{"id":124109,"date":"2025-09-06T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124109\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:12:09","slug":"highlights-bsd-derails-ruffy-hype-train-with-huge-choke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124109\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! BSD Derails Ruffy Hype Train With Huge Choke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Benoit Saint-Denis put an end to the Mauricio Ruffy hype train earlier today (Sat., Sept. 6, 2025) at UFC Paris LIVE on <a href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/566982\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a> from inside Accor Arena in Paris, France, ending the flashy Fighting Nerds striker with a dominant second-round submission (rear-naked choke).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite his UFC resume and well-rounded fighting style (not to mention fighting on home soil), BSD was a sizeable betting underdog for his co-main event matchup with Ruffy. That\u2019s due in part to Ruffy\u2019s dominance inside of the Octagon and Saint-Denis\u2019 two previous losses to Dustin Poirier and Renato Moicano. Still, it was ultimately a complete showing for BSD as he reminded the lightweight division that he remains a future title challenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Saint-Denis came straight out of the gate with a clean kick to the body that seemed to hurt Ruffy. A few moments later, BSD began to implement his grappling and takedowns to suffocate Ruffy on the ground. Ruffy, who never got a chance to show off his striking, offered some impressive reversals, but Saint-Denis always found a way to stay in control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The French contender eventually found a chance to finish Ruffy midway through the second round with a rear-naked choke along the fence. Ruffy tried to keep his chin tucked and fought the hands, but BSD would not be denied. Ruffy eventually tapped and the French crowd went completely bonkers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the video highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC Paris results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/385116\/ufc-paris-results-live-streaming-updates-imavov-vs-borralho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benoit Saint-Denis put an end to the Mauricio Ruffy hype train earlier today (Sat., Sept. 6, 2025) at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,45879,46234,6656],"class_list":["post-124109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-espn-fight-night","tag-ufc-videos","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}