Diakiese powerful, however I’m greater than prepared

Benoit Saint Denis is worked up to compete underneath the ADXC ruleset.

Saint Denis faces Marc Diakiese in a no-gi welterweight grappling match, which headlines ADXC 4 Could 18 at Dojo De Paris in France. Saint Denis was initially linked to a matchup vs. No. 1 UFC light-weight contender Arman Tsarukyan, however it by no means materialized.

Diakiese has closely resorted to his grappling in his current octagon bouts, and Saint Denis acknowledges that.

“I imagine he fell in love with the method with one other self-discipline of combined martial arts, which is the grappling and the wrestling half,” Saint Denis informed MMA Junkie on Diakiese. “He’s a very good wrestler, he’s an athlete, he’s within the UFC a very long time. Will probably be powerful opposition, however I’m greater than prepared. Let’s see who’s going to win and who’s going to place stress 18th of Could.”

In his most up-to-date octagon outing, Saint Denis was knocked out by Dustin Poirier at UFC 299 in March. He sees ADXC 4 as a very good alternative to proceed engaged on his craft till he will get one other combat booked.

“The proposition ADXC is giving us may be very thrilling,” Saint Denis mentioned. “You should have lots of cage management, you should have much more aggressive grappling fashion strategy with judging not solely being on factors and on ways, however on engagement of the fighters. It’s an thrilling strategy to put issues on the desk and to have an amazing present, and to have time to arrange for one particular a part of the combined martial arts profession.”