Overview

• The lightweight bout is set for November 15 in New York City on the UFC’s Madison Square Garden pay-per-view.
• Saint-Denis is ranked No. 13 and Dariush No. 9 in the official UFC lightweight standings.
• Both fighters arrive off rebound wins, with Saint-Denis recording two 2025 submissions and Dariush outpointing Renato Moicano in June.
• The booking was reported by RMC Sport with on-the-record confirmation from Saint-Denis’ manager, Guillaume Peltier.
• UFC 322 already features Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev for welterweight gold and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili for the flyweight title, plus Leon Edwards–Carlos Prates, Bo Nickal–Rodolfo Vieira, and Erin Blanchfield–Tracy Cortez.