Top-ranked lightweight contenders Benoit Saint-Denis and Beneil Dariush are reportedly set to meet at UFC 322.
Scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 11, UFC 322 is topped by a pair of title bouts that while see Islam Makhachev and Weili Zhang both try to claim belts in new weight classes when they move up to face Jack Della Maddalena and Valentina Shevchenko.
The UFC always makes an effort to stack its annual show at Madison Square Garden, and RMC Sport Combat reports that the card has added a massive lightweight fight between Dariush and Saint-Denis.
Benoit Saint-Denis Seeks Third-Straight Win At UFC 322
Currently the UFC’s #13-ranked lightweight contender, Saint-Denis is riding high after picking up a huge submission-win over Mauricio Ruffy in the co-main event of UFC Paris.
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The result marked the first time that Ruffy has lost since joining the UFC, and Saint-Denis was also able to return to France and pick up a huge win in his home country after he was stopped by Renato Moicano in the headlining fight for last year’s edition of UFC Paris.
“God of War” stormed into the lightweight rankings with a five-fight win streak where he finished every opponent he faced before running into former interim lightweight titleholder Dustin Poirier at UFC 299. Saint-Denis was stopped by Moicano at UFC Paris six months later, but he submitted Kyle Prepolec at UFC 315 in May and now carries the momentum of back-to-back wins after defeating Ruffy.
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Standing across from Saint-Denis at UFC 322 will be the #9-ranked Dariush, who made his UFC debut as an undefeated prospect all the way back in 2014.
