This is the UFC 322 live blog for Beneil Dariush vs. Benoit Saint Denis, the main card catchweight bout Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Dariush (23-6-1), currently No. 8 in the MMA ...

Benoit Saint Denis opened the UFC 322 main card in style. Saint Denis knocked out Beneil Dariush 16 seconds into their lightweight bout Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. The win was ...

Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features ...

Dariush (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) enters his second contest of 2025, but came in heavy at official weigh-ins, missing weight for the second time during his UFC run. In his first outing of the year, ...

Beneil Dariush will forfeit 20% of his purse at UFC 322, after the lightweight veteran missed weight by 1.2. pounds Friday. Dariush (23-6-1) weighed in at 157.2 pounds for his nontitle bout against ...

The lightweight division gets another high-stakes matchup at UFC 322 as veteran contender Beneil Dariush faces surging French powerhouse Benoit Saint-Denis. Dariush (23-6-1) enters this bout after a ...

Beneil Dariush says the UFC protects fighters from facing certain opponents. | 📷: UFC/Getty Beneil Dariush recently hinted that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has a slight bias towards fighters ...

The UFC's return to Madison Square Garden was already looking stacked, and the card has a new big addition in the lightweight division. Benoit Saint Denis will meet Beneil Dariush in a battle of top ...

Beneil Dariush’s last UFC opponent says a fight with Mauricio Ruffy would be one-way traffic. The Fighting Nerds’ star Ruffy has been calling out perennial contender Beneil Dariush ever since Ruffy ...