NEW YORK – UFC light-weight Benoit Saint-Denis believes he’s able to enter the highest tier of the division, and desires a predominant occasion battle in France.
Saint-Denis (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) capped off a powerful 2023 marketing campaign with a head kick finish of Matt Frevola (11-4-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) within the first spherical of their UFC 295 predominant card bout. It was the third end of the yr for Saint-Denis and his fifth straight general. The 27-year-old Frenchman has been on a tear and desires huge issues going ahead.
“I’m going to battle everyone they provide me, however actually I would love actually to make an enormous predominant occasion in France,” Saint-Denis advised reporters throughout a post-fight information convention. “… A man like Dustin Poirier or (Mateusz) Gamrot. You realize, it’s unlucky for him, however he bought a victory as a result of a man bought injured with (Rafael) Fiziev with a low kick or a physique kick. So, I’m asking for him once more, or Dustin Poirier. He simply misplaced, he’s ranked, and he has to battle a man behind him as a result of he’s on the loss. I do know he’s an enormous identify, however I’m going to be an excellent larger identify if I’m working like that.”
Saint-Denis suffered his first professional loss in his UFC debut towards Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, however since then has appeared like some of the promising rising stars within the division. Not solely has he been a ending machine with a pair of first-round finishes and three second-round stoppages, however he’s additionally taken residence three bonuses.
If Saint-Denis may have it his approach, he would problem for the BMF title within the close to future after which shoot for the division’s undisputed championship.
“I’m going to get that BMF belt as a result of I deserve it, then I’m going to go for Islam Makhachev,” Saint-Denis advised Joe Rogan throughout his in-cage post-fight interview. “He gained’t do three rounds with me, no person goes to do three rounds with me. I’m going to catch everyone. I’m coming for everyone within the light-weight division. It’s not going to final lengthy till I’ve the belt round my waist, imagine me.”
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