Longtime lightweight veteran Beneil Dariush (23-6-1) will look to defend his spot in the division Top 10 when he battles No. 13-ranked 155-pound sensation Benoit Saint Denis (15-3, 1 NC) as part of the upcoming UFC 322 pay-per-view (PPV) event, recently made official for Sat., Nov. 15, 2025 inside famed Madison Square Garden in New York City.
RMC Sport Combat broke the news on social media.
After nearly 18 months on the sidelines, Dariush returned with a unanimous decision victory over Renato Carneiro at UFC 317 back in June, snapping a two-fight losing streak. As for Saint Denis, seven years younger than Dariush at 29, he’s coming off back-to-back submission wins over Kyle Prepolec (UFC 315) and Mauricio Ruffy (UFC Paris).
UFC 322 will be headlined by the welterweight title fight pitting 170-pound kingpin Jack Della Maddalena against former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Elsewhere on the card, women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko goes head-to-head with ex-strawweight titleholder Zhang Weili.
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