The UFC is bringing even more excitement to its return to Montreal.
A lightweight fight between Benoit Saint Denis and Joel Alvarez has been confirmed for UFC 315 at the Bell Centre. This information was confirmed by sources familiar with the promotion`s plans after an initial report by Eurosport.
Benoit Saint Denis is looking to return to winning form after suffering two consecutive losses. Prior to these setbacks, he had an impressive run of five finishes in the lightweight division. This earned him a fight against former interim champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 299 in March 2024, where he lost by knockout. In his most recent fight, headlining UFC Paris in September, Saint Denis was defeated by Renato Moicano.
Joel Alvarez enters this fight on a three-fight winning streak, and has won seven of his last eight bouts. After a TKO loss to Arman Tsarukyan in February 2022, Alvarez has secured victories over Marc Diakiese, Elves Brener, and Drakkar Klose, the latter at UFC Tampa in December.
UFC 315 is headlined by a welterweight title fight featuring champion Belal Muhammad against Jack Della Maddalena. The co-main event will see Valentina Shevchenko defending her flyweight title against Manon Fiorot.
