UFC light-weight contender Benoit Saint Denis has spoken about what he needs subsequent within the division.
This previous weekend, Benoit Saint Denis earned one of many largest wins of his profession when he defeated Dan Hooker at UFC 325. The victory serves as his fourth straight end within the UFC, and given the best way wherein he’s been capable of get by way of these fights, it feels fairly sure that he’s going to have a giant check coming in his subsequent outing.
In some ways, Benoit Saint Denis is without doubt one of the main examples of the ‘future’ of the light-weight division. Ilia Topuria is clearly the reigning world champion, however BSD continues to be simply 30 years of age and appears to be getting higher and higher.
In his post-fight press conference appearance, Benoit Saint Denis had the next to say about who he needs subsequent.
Benoit Saint Denis appears to be like to the long run
“I’m absolutely centered on anyone inside the highest 5, however the undisputed belt and the BMF belt are my first pursuits. My first focal point is to combat the winner of Islam or Holloway, or the winner of Justin versus Ilia. But when it has to occur, I’ll combat Arman, after all, and I’ll take his spot.”
Saint Denis is a fairly well-liked man each inside his personal fanbase and amongst different fighters, with the likes of Paddy Pimblett and even his current foe Dan Hooker popping out and saying how a lot they like him. If he can proceed to construct momentum, there’s completely no motive why he can’t problem for the world title, and it could come loads earlier than folks assume.
Will a BMF title combat be in his fast future? In that case, that might be one hell of a scrap no matter who wins the UFC 326 essential occasion.
