Benoit Saint-Denis storms right through Ismael Bonfim at UFC Vegas 76

The Ultimate Fighting Championships returns to us tonight for UFC Vegas 76, going down live from the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada.

Headlining the event is a middleweight showdown between no. 7 ranked Sean Strickland (26-5) and Russian finisher Abus Magomedov (25-4-1).

Co-headlining the event is a lightweight encounter between Damir Ismagulov (24-2) and Grant Dawson (19-1-1).

Our second bout going down on the main card tonight came at 155 lbs between Ismael Bonfim (19-4) and Benoit Saint-Denis (11-1).

Of Bonfim’s 19 wins coming in, 9 came via knockout with 4 submissions, while of Saint-Denis’ 10 wins coming in, 2 came via knockout with 8 submissions.

Continue reading to see how this welterweight encounter went down:

Official Result: Benoit Saint-Denis def. Ismael Bonfim via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:48 of round one

Saint-Denis comes out throwing some heavy body kicks to begin the bout, and he doesn’t stop slamming them into the midsection of Bonfim for the first two or so minutes. Bonfim is throwing back heavy leather, but gets taken down in the process.

Saint-Denis ends up taking Bonfim’s back, where he eventually secures the body triangle, and the rear naked choke finish, picking up his third-straight victory while snapping Bonfim’s 13-fight win streak in doing so.

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Brady Ordway

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