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Rumor spread throughout the week about the lightweight collision between Benoit St. Denis (14-3, 1 NC) and Mauricio Ruffy (12-1), thanks in part to some hints dropped on social media by the latter. On Thursday, St. Denis’ team of Bulgarian Top Team broke the news that the potential all-action banger has been booked for Sept. 6. Presumably in the main card of UFC Paris, the two lightweights will cross swords with a place in the rankings on the line.
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Familiar Territory for One Man
This will be the fourth appearance for “BSD” on French soil as a professional, with all four taking place in the UFC due to the past ban on MMA in his home country. While he won the first two by second-round knockout, he faced Renato “Money” Moicano last year and needed the doctor to rescue him from further harm after 10 rough minutes. The Frenchman has since rebounded by throttling Kyle Prepolec with an arm-triangle choke in Canada this past May, thus keeping his finish rate as a pro at 100%.
Of the two, it is Ruffy who has gone the distance in victory. The Brazilian first did so in his sophomore UFC appearance, needing all three rounds to get past James Llontop. The Fighting Nerds staple went on to wreck Bobby Green with a spinning wheel kick in March to advance his win streak to seven. Eleven of his 12 pro victories ended via strikes.
UFC Paris will go down on Sept. 6 inside of the Accor Arena in France’s capital city. The fight card also known as UFC Fight Night 258 will be headlined by a middleweight contest pitting Nassourdine Imavov against Caio Borralho. Additional tilts likely serving on the main card include Marcin Tybura vs. Ante Delija at heavyweight, as well as a light heavyweight scrap as Modestas Bukauskas faces Paul Craig.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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