Benoît Saint Denis Reportedly Returning To Face Explosive Finisher At UFC 315

The UFC 315 card just got even more stacked with the addition of a thrilling matchup featuring Benoît Saint Denis.

On Monday, Saint Denis took to his YouTube channel to announce that he’ll be making his return at UFC 315, which is scheduled for May 10 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, though he refrained from naming his opponent.

According to a recent report by MMA journalist Álvaro Colmenero, the 29-year-old Frenchman is set to square off against Joel Alvarez in a lightweight showdown.

“God of War” is currently on a two-fight losing skid and was last in action at UFC Fight Night in Paris last September, where he endured a brutal second-round TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at the hands of Renato Moicano.

Saint Denis was riding a five-fight finish streak before his momentum was halted by former interim 155-pound champion Dustin Poirier, who scored a second-round knockout in their March 2024 encounter. He now holds a 5-3 record in the UFC.

Meanwhile, Alvarez is coming off a dominant first-round knockout victory over Drakkar Klose at a Fight Night event in Tampa this past December. “El Fenomeno” last experienced defeat in February 2022 against Arman Tsarukyan, but since then, he’s rebounded strongly with a three-fight win streak.

The 32-year-old Spaniard has secured seven victories in his nine UFC bouts, with each win coming by way of either knockout or submission.

The UFC 315 card will feature two championship bouts at the top of the lineup. In the main event, reigning UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad will make his first title defense against Jack Della Maddalena. Meanwhile, in the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko will defend her flyweight title against Manon Fiorot.

Here’s what the current UFC 315 lineup looks like:

Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena: welterweight title

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Manon Fiorot: women’s flyweight title

Alexa Grasso vs. Natalia Silva: women’s flyweight

Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales: welterweight

Benoit Saint Denis vs. Joel Alvarez: lightweight

Jose Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi: bantamweight

Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan: bantamweight

Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Bruno Silva: middleweight

Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke: welterweight

Jessica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius: women’s flyweight

Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Erslan: light heavyweight

Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cutelaba: light heavyweight




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