French fighter Benoit St. Denis has had a lot of success lately, but the French star took his game to a whole new level Saturday at UFC 295 with one of the biggest knockouts in UFC history. UFC.
بنوا سان دينيس 🇫🇷 بالركلة القاضية يُسقط خصمه مات فريفولا 🇺🇸 بالجولة الاولى🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#UFC295
Benoit Saint-Denis 🇫🇷 knockout knockout his opponent Matt Frevola 🇺🇸 in the first round 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #UFC295 pic.twitter.com/4sKM1rvl3d
— mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) November 12, 2023
After Saint Denis and Frevola fought, Frevola stood up and turned away from Saint Denis, moving to his right. Saint Denis was on him, cutting him off and delivering a high left kick that instantly knocked Frevola down.
The victory was his fifth in a row and improved his record to 12-1. More importantly, he has proven himself not only as a top 15 fighter, but also as a threat to everyone else in the division.
Saint-Denis’ only loss came at UFC 267 on October 30, 2021, when he lost by unanimous decision to Eliseo Zaleski dos Santos in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Since then, he has put together five straight wins and become a threat at every position.