NEW YORK – Benoit Saint-Denis is whom Mauricio Ruffy desires to fulfill within the octagon for his subsequent UFC outing.
Ruffy, some of the promising rising fighters at 155 kilos, known as out the gritty veteran following his victory at Saturday’s UFC 309 in Madison Sq. Backyard. Ruffy (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) defeated James Llontop (14-5 MMA, 0-3 UFC) in a unanimous resolution that served because the opener of the pay-per-view foremost card.
For Ruffy, Saint-Denis is a logical subsequent step, and a step followers would very a lot get pleasure from in his profession.
“The man is coming off two losses and individuals are me and beginning to level the finger and say, ‘This man is developing,’” Ruffy mentioned on the UFC 309 post-fight press convention. “I feel it will likely be a extremely good combat, and it’s not even coming from me. Lots of people on-line and on social media would love that combat to occur. I feel it will likely be an awesome combat. I hope he takes it.”
Ruffy hasn’t had a straightforward highway to get to the octagon. The Combating Nerds product was purported to combat Charlie Campbell on Saturday, however his rival withdrew from the combat days away from the occasion. Llontop ended up stepping in on brief discover, however the combat was moved to a catchweight, which Llontop missed weight for.
“It’s been a mixture of studying experiences,” Ruffy mentioned. “You speak about six months: six months of camp, six months of weight-reduction plan, six months of getting ready for fights that didn’t occur. Loads of studying experiences, however I do need to thank the UFC for the chance to be right here at a card in Madison Sq. Backyard. I realized rather a lot and I took rather a lot from these experiences.”
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