Benoît Saint-Denis is not the type to brood over a defeat for long. To move forward after the latest one, suffered by KO on the night of March 9 to 10 in Miami against the legend Dustin Poirier, the 28-year-old Frenchman revealed the name of the fighter he would like to face. This is Beneil Dariush, an American of Iranian origin. A size of the -70 kg of the UFC despite his 34 years and his two defeats in a row against Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan.
“It would be a great fight and a great opportunity. I would love to do it. Like I said, I’m not looking for the easy way. They can give me anyone in the top 15, I would be happy,” said the “God of War” in journalist Ariel Helwani’s “The MMA Hour” podcast. Saint-Denis even revealed that this was the fight that the UFC was trying to organize before offering him to face Dustin Poirier.
If the Saint-Denis – Dariush clash takes place, it would undoubtedly be once again in the United States. But the former special forces soldier expressed his desire to fight soon at UFC Paris. “I think it will be late September because we have the Olympics, so I don’t think they will put it in as early as usual. If I fight at the end of June or July (against Dariush, editor’s note), September will be perfect.
A native of Nîmes, Benoît Saint-Denis has competed in 16 MMA fights, with 13 victories and 2 defeats. He has been playing in the UFC since 2021 (7 fights, 5 wins, 2 losses).
