Benoit Saint-Denis absolutely mauled short-notice replacement opponent Kyle Prepolec in the UFC 315 main card opening on Saturday night.
Saint-Denis wasted no time taking Prepolec down to the mat. After spending the next couple of minutes establishing top control, Saint-Denis finally started to punish his opponent with some solid ground strikes and nearly cinched in a rear-naked choke.
To his credit, Prepolec stayed composed and weathered the storm, making it back to his stool and into round two.