Benoit Saint-Denis is headed again dwelling to Paris for his subsequent battle, a 5 spherical affair towards Renato Moicano.
Saint-Denis is coming off a tricky loss to Dustin Poirier again in March, however the UFC nonetheless clearly sees a shiny future for the 28 12 months outdated “God of Struggle.” The promotion is placing him in the principle occasion slot for his or her annual September foray to France, set this 12 months for September twenty eighth on the 15,000 seat Accor Enviornment.
It’s not a title shot, however a fairly good comfort prize.
Verbal agreements for the bout had been first reported by AG Combat, with MMA Junkie confirming contracts have now been signed.
Saint-Denis is 5-2 within the UFC and at the moment sits at No. 12 within the light-weight rankings. The No. 10 ranked Moicano is 11-5 and is at the moment on a 3 battle win streak. His final win was an exciting come-from-behind victory over Jailin Turner at UFC 300. Given each males’s kinds, that is going to be a wild battle that in all probability received’t make it the scorecards.
UFC France is slightly below three months away now, which suggests we should always begin getting extra information as to who else will battle on the cardboard. There’s loads of scorching native expertise to select from: Ciryl Gane headlined the final two Combat Nights within the nation, and Manon Fiorot vs. Rose Namajunas was final 12 months’s co-main.
Gane and Fiorot are each unbooked in the intervening time, so likelihood is good they’ll find yourself in France — except UFC decides to match Manon up towards champion Alexa Grasso for his or her huge Noche UFC Sphere occasion a number of weeks earlier. We’ll maintain you up to date as this newest Paris card shapes up.
