Tag: Benoit Saint Denis

Breaking – Dustin Poirier set for return in 5 round fight with Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 299 in March

Dustin Poirier set to five Benoit Saint Denis in 5 round clash at UFC 299 in MarchFormer interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier is set fo his return to the Octagon in the opening quarter of…

Dustin Poirier set to five Benoit Saint Denis in 5 round clash at UFC 299 in March

Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier is set fo his return to the Octagon in the opening quarter of the year, booking a five round co-main event clash with surging division contender, Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 299 on March 9. from the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

Poirier, the current number three ranked lightweight contender, most recently headlined UFC 291 back in July of last year in a symbolic BMF championship clash with fellow former interim lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje.

Suffering just his second knockout loss at the lightweight limit since his 2015 return to the division, in the form of a second round high-kick KO.

Dustin Poirier draws Benoit Saint Denis in UFC 299 comeback

As for Saint Denis, the number twelve ranked lightweight contender turned in a hellacious victory of his own back in November against Matt Frevola, scoring a similarly devastating first round high-kick knockout win. 

UFC CEO, Dana White confirmed the booking of a lightweight clash featuring Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint Denis over the course of five rounds at UFC 299 in March. 

1-2 in his last three Octagon walks, prior to his knockout loss to Gaethje, former interim champion, Poirier landed a third round rear-naked choke win over former title chaser, Michael Chandler at Madison Square Garden in late 2022.

Challenging for undisputed lightweight gold back at the end of 2021, Poirier dropped a third round standing rear-naked choke loss to former undisputed champion, Charles Oliviera.

UFC 299 takes place on March 9. from the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, with an undisputed bantamweight championship fight between Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera slated to take main event honors in the promotion’s return to ‘The Sunshine State’. 

Who wins at UFC 299 in March: Dustin Poirier or Benoit Saint Denis?

UFC stars Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev again accused of PED use: ‘They’re loaded like mules’

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev hit with PED accusations they're loaded like mules Benoit Saint Denis UFCFormer undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and current division kingpin, Islam Makhachev have once more been slapped with accusations…

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev hit with PED accusations they're loaded like mules Benoit Saint Denis UFC

Former undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and current division kingpin, Islam Makhachev have once more been slapped with accusations of utilising PEDs (Performance enhancing drugs) during their respective UFC tenures, according to contender, Benoit Saint Denis, who claimed the pair were “loaded like mules”.

Nurmagomedov, a former undisputed lightweight champion and recent inductee into the promotion’s Hall of Fame, bowed out from the sport back in late 2020, following a spectacular lightweight title unification win over then-interim gold holder, Justin Gaethje in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

As for Islam Makhachev, the American Kickboxing Academy staple and current pound-for-pound number one ranked fighter under the banner of the UFC, headlined a pay-per-view event most recently in October, landing a stunning opening round high-kick knockout win over featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski in the pair’s lightweight rematch.

Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev hit with PED use accusations

And slapped with accusations of utilizing banned substances in the past by common-rival, former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev’s prior indiscretion with the banned substance, meldonium has left the aforenoted, Saint Denis speculating that the stable of fighters are collectively utilizing PEDs “intelligently”.

“Regarding the Nurmagomedov family, for example, I no longer have any doubt,” Benoit Saint Denis told La Figaro during a recent interview. “They are loaded like mules. They are intelligent in the way they do drugs, but they know how to do it very well.”

“(Islam) Makhachev was caught with meldonium, for example, this is a product that got the entire Russian Federation sanctioned and removed from the 2016 Olympics,” Saint Denis continued. “The current UFC lightweight champion got caught in 2016.” 

In the midst of an impressive five-fight undefeated win streak since June of last year, Saint Denis most recently stopped fellow lightweight contender, Matt Frevola with a hellacious first round high-kick KO in the pair’s UFC 295 clash back in November at Madison Square Garden. The stoppage win earned Saint Denis the number twelve rank in the division to boot. 

UFC stars Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev again accused of PED use: ‘They’re loaded like mules’

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev hit with PED accusations they're loaded like mules Benoit Saint Denis UFCFormer undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and current division kingpin, Islam Makhachev have once more been slapped with accusations…

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev hit with PED accusations they're loaded like mules Benoit Saint Denis UFC

Former undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and current division kingpin, Islam Makhachev have once more been slapped with accusations of utilising PEDs (Performance enhancing drugs) during their respective UFC tenures, according to contender, Benoit Saint Denis, who claimed the pair were “loaded like mules”.

Nurmagomedov, a former undisputed lightweight champion and recent inductee into the promotion’s Hall of Fame, bowed out from the sport back in late 2020, following a spectacular lightweight title unification win over then-interim gold holder, Justin Gaethje in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

As for Islam Makhachev, the American Kickboxing Academy staple and current pound-for-pound number one ranked fighter under the banner of the UFC, headlined a pay-per-view event most recently in October, landing a stunning opening round high-kick knockout win over featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski in the pair’s lightweight rematch.

Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev hit with PED use accusations

And slapped with accusations of utilizing banned substances in the past by common-rival, former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev’s prior indiscretion with the banned substance, meldonium has left the aforenoted, Saint Denis speculating that the stable of fighters are collectively utilizing PEDs “intelligently”.

“Regarding the Nurmagomedov family, for example, I no longer have any doubt,” Benoit Saint Denis told La Figaro during a recent interview. “They are loaded like mules. They are intelligent in the way they do drugs, but they know how to do it very well.”

“(Islam) Makhachev was caught with meldonium, for example, this is a product that got the entire Russian Federation sanctioned and removed from the 2016 Olympics,” Saint Denis continued. “The current UFC lightweight champion got caught in 2016.” 

In the midst of an impressive five-fight undefeated win streak since June of last year, Saint Denis most recently stopped fellow lightweight contender, Matt Frevola with a hellacious first round high-kick KO in the pair’s UFC 295 clash back in November at Madison Square Garden. The stoppage win earned Saint Denis the number twelve rank in the division to boot.