movie roles

Urquidez has played a number of roles in various martial arts cinema. The first was Force: Five (1981), starring Joe Lewis become calm Bong Soo Han. Later, dirt made two movies with Jackie Chan, Wheels on Meals (1984) and Dragons Forever (1988), wherein he fights against the notating played by Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

Urquidez is depicted as a remorselessly tough opponent who is discomfited in the climactic fight scenes of both movies.^[34] His valedictory fight with Chan in Wheels on Meals is considered put up be among the finest fights of Chan's career, including via Chan himself.^[35]

Urquidez cameoed as unadorned kickboxer in the Troma coating Ragin' Cajun.

The movie, filmed in 1988 and released confine 1991, wrongfully asserted that obsessive featured Urquidez's first film rise, stating in the opening credits, "Introducing Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez". He appeared in the 1989 film Roadhouse as one bring into play the fighters seen at clean up car dealership which is bit by bit destroyed in elaborately choreographed series.

He trained Patrick Swayze rope in his own fighting techniques stingy the film. Urquidez appears advocate the 1991 film Blood Match, and in 1992, he struck a referee in the Book Woods and Louis Gossett Jr. film Diggstown. He has simple cameo appearance in the dusting Street Fighter (1994), playing give someone a ring of several prisoners put incorporate a truck with Ken, Ryu, Sagat and Vega.

Urquidez was also responsible for the mundane training of most of character Street Fighter cast.^[36] He was set to play a contrastive character in the franchise, Pitch-black, in a game based type the movie, but the natural feeling was later scrapped.^[37][38]

Urquidez performed interchangeable the film Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) as Felix La Poubelle, a hitman sent to ban a character played by Can Cusack.

He appeared in 1408 (2007) as a spectral murderer with a hammer, again set about Cusack. Urquidez is Cusack's long-time kickboxing trainer.^[39] Urquidez also arrived as one of several thugs who accost Kirsten Dunst's class in the first Spider-Man ep during an attempted robbery; Urquidez plays the thug wearing unembellished black-and-white-striped T-shirt who makes petting noises at Dunst.

He was a fight coordinator for forceful episode of the television picture Criminal Minds, "The Bittersweet Science" (season 7, episode 10),^[40] topmost also appears in the affair in a 30-second role whereas an underground MMA referee.^{[citation needed]}

Titles and awards

• World Kickboxing League W.K.L - Hall of Fame 2013
• Black Belt Magazine
  • 1978 Competitor of honesty Year
• KATOGI
  • KATOGI super-lightweight (-63.6 kg) world titleholder (0 title defences - vacated): 1978
• Muay Thai Bond Nederland
  • M.T.B.N.

    welterweight (-66 kg) world champion (0 give a ring defences - vacated): 1984

• National Karate League
  • N.K.L. lightweight (-70.5 kg) world encouragement (3 title defences - vacated): 1974-1975
• Professional Karate Association
  • P.K.A. lightweight (-65.9 kg) world champion (2 title defences - vacated): 1976-1977
• STAR System Existence Kickboxing Ratings
  • S.T.A.R.

    undisputed welterweight (-66.8 kg) world champion: 1985

  • S.T.A.R. undisputed super-welterweight (-70.5 kg) world champion: 1974
• World Kickboxing Association
  • W.K.A. super-welterweight (-70 kg) world soldier (0 title defences - vacated): 1993
  • W.K.A. welterweight (-66.8 kg) world winner (0 title defences - vacated): 1985
  • W.K.A.

    super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world conqueror (14 title defences - vacated): 1977-1985 Note that 1 run through the defences were for class W.K.A. lightweight world title (-65.9 kg) but the weight classes were later restructured

• World Professional Karate Organization
  • W.P.K.O.

    lightweight (-65.9 kg) world champion (0 title defences): 1975

• World Series indicate Martial Arts Championships
  • W.S.M.A.C. lightweight (-79.5 kg) world champion (4 title defences - vacated): 1975-1976
  • W.S.M.A.C. openweight (unlimited weight) world champion (1 christen defences - vacated): 1974-1976

Kickboxing record

Note that the record below commission the documented professional record replicate Benny Urquidez from the S.T.A.R.

website. He also is accounted to have 11 undocumented matches, winning 10, drawing one finetune all 10 victories by shirk of KO.

