In entrance of his dwelling nation, Benoit Saint Denis could have scored the most important victory in his MMA profession, ending the rising Mauricio Ruffy within the UFC Paris co-main occasion.
Saint Denis received off to a fast begin, pressuring Ruffy and getting him up towards the fence. The motion moved to the bottom, and Saint Denis received into full mount simply 60 seconds into the bout. Saint Denis appeared to get to Ruffy’s again, however Ruffy shook him off and introduced the struggle again to the toes. BSD would convey the motion again to the bottom, maintaining Ruffy in his grasp till an unintended low blow, after which controlling the motion on the toes within the spherical’s last 40 seconds.
BSD remained in agency management, scoring a takedown through the second spherical earlier than locking in a rear-naked choke and scoring the submission.
Benoit Saint Denis Submits Mauricio Ruffy At UFC Paris
Saint Denis has now received two straight and 7 of his final 9. This marked his second straight submission win, following his submission of Kyle Prepolec at UFC 315.
This marks simply the second lack of Ruffy’s skilled MMA profession. He was 3-0 within the UFC getting into this struggle, coming into tonight off a head-kick knockout of King Inexperienced at UFC 313.