No waste of time for Benoît Saint-Denis. The boss of the famous MMA league Dana White announced this Monday morning that the Frenchman would share the headliner at UFC 299 in two months, on March 10, during a prestigious fight. against the American Dustin Poirier, 3rd in the ranking and former interim champion of the category.
A 5-round fight in the octagon for Benoît “God of War” Saint-Denis, dubbed by Dana White. “Saint-Denis is on a streak of five consecutive victories and all before the end of the third round,” he said in a video published on the UFC and he will have the opportunity to prove it against Dustin Poirier who is a savage and always goes to war. »
On November 11, “BSD” entered the UFC top-15 after his victory against another American, Matt Frevola, in New York. Following this fight, the Frenchman (28 years old, 13 victories, 1 defeat, 1 No Contest) had displayed gargantuan ambitions, declaring: “I am coming for everyone in this category. I want to face Dustin Poirier, Mateusz Gamrot, Justin Gaethje as quickly as possible. » The boss of the UFC therefore heard it, and offered him the first on his list.
The main event of this UFC evening should be the bantamweight title match between the American Sean O’Malley, reigning champion of the category, and the Ecuadorian Marlon Vera (6th).
