UFC Paris 3. Benoît Saint-Denis is set to face Jalin Turner in Paris. Sport

For the third year in a row, the UFC will set up its cage in France. It will be on September 28, at the Accor Arena in Paris Bercy. A third edition which promises to be even more exciting, after the great success of the first two. And once again, French fighters should be very numerous on the card.

If Ciryl Gane, who has not fought since his defeat against Jon Jones, should be the headliner of the evening, Benoît Saint-Denis, who has experienced the biggest progression in recent months, should also enter the arena quite late. “BSD”, who has just announced the end of his collaboration with his trainer Daniel Woirin, will indeed have a fight to get back on track. The Frenchman remains on a defeat against Dustin Poirier last March and must therefore get back on the path to victory.

A fight to get back on track

For this, his team is working on a fight that is intended to be a little less ambitious than Poirier (then No. 3 among lightweights). An agreement would be on the verge of being reached with Jalin Turner, No. 12 in the category (just one place above “God of war”).

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The American has a different profile. More adept at wrestling and grappling, he seems to correspond more to BSD. The latter, as a reminder, has just fought a pure grappling fight. A good way to prepare for what awaits him in September in front of the French fans.