Benoit Saint Denis' Journey From Special Forces to The Octagon | UFC Connected
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- Born into a military family, Benoit Saint-Denis joined the French special forces keen to fight for his country; after an exceptional military career he continues to represent France but on a different battlefield; the Octagon.
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His first and only loss was against a guy who was later tested positive for drugs, la France est avec toi Benoît !
Merci
@@JosephAndreLno problem Benoît 😂
And from a higher weight category and on short notice.
He tested positive for a different period of time, facts no excuses.
@@Vera150607He was still doing steroids, he just got caught later
Wow Benoit is a lot more interesting than I thought. Definitely feels like a movie character and he’s promotable.
Facts 100%
Yes was a good publicity , lot of fish attached 😂
He just doesn't look like 28 years old. Absolute killer
Holy shit he’s 28? I thought he was 37 years old
Special Operation will age you fast.
Yeah lol be funny to see him with his brother's now? The youngest but looks like he's got 15-20 years on them 😂
@@carloscordova6304 most of pro MMA fighters look older, what they do to their bodies is crazy.
@@carloscordova6304that's what happen when you spend your 20s fighting terrorists in Sahara instead of playing video games
His father was in some serious stuff too, French Foreign Legion is no.joke.
Actually French officer, I think his father finished like colonel or a lieutenant colonel. Real military family
French sas is no joke i think he one upped his dad 😂
@@BJJISTHEGAYPARTOFMMAHuh, hard to tell, French Foreign Legion and SF are too different and extremely hard in different ways.
And judging by the jump wings, I see oh his uniform in that family photo, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
@tonyhawk94 you can't compare French special forces and the legion in that respect. That's similar to comparing the British sas to the royal marines. They are completely different things and special forces would generally be harder.
I'm a simple man, I see Benoit Sain t Denis, I click
Cos yoi gay😂
@@salvitiello2738when u see greatness u dont look away.
@@salvitiello2738 Oh yeah like you'd be any better than the #12 ranked lightweight of the world
@@salvitiello2738 The dude is sayin nonsense to random ppl actually not realising he is telling himself this is hilarious. Can't wait for the fight tho
This guy is gonna be a fan favorite. It's one thing to fight against killers inside the octagon, another to have the experience to perform under pressure with actual assassins in war.
Mikro cro cop type shit
cold AF
He has the ideal backstory for the UFC and the fan base.
UFC knows that and they promote him haaaaard. Another way to look at it is how can he be fighting Dustin after such minimal wins. Okay they were good wins but he always took damage and the opponents were nowhere near top 5 or top10. I fear UFC will want to give him a title fight if he wins against Dustin lol
Meanwhile in other categories, you have excellent fighters who beat everyone, and need to wait yeaaaars before they are presented with a top 5 contender. Others who have interim belt and get fights to defend their interim belts...
Good for Benoit and he might get the win over Dustin, but just a shame for the UFC as they are turning into a big joke. Nothing that they do across division make sense.
@@lkix8010 Why do you fear they give him a title fight if he wins Poirier? It would be legitimate since it would prove he is a legitimate candidate for the title.
Two wrongs don't make one right, according to what you said the problem is more that some fighters don't get the fights they deserve
This is the only guy that retired a referee by being too tough. The ref of the dos Santos fight, had another fight assigned that night, and someone in the ufc made sure that this didn't happen.
I'm American, but I don't care where you're from, I respect any soldier, especially special forces.
Why did you feel the need to tell us you’re American?
@@user-gx1wd9te8d maybe because BSD is a French soldier, and he wants to emphasize the fact that he respects soldiers from every country ?
@@nickbx6009 yes he said that but what does that have to do with him being American? You’ve literally just repeated what he initially said with no added explanation.
@@user-gx1wd9te8d cuz I feel like it would be weird giving my opinion on a French soldier without clarifying that I am not French. Why are you bothered? You need a hug or something?
@@user-gx1wd9te8dSo what if he says he's American? How does this bother you?
This man is what a true warrior is. From SOF the ellite of the elite in the military to the UFC the elite of the elite in MMA. This fight will be a banger. All the best luck from a German military member.
