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Benny Urquidez

1952 - Today

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Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an American former professional kickboxer, martial arts choreographer and actor. Nicknamed "The Jet", Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the United States. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974, the year of its inception in the US, frequently fighting in bouts where the rules were ambiguous and contrasts in styles were dramatic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Urquidez has received more than 1,355,940 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Benny Urquidez is the 27th most popular martial arts (down from 26th in 2019), the 4,215th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,620th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Benny Urquidez ranks 27 out of 118Before her are Randy Couture, Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, Morihiro Saito, Billy Blanks, and Koichi Tohei. After her are Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, Semmy Schilt, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Peter Aerts, and Gozo Shioda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Benny Urquidez ranks 193Before her are James Ingram, Wim Rijsbergen, Randy Crawford, Thierry Lhermitte, Kevin Reynolds, and Jacques Santini. After her are Pietro Mennea, Ng Man-tat, Rishi Kapoor, Tony Brise, Norbert Walter-Borjans, and Per Petterson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benny Urquidez ranks 4,215 out of 18,182Before her are Milt Jackson (1923), Steven Holl (1947), Ona Munson (1903), Seymour Cray (1925), Mary Surratt (1823), and Wallace Stevens (1879). After her are Carol Lynley (1942), Bruce Sterling (1954), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joanne Dru (1922), William Hoyt (1875), and Edward Calvin Kendall (1972).

Among MARTIAL ARTS In United States

Among martial arts born in United States, Benny Urquidez ranks 5Before her are Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Randy Couture (1963), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), and Billy Blanks (1955). After her are Ronda Rousey (1987), Daniel Cormier (1979), Mark Coleman (1964), Justin Gaethje (1988), Kevin Randleman (1971), Stipe Miocic (1982), and Dustin Poirier (1989).