A lightweight matchup between Beneil Dariush and Benoit Saint-Denis has been added to the upcoming UFC 322 card in New York, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Dariush and Saint-Denis are both ranked in the top-15 at 155 pounds with Dariush the No. 9 contender and Saint Denis at No. 13.
Saint-Denis is off to a 2-0 start to his 2025 campaign with back-to-back submission wins over Kyle Prepolic in May and Mauricio Ruffy at the beginning of September. The 29-year-old from France is 7-2 in the UFC’s lightweight division.
Dariush rebounded from a two-fight losing streak with a decision win over Renato Moicano in June. The 36-year-old American was coming off a lengthy injury layoff that followed a pair of 2023 knockout losses to Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan.
UFC 322 is scheduled to take place Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden.
Other bouts currently set for the event:
— Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev (for welterweight title)
— Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili (for women’s flyweight title)
— Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
— Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
— Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
— Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
— Baysangur Susurkaev vs. Eric McConico
— Kyle Daukaus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
— Angela Hill vs. Fatima Kline