🇩🇪🤜💥🤛🇩🇪
Tim Kennedy
My god. I cannot think of a more example for a Warrior. Respect
Benoît fiereté nationale ! T’es notre représentant et tout nous rend tellement fière ! En route pour l’histoire ✝️🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
That much cauliflower in less than 6 years that's an impressive amount of grappling
BJJ and Judo Black Belt
He did judo growing up, starting at 8 (according to his Wikipedia page).
That makes sense. Judo
looks so nasty
Dude is a operator without weapons!
seek and destroy
Let’s be honest, since you saw Saint Denis for the first time you got enthusiast. Since I saw his first UFC fight… damn, I’m in love
La France est avec toi BSD 👊🇨🇵.
Un vrai guerrier inspirant.
This dude is not afraid to die
Exactly. He’s 1 of 1.
Bonsoir . Non .
😂😂😂😂
Did he tell you that? Or do you believe everything someone says over a soundtrack?
@@neomma1 everyone is afraid of dying but when you join the special forces, you are ready to die there
His loss to Dos Santos is one of the most brutal beatdowns of all time. The commentary team was begging for it to be stopped. Fighters need to stop taking short notice fights.
Dos santos was also positve
Si le combat avait été au USA,il aurait été transformé en No-contest. C'est Dana White qui l'a déjà dit.
Benoît vient d'avoir 28 ans et il n'a pas beaucoup de combats.
Il veut encore se tester de cette manière pendant son Prime et comme tout les autres avant lui,il se calmera mais pour l'instant "non".
Il veut du sang,eil veut de la violence et il va faire tous ce qu'il peut pour aller au plus près de la ceinture de Champion,et même de la BMF.
C'est quelqu'un de très simple. Il va aller au bout des ses limites et on verra où elles s'arrêtent.
@@Nicolas_Francois
Fuck yeah, man.
Fuck yeah. 👍
@@Roy13ful No he wasn't. Not for their fight. He popped dirty an entire year AFTER their fight.
an inspiring personality, he is determined, courageous, humble.
he progresses fight after fight towards the objective he has set for himself, after having experienced the "real" war, having had to fight for his life and that of others, he has forged a mentality, an extraordinary discipline.
on top of all that he likes it, he likes to confront brave adversaries, I wish him to achieve his goals and write his own legend.
respect🙌🏻
Not true 😂👋
Allez Benoît saint Denis, vive la France 🇨🇵⚔️🇨🇵
I support this guy from Poland!
I support Pologne, proud of Europe, dont let your country become like France...continue to protect your People.
Interesting that the one fight they skipped was the Bonfim one, since it's the only one at 155 so far in which Benoît was an underdog.
Maybe they're sparing Bonfim's image
true, his best performance actually
yeah true, also maybe because they where no crowd at Bonfim fight, maybe putting it between the 2 UFC Paris in the video would have been strange
Next champ
ALLEZ BENOÎT 🔥🔥🔥🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
🇲🇦 🇩🇿 🫵🏽
@@charlieolives4484Vous ne savez pas vous battre tout seul alors dans une cage 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 vive la France !!!! (Ka🆘 🇲🇦🇩🇿)
Damn. I love Dustin but it’s hard not to pull for this guy
Absolute salute to BSD well done. This is a new era where, Europe will without a doubt. Take over the UFC in spectacular fashion.
Lmao they said the same thing when Conor was on the rise 😂
@@titans360ify Difference now is that since McGregor era, ufc has become alot more popular in europe. Look at the champs or potential champs as well. Leon, Aspinall, Topuria and BSD. The future is looking bright.
@@twopeople158BSD isn't a champion yet calm down. And you know very well even if he becomes champ, the moment usman enters the UFC he'd dethrone him
@@ahmadjauhar4562 If you could read, you would've seen I said 'potential'. I don't know which Usman you're referring to but BSD got a long way to go regardless. If he wins this one, a next fight vs chandler would be nice.
@@titans360ify 4 or 5 years now mma is autorised in France, no country around the world is upgrading like us! Kiss
Hard not to root for this guy. Hope to see him succeed and stick around for a while.
Dudes a beast
Future champion for sure.