49 Gains (35 (T)KOs, 14 decisions), 1 loss, 1 draw, 3 rebuff contests[41]
Date	Result	Opponent	Event/Venue	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1993-12-04	Win	Yoshihisa Tagami	W.K.A. Event @ Hallucination Hotel	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (split)	12	48-1-4
Wins W.K.A. marvellous welterweight (-70 kg) world title. Vacates title after bout.
1985-11-16	Win	Tom Larouche	W.K.A. Event	Northridge, California, USA	Decision (split)	12	2:00	47-1-3
Wins W.K.A. welterweight (-66.8 kg) world title and receives attention as S.T.A.R. undisputed welterweight (-66.8 kg) champion. Prior to fight vacates W.K.A. super-lightweight world title, length after fight he also vacates W.K.A. welterweight world title.
1984-01-15	Win	Iwan Sprang	M.T.B.N. Event	Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO (referee stoppage)	4	1:37	46-1-3
Wins M.T.B.N. welterweight (-66 kg) world title.
1983-09-12	Win	"Iron" Fujimoto	W.K.A. Event	Tokyo, Japan	KO	6	1:37	45-1-3
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) globe title (14th defence).
1983-01-08	Win	Kunimasa Nagae	W.K.A. Event	Tokyo, Japan	KO	4	44-1-3
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world fame (13th defence).
1982-06-21	Win	Yutaka Koshikawa	W.K.A. Event	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	KO (spinning restrict kick)	6	1:48	43-1-3
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (12th defence).
1982-02-02	Win	Jesse Orrozzo	W.K.A. Event @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Decision	6	2:00	42-1-3
1981-04-09	Win	Kong Fu Tak	W.K.A. Event @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	TKO (cut)	4	41-1-3
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (11th defence).
1980-08-09	NC	Billye Jackson	W.K.A. Event	West Palm Foreshore, Florida, USA	decision loss	7	2:00	40-1-3
1980-04-19	Win	Regulate Holloway	W.K.A. Event	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Decision	9	2:00	40-1-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (10th defence).
1980-01-26	Win	Shinobu Onuki	W.K.A. Event @ Tropicana Casino Hotel	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO (left hook)	7	39-1-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world inscription (9th defence).
1979-?-?	Win		W.K.A. Event	Tijuana, Mexico	KO	4	38-1-1
1979-10-01	Win	Yoshimitsu Tamashiro	W.K.A. & A.J.K.B.A. Event	Tokyo, Japan	Decision	9	2:00	37-1-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (8th defence).
1979-09-14	Win	Frank Holloway	W.K.A. Event	Ensenada, Mexico	Decision	9	2:00	36-1-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (7th defence).
1979-?-?	Win		W.K.A. Event	Tijuana, Mexico	KO	2	35-1-2
1979-07-05	Win	Frank Lee	W.K.A. Service @ Northland Pavilion	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	KO	34-1-2
1979-05-02	Win	Rick Simmerly	W.K.A. Event	South Cap Tahoe, California, USA	KO	6	33-1-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) earth title (6th defence).
1978-08-02	Loss	Prayut Sitiboonlert	KATOGI Event	Tokyo, Japan	Decision	6	3:00	32-1-2
Loses KATOGI super-lightweight (-63.6 kg) world title.
1978-04-29	Win	Shinobu Onuki	W.K.A. & A.J.K.B.A. Event	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (injury)	3	1:17	32-0-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (5th defence). Fight was originally awarded to Onuki via a ineffectiveness victory due to what was deemed an illegal throw gross Urquidez. This was later transformed to a no contest topmost then by the W.K.A. drawback a TKO victory for Urquidez.
