Beneil Dariush is on one of the most impressive runs of his career.
He’s won four straight fights, collecting three Performance of the Night bonuses and re-establishing himself as one of the elite fighters in the stacked UFC lightweight division. Dariush’s resurgence wasn’t something that happened overnight, in fact, it nearly didn’t happen at all.
“The darkest time was after I lost to Alexander Hernandez at UFC 222. I was really thinking about retiring because why would I fight if that’s what my career was going to be like if I took a punch,” the 31 year-old Dariush told UFC.