Didn't know the great Tim Kennedy is training with BSD !! This is just awesome. So many values in common. I will never forget what Yoel Romero's corner did to Tim... who could have made Yoel's carreer look absolutely different. Big up and much respect to you fighters. War Benoit.
Respect for this guy!!
The guy fought terrorists, I guess this cage must feel like a very safe place to him
By far, with no close second.. the coolest dude France has ever produced.
You forget Napoléon.
Oops slight oversight
Napoleon, De Gaulle, Jean Moulin, Lafayette, Ferdinand Foch, De Hauteclocque, Turenne, Lannes, Danton, Guesclin, Ney, Davout, Sébastien Foy, Bazaine, Dreyfus, Joffre, Tanguy... And a woman, Jeanne d'Arc.
Let me know if you need more names once you've checked those, I'll happily give you more.
@@benouihein430 Louis de Funès, Bourville, Marcel Cerdan, charlemagne, Louis XIV, Henri IV, Zidane, Blaise Pascal, Molière, and so on.
@@benouihein430 All these names and you forgot the famous knight Bayard, "Le chevalier sans peur et sans reproches" :)
But there are more anyway: Surcouf, Jean Bart, the heroic Albert Roche that captured 1180 Germans during WW1 among other things, and more people.
The thing that the documentary dont say, is that Daniel, his trainer, trained Anderson Silva for most of his carrer
He also trained Dan Henderson, Machida, Belfort etc ...
@@fiefienpremier true
When you know all the dirty shit in which french special force are involved in Africa, you know that this guy can go through worse than an ufc fight. The fight against dos santos confirmed this
Killing the people to steal the resources, gtfoh. Imperialism is a cancer.
Why are they still in africa, i thought colony time is over?
The big (((companys))) still got interest
Indeed, but France still has interests there and fight against terrorism since we have been the target of several terrorist attacks this last decade
@@charlieolives4484😂
Legend vs Futur Legend💎🇺🇲🤝🏻🇨🇵❤️
Je suis français, et surpris de voir l'engouement que Benoît suscite à l'international à travers tout ces commentaires.
Force à Benoît⚜️, force à Dustin💎, ce 🔝combat va tous nous faire vibrer, quel que soit le côté de l'atlantique où nous serons❗️
🔥🤘💀♠️🔥
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I don't know if it's new UFC fans or bots but y'll really thought he was gonna beat Dustin huh...
He looks 52. War age you fast. I think hes the next big thing in UFC, a true samurai like Georges Saint-Pierre.
Les noms de famille en " saint " sont fou
Let’s go Benoit! 🇫🇷 ⚜️
Yes let's go to buy bidet 😂😢
👍👍👍👍
Le jour de gloire est arrivé 🎉
What a warrior, have nothing against Dustin, but Saint Denis is someone who you want to see succeed.
His biggest plus point is his army discipline.
indeed
Oui c'est clair.
This guy is a real killer .
No
Crazy he is the only one besides Tim Kennedy ofcourse to be SF/SOF and a successful pro MMA fighter! Thats impressive! Fulltime warrior!
Benoît Saint Denis a fait partie des meilleurs soldats au monde et il fait maintenant partie des meilleurs combattants au monde... Pas de blabla et de bruit inutile, que du concret.
Cet homme est hors du commun force a lui.
I respect this man because he is something I always wanted to be brave, tenacious, resilient, and humble. Hope his career takes him a long way, BSD all the way!
Dude, I don't want either of these guys to lose though...😢
Benoit/Cyril/Manon/Salhadine (you are already a champ), you all have talent to be champ! Go France!
This is a masterpiece. well done UFC
If the best version of Dustin comes out.. this guy is going to have problems
BSD loves problems! More problems more excited!
