A huge announcement. And a fierce fight ahead. UFC boss Dana White announced this Sunday evening that Benoît Saint-Denis will face Dustin Poirier in the UFC co-main event in Miami. The appointment is made for March 9. The Frenchman, who continues to impress and finds himself 12th in the middleweight ranking, will face the American (3rd), a real reference in the discipline.
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“Saint-Denis is on a streak of five consecutive victories and all before the end of the third round,” says big boss Dana White to explain the reasons for this upcoming fight. “He says he is the new 'BMF' (baddest boy) in the UFC and he will have the opportunity to prove it against Dustin Poirier who is an absolute 'savage' and always goes to war. Both guys agreed on a five round fight and they got it. Now it's the co-main event of the Miami evening. »
“I want the best possible opponent: but clearly, if they gave me Makhachev tomorrow, I would be the happiest in the world; but it works in stages, admitted the Frenchman, who served in the special forces, to Le Figaro last December. Someone in the top ten, close to the top five, that would already be exceptional, that's what we want. " Mission accomplished. See you on March 9th.