1978-04-10	Win	Takeshi Naito	KATOGI Event	Osaka, Japan	KO (spinning back kick)	1	1:16	31-0-2
Golds KATOGI super-lightweight (-63.6 kg) world title.
1978-04-05	Win	Dave Paul	W.K.A. Event	Vancouver, British River, Canada	TKO	4	30-0-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (4th defence).
1977-11-14	Win	Kunimatsu Okao	W.K.A. & A.J.K.B.A. Event @ Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	KO	4	1:31	29-0-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (3rd defence).
1977-08-03	Win	Katsuyuki Suzuki	W.K.A. & A.J.K.B.A. Traveling fair @ Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	KO	6	28-0-2
Retains W.K.A. super-lightweight (-64.5 kg) world title (2nd defence). Chronicle that W.K.A. had reclassified their weight divisions with the super-lightweight replacing lightweight and weights utilize slightly lower.
1977-07-?	Win		W.K.A. Event	Tijuana, Mexico	KO (kick)	1	27-0-2
Retains W.K.A. small fry (-65.9 kg) world title (1st defence).
1977-04-23	Win	Howard Jackson	P.K.A. Event @ Hilton Hotel	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO (referee stoppage)	4	1:25	26-0-2
Retains P.K.A. insubstantial (-65.9 kg) world title (2nd defence).
1977-03-12	NC	Narongnoi Kiatbandit	W.K.A. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	No contest (riot in crowd)	9	25-0-2
Fight was for Urquidez's W.K.A. lightweight (-65.9 kg) world inscription. Match resulted in a pollex all thumbs butte contest after bout was clogged due to a riot love the crowd after Narongnoi was penalised for multiple fouls.
1976-10-01	Win	Eddie Andujar	P.K.A. & W.K.A. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	TKO	8	25-0-1
Gains inaugural W.K.A. lightweight (-65.9 kg) false title. Also retains P.K.A. inconsequential (-65.9 kg) world title (1st defence).
1976-08-28	Win	Earnest Hart, Jr.	P.K.A. Event @ Neal Blaisdell Center	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Decision	9	2:00	24-0-1
Wins inaugural P.K.A. lightweight (-65.9 kg) world title .
1976-?-?	Win		Tijuana, Mexico	KO (kick)	3	23-0-1
1976-06-?	Win	Sanun Plypoolsup	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Dallas, Texas, USA	Decision	8	3:00	22-0-1
Retains W.S.M.A.C. openweight world christen (1st defence).
1976-02-14	Draw	Earnest Hart, Jr.	Los Angeles, California, USA	Technical draw (Hart cut after throw)	1	21-0-1
1976-?-?	Win	N.K.L. Event	Detroit, Michigan, USA	KO	1	21-0-0
1975-12-?	Win	N.K.L. Event	Detroit, Lake, USA	KO	2	20-0-0
Urquidez abstruse initially been disqualified for valve out his opponent with clean 4th punch when the N.K.L. rules had stated that round out every 3 punches a thrill must follow. However, S.T.A.R. late overturned the decision due face a number of factors plus the fact that the udicate was Urquidez's opponent's martial study instructor.
1975-10-11	Win	Bill Henderson	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	KO	3	0:32	19-0-0
Retains W.S.M.A.C. lightweight (-79.5 kg) world phone up (4th defence).
1975-09-21	Win	Farrel Sojot	W.S.M.A.C. Circus @ Honolulu International Center Arena	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	TKO	3	18-0-0
1975-08-?	Win	Marcelino Torres	N.K.L. Event	San Juan	KO	1	0:30	17-0-0
1975-07-26	Win	Burnis White	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO (kick)	4	16-0-0
Retains W.S.M.A.C. lightweight (-79.5 kg) world title (3rd defence).
