Benoit Saint-Denis absolutely mauled short-notice replacement opponent Kyle Prepolec in the UFC 315 main card opening on Saturday night.
Saint-Denis wasted no time taking Prepolec down to the mat. After spending the next couple of minutes establishing top control, Saint-Denis finally started to punish his opponent with some solid ground strikes and nearly cinched in a rear-naked choke.
To his credit, Prepolec stayed composed and weathered the storm, making it back to his stool and into round two.
Prepolec came out and connected with a nice right hand that immediately put a mouse under Saint-Denis’ right eye. As Saint-Denis attempted to answer back, he suffered a poke to the eye that brought a brief halt to the fight. Once underway, Prepolec once again clocked Saint-Denis with a right hand that had the ‘God of War’ hurt.
Saint-Denis clinched up against the fence and unleashed some nasty elbows inside, but Prepolec was more than game, firing back against the fence. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to keep Saint-Denis from lighting him up with a trio of elbows before taking the Canadian down to the mat and straight into an arm-triangle choke.
With no way out, Prepolec had no choice but to tap.
Official Result: Benoit Saint-Denis def. Kyle Prepolec via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:35 of Round 2.
Check Out Highlights From Benoit Saint-Denis vs. Kyle Prepolec at UFC 315:
Benoit Saint Denis gets it done via a nasty arm triangle!!
Some heart on the Canadian with no training camp
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— Ezee (@EzeemmaCraic) May 11, 2025