LOOOL
I’m 1-1 lately on picking veterans to win, I had Volk and Ortega. Imma switch it up and say BSD by TKO 2nd. Dustin has a breaker box now thx to Justin and that switch gettin flipped
Yes 4 of his fights are this year, people forget just how good is Poiriers resume
@@hagakure74Dustin’s been knocked out before and he returned just fine
Exactly, this fellas boxing isn't that great so if Dustin is on it should be a demolition of the Frenchman sadly - It's too soon for him yo be facing Dustin imo
Bro was in the French SAS, this dude is elite!
im rooting for this guy
He won’t last past round 3. TKO round 3 or 4 Dustin
wise decision 🏆
Me too
This dude is sick!! 🔥🔥🔥
They mention him being ex-Special Forces like twenty times. 😂
C'est vrai qu'ils abusent. Pourtant avant l'UFC,il en parlait déjà mais avec le montage,on a l'impression qu'il ne parle que de ça alors qu'il a beaucoup plus de choses à dire en plus.
@@Nicolas_FrancoisJ’aime beaucoup ton teeshirt mon frère ! Tous derrière notre Benoit ! Quelle fiereté 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Gained a fan in me. I appreciate your service for your country. You’ve also got the most bad ass nickname on the game
Allez Benoit! On est tous derriere toi!
Tous derrière le chevalier ⚔️🇫🇷🇫🇷
Oh so he was special forces SPECIAL FORCES
I got a feeling his fight against Dustin is gna be an absolute war 💯
Allez Benoit la France est derrière toi. 🔥
This has all the makings of an absolute classic. Allez Benoit , toute une nation derriere toi
Benoit is a true warrior, wishing the best for him & his future
Well, glad that UFC finally brought this up
He is a real warrior in heart and mind✌️.
Cannot wait for this fight 🤩
Benoit Saint-Denis, allons-yyyyyyy !
Merci à l'UFC pour ce magnifique documentaire et de mettre en avant ce combattant exceptionnel, et quoi de mieux pour le faire briller que de rencontrer cet immense champion qu'est Dustin Poirier : Sa victoire ne sera que plus belle !!!
Allez Benoît on est tous avec toi !!! 💙🤍❤ ⚔
Great Video
Benoît saint Denis America and Europe believe in U❤
His walkout song has so much aura
Force à Benoit et Respect Dustin.
Saint Denis, warrior 💥🥊🇫🇷
Awesome fighter 👍❤
This guy is slowly becoming the new fan favorite. Kinda like Alex Pereira just smaller 🤣
Force à toi BSD !! Humble
Dustin is a Big Legend 🇺🇲💎🤝🏻🇨🇵
Allez Benoit ! Toute la France est avec toi ! Force et honneur !
Benoit 🇫🇷🇫🇷
BSD is a real warrior, a guy who is able to kill with cold blood and respect.
Kids a beast. He’s got his first real test on Saturday night. Going to be a badass fight!!
Montjoie ! Saint Denis ! Chevalier de France en route pour le combat 💪🙏
LETS GO BSD !!!!
Let's Go!!! BSD on est la!!
Reminds me alot of a fighter like DDP . Shear will to win at any cost or die trying ....
He's a beast - but Porier is too. Looking forward to this, should be the main event.
Un vrai français 🇲🇫💪 Force et Honneur je prie pour la famille Saint Denis
he fought in welterweight first...i think a war against zaleski dosantos
I watched the video too
@@joelgroves7500 I commented before. Because I knew. BUT thanks
He got smashed
@@jmz2144 smashed in one round yes, but he score a lot in that fight too and the guy cheated
Nice promotion ❤
Respect!!
I didnt know Tim Kennedy was his training partner, that is very cool! :)
he just came visit him in France for his book
Fight i am looking most forward too..UFC 299
This guy is the real deal french spec ops is like absolute elite..mentallybnoone can beat him
I wonder if he was in the special forces... Not sure. I dont think they mentioned anything about that.
I'm thinking no, most likely. 👍
He was in french spec ops, 1er rpima
He has some good skills, he should of joined the French military. He could of made it to the special forces maybe.
They even sent Tim Kennedy all the way to France, probably for deaf viewers
😂😂
Bravo bra
Can’t wait for his rise
If I'm about to square up and some dude says he's the God of war.....I'll be the God of running fast af....hopefully
Benoît Saint Denis 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵❤️
Bayonne sur la chaine de l’ufc incroyable, Benoit met notre ville sur la map
This man is a monster.
Diamond will shine 💪