“Fighter returns after five-year absence to save UFC 315 main card fight”
A Canadian fighter is about for a large alternative when he returns to the UFC on quick discover to battle on the primary card of UFC 315.
The world’s main MMA promotion returns to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada this Saturday for UFC 315. The occasion is topped by a welterweight title battle between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena, and it additionally options Valentina Shevchenko defending her girls’s flyweight belt in opposition to Manon Fiorot within the co-main occasion.
The night time’s major card took a significant hit final week when it was confirmed that Joel Alvarez was out of his major card light-weight conflict with Benoit Saint-Denis, however just some days out from the occasion it seems to be like Saint-Denis has a brand new opponent.
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First reported by Sportsnet’s Aaron Bronsteter, Ontario-native Kyle Prepolec is about to return at UFC 315 and meet Saint Denis greater than 5 years after his first run within the Octagon.
“Killshot” put collectively a 14-5 professional report earlier than first becoming a member of the UFC in 2019, however back-to-back choice losses to Nordine Taleb and Austin Hubbard sadly introduced a swift finish to the Canadian’s time with the promotion.
Prepolec didn’t battle for practically two years earlier than he returned to assert the inaugural Samourai MMA light-weight belt in 2021. After shedding a choice to fellow UFC veteran Shane Campbell in his subsequent battle, the 35-year-old has put collectively a powerful three-fight run of first-round finishes to as soon as once more appeal to the eye of the UFC.
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The Canadian will leap straight into the deep finish of the light-weight division at UFC 315, as Saint-Denis is presently the promotion’s #13-ranked light-weight contender because of an unbelievable five-fight streak of finishes that preceded his present two-fight skid in opposition to Dustin Poirier and Renato Moicano.
The 2 lightweights are set to kick off the primary card motion when UFC 315 goes down on the Bell Centre on Saturday, and the opposite two non-title bouts on the night time’s PPV function former titleholders Alexa Grasso and Jose Aldo taking over Natalia Silva and Aiemann Zahabi.
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