Diakiese tough, but I’m more than ready

Benoit Saint Denis is happy to compete below the ADXC ruleset.

Saint Denis faces Marc Diakiese in a no-gi welterweight grappling match, which headlines ADXC 4 Might 18 at Dojo De Paris in France. Saint Denis was initially linked to a matchup vs. No. 1 UFC light-weight contender Arman Tsarukyan, but it surely by no means materialized.

Diakiese has closely resorted to his grappling in his current octagon bouts, and Saint Denis acknowledges that.

“I imagine he fell in love with the method with one other self-discipline of blended martial arts, which is the grappling and the wrestling half,” Saint Denis advised MMA Junkie on Diakiese. “He’s a superb wrestler, he’s an athlete, he’s within the UFC a very long time. It is going to be robust opposition, however I’m greater than prepared. Let’s see who’s going to win and who’s going to place strain 18th of Might.”

In his most up-to-date octagon outing, Saint Denis was knocked out by Dustin Poirier at UFC 299 in March. He sees ADXC 4 as a superb alternative to proceed engaged on his craft till he will get one other combat booked.

“The proposition ADXC is giving us may be very thrilling,” Saint Denis stated. “You’ll have lots of cage management, you should have much more aggressive grappling model strategy with judging not solely being on factors and on techniques, however on engagement of the fighters. It’s an thrilling strategy to put issues on the desk and to have a fantastic present, and to have time to organize for one particular a part of the blended martial arts profession.”