{"id":5921,"date":"2025-05-11T04:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T03:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5921"},"modified":"2025-05-11T07:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:16:49","slug":"the-return-of-the-god-of-war-benoit-saint-denis-submits-kyle-prepolec-in-round-2-in-a-fierce-ufc-315-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/the-return-of-the-god-of-war-benoit-saint-denis-submits-kyle-prepolec-in-round-2-in-a-fierce-ufc-315-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the \u201cGod of War\u201d: Beno\u00eet Saint Denis Submits Kyle Prepolec in Round 2 in a Fierce UFC 315 Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2050\" data-end=\"2354\">In the opening of the UFC 315 main card in Montreal, Frenchman <strong data-start=\"2113\" data-end=\"2135\">Beno\u00eet Saint Denis<\/strong> delivered an impressive win over Canadian <strong data-start=\"2178\" data-end=\"2195\">Kyle Prepolec<\/strong>, finishing the fight with a perfectly executed submission in the second round. This victory marks his comeback after suffering two consecutive losses in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2356\" data-end=\"2488\">Prepolec stepped in on short notice following <strong data-start=\"2402\" data-end=\"2418\">Joel \u00c1lvarez<\/strong>&#8216;s withdrawal, but he couldn\u2019t withstand the fury of the \u201cGod of War.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2505\">Round 1:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2506\" data-end=\"2817\">From the outset, Saint Denis dominated with a swift takedown, maintaining control on the ground. He worked relentlessly to secure back control and attempted a rear-naked choke, but Prepolec defended well using the cage. Despite not finding the finish, Saint Denis stayed aggressive with strong ground-and-pound.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2819\" data-end=\"2834\">Round 2:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2835\" data-end=\"3134\">Prepolec started the round with quick strikes, but Saint Denis countered with immediate pressure\u2014landing sharp elbows and knees against the cage. He took the fight back to the ground and locked in a tight <strong data-start=\"3040\" data-end=\"3062\">arm-triangle choke<\/strong>, giving Prepolec no escape. The tap came, ending the bout in round two.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">Frenchman Saint Denis dominates Kyle Prepolec with relentless aggression and seals the deal with a submission in the second round after a ruthless performance!<\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0646\u0633\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0633\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0648\u0646\u064a \u064a\u0647\u064a\u0645\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0643\u0627\u064a\u0644 \u0628\u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0628\u0636\u0631\u0627\u0648\u0629\u060c \u0648\u064a\u0646\u0647\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0632\u0627\u0644 \u0628\u0625\u062e\u0636\u0627\u0639 \u062e\u0646\u0642 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0623\u062f\u0627\u0621 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0631\u062d\u0645! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlTa9pznPC\">pic.twitter.com\/hlTa9pznPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1921447116842455051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3136\" data-end=\"3242\">Under the guidance of coach <strong data-start=\"3164\" data-end=\"3179\">Nicolas Ott<\/strong>, Saint Denis executed a flawless game plan to reclaim victory.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3244\" data-end=\"3260\">Post-Fight:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3261\" data-end=\"3512\">Speaking after the fight, BSD wasted no time in calling out <strong data-start=\"3321\" data-end=\"3339\">Mateusz Gamrot<\/strong>, saying he&#8217;s ready to face him in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca5 Following his victory, Beno\u00eet Saint Denis wasted no time! In fiery comments, he issued a direct challenge to Mateusz Gamrot, confirming his readiness to face him in the coming weeks! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kvMmBG4w6L\">pic.twitter.com\/kvMmBG4w6L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1921448546189902255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3261\" data-end=\"3512\">He also mentioned <strong data-start=\"3410\" data-end=\"3424\">Dan Hooker<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"3429\" data-end=\"3447\">Justin Gaethje<\/strong>, signaling his serious intent to climb the lightweight rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the opening of the UFC 315 main card in Montreal, Frenchman Beno\u00eet Saint Denis delivered an impressive win over Canadian Kyle Prepolec, finishing the fight with a perfectly executed submission in the second round. This victory marks his comeback after suffering two consecutive losses in 2024. Prepolec stepped in on short notice following Joel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc-news","10":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5921\/revisions\/5923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}