Amid hypothesis all through struggle week relating to an obvious staph an infection on his behalf forward of his UFC 299 final evening, light-weight contender, Benoit Saint-Denis confirmed he was combating “with an infection” en path to his second spherical knockout loss to Dustin Poirier in Miami.
Saint-Denis, who noticed his gorgeous five-fight successful run halted by Lafayette putting ace, Poirier final evening, succumbed to strikes in brutal trend within the second spherical of their large UFC 299 co-headliner final evening in Florida.
Beginning with an unimaginable tempo and output towards the previous interim light-weight titleholder, French contender, Saint-Denis appeared en path to a shocking victory over Poirier towards the tip of the primary body, threatening with quite a few submission makes an attempt in addition to discovering his vary on the toes.
Nevertheless, clearly compromised within the early goings of the second spherical regardless of a valiant effort, Saint-Denis was dropped to a knee after Poirier landed effectively with a left counter uppercut, earlier than he was dropped as soon as extra quickly thereafter – this time with a cannoning proper hook shot from the previous interim gold holder, rendering him unconscious.
Benoit Saint-Denis confirms battle with an infection forward of UFC 299
And releasing an announcement within the quick aftermath of his high-profile loss, Saint-Denis issued reward to Poirier and thanked the Louisianan for taking the struggle with him, earlier than confirming he was battling an an infection, and was using antibiotics throughout struggle week – which followers speculated was the case forward of UFC 299.
“Bonjour la France, sadly tonight I couldn’t absolutely categorical myself,” Benoit Saint-Denis wrote on his official Instagram web page. “My physique didn’t sustain after a qeek of antibiotics to struggle an an infection. All through I used to be current however my physique was absent, it didn’t react as traditional. I on;y had one spherical to present you”
“Sorry to disappoint you, I’ll come again stronger, due to Dustin (Poirier) for accepting this struggle,” Benoit Saint-Denis defined. “It was not possible for me to not seize the chance of such a struggle. Thanks everybody for the assist. Thanks my crew and household. BSD.”
Heralded for his victory over Saint-Denis final evening, Poirier obtained reward from undisputed light-weight kingpin, Islam Makhachev – earlier than the Russian’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz provided the previous interim champion the possibility to struggle for gold towards Makhachev as quickly as June in a return to the Octagon.
What’s subsequent for Benoit Saint-Denis after his loss at UFC 299?
