Overview

• Top-15 lightweight Benoit Saint-Denis is booked in the UFC Paris co-main event against Mauricio Ruffy.
• Saint-Denis said he “would have loved” a Mateusz Gamrot fight and confirmed they tried to make it happen.
• Ruffy enters behind No. 13–ranked Saint-Denis in the UFC lightweight standings, positioning BSD as the higher-seeded fighter.
• The French contender acknowledged past home-pressure issues from his Paris loss to Renato Moicano and says he expects to be calmer now.
• The former special forces veteran and openly Christian athlete seeks a second straight win after submitting Kyle Prepolec in May.