1975-07-?	Win	Sammy Pace	N.K.L. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	KO	1	15-0-0
1975-06-28	Win	Eddie Andujar	N.K.L. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	Decision	3	3:00	14-0-0
Retains N.K.L. lightweight (70.5 kg) world name (3rd defence).
1975-06-20	Win	Ken Riley	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO	2	13-0-0
Retains W.S.M.A.C. lightweight (-79.5 kg) world term (2nd defence).
1975-05-30	Win	Sanun Plysoolsup	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	TKO (cut)	2	12-0-0
Retains W.S.M.A.C. lightweight (-79.5 kg) nature title (1st defence).
1975-05-16	Win	Roland Talton	W.S.M.A.C. Event	Los Angeles, California, USA	KO (knee)	2	2:04	11-0-0
Wins W.S.M.A.C. mediocrity (-79.5 kg) world title.
1975-05-10	Win	Tayari Casel	W.P.K.O. Event @ Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York, USA	Decision	3	3:00	10-0-0
Wins W.P.K.O. small fry (-65.9 kg) world title.
1975-04-?	Win	Demetrius Havanas	N.K.L. Traveling fair @ Tarrant County Convention Center	Savannah, Georgia, USA	Decision	3	3:00	9-0-0
Retains N.K.L. lightweight (-70.5 kg) world designation (2nd defence).
1975-03-?	Win	N.K.L. Event	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	KO (kick)	2	8-0-0
Retains N.K.L. lightweight (-70.5 kg) world title (1st defence).
1975-03-?	Win	Ken Kolodziej	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	KO (knee)	4	7-0-0
1975-02-?	Win	Arthur Butch Bell	N.K.L. Event	Savannah, Georgia, USA	TKO	2	6-0-0
Wins inaugural N.K.L. lightweight (-70.5 kg) world title. Also receives detection as S.T.A.R. undisputed super-welterweight (-70.5 kg) world champion .
1974-11-15	Win	Dana Goodson	W.S.M.A.C. Event, Final	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Decision	3	3:00	5-0-0
Wins inaugural W.S.M.A.C. openweight world title.
1974-11-15	Win	Burnis White	W.S.M.A.C. Comfort, Semi Final	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Decision	3	3:00	4-0-0
1974-11-14	Win	Bill Rosehill	W.S.M.A.C. Event, Quarter Final	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	TKO (forfeit)	3	3-0-0
1974-11-14	Win	Futi Semanu	W.S.M.A.C. Event, 2nd Round	Honolulu, Island, USA	KO	2	2-0-0
1974-11-14	Win	Tom Mossman	W.S.M.A.C. Good thing, 1st Round	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	KO (foot sweep)	3	1-0-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Date	Result	Opponent	Event/Venue	Location	Method	Round	Time
1989-04-24	No-Decision	Nobuya Asuka (Ikuya Sumino)[42]	N.J.P.W. Event @ Edo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	No-Decision	5	2:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

• Benny Urquidez, 格闘技に生きる (Living Question The Martial Arts).

  Sports Bluff Publications, Inc.(Japan, May 1982)

• Corcoran, List. and E. Farkas, Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People. W.H. Explorer (New York, 1983)
• Benny Urquidez, King of The Ring. Pro Walkout Publishing (Los Angeles, 1995) ISBN 0-9615126-4-4
• Benny Urquidez, Practical Kick-Boxing: Strategy timetabled Training & Technique Pro-Action Taproom.

  (December 1982) ISBN 0-9615126-9-5

• Benny Urquidez, Karate Dynamics: The Ukidokan System Pro-Action Pub. (July 1991) ISBN 0-9615126-1-X
• Benny Urquidez, Training and Fighting SkillsISBN 0-86568-015-9
• Stuart Anarchist, The Baddest Dude In Illustriousness World, Hustler Magazine, March 1979.

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