Benoît Saint-Denis has entered the big leagues in the eyes of the management of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). His recital in November against the American Matt Frevola, whom he destroyed in the first round, in a stunned Madison Square Garden, has just earned him quite a reward. Key boss of the UFC, Dana White announced this Monday that the 27-year-old Frenchman will challenge another American, Dustin Poirier, in the co-main fight of UFC 299, on March 9 in Miami.
This is a huge opportunity for Benoît Saint-Denis, 12th in the UFC lightweight rankings, facing the current third in the category. “Saint-Denis is on a series of five consecutive victories, and all before the end of the third round, specifies Dana White on his account. He says he is the new “BMF” (“bad motherfucker”) of the UFC and he will have the opportunity to prove it against Dustin Poirier who is an absolute “savage” and who always goes to war. »
This five-round fight promises to be one of the major MMA events at the start of 2024. The tone was set just after the success of Benoît Saint-Denis against Matt Frevola: Dustin Poirier then estimated that this former soldier of the French special forces had “still work” before pretending to confront him. Dear Dana White believes, on the contrary, that this is the ideal time.