Squeeze plays are a Benoit St. Denis specialty.
The ex-French paratrooper disposed of Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight upstart Mauricio Ruffy with a face crank in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 258 co-main event on Sept. 6, 2025 at Accor Arena in Paris. Ruffy entered the cage on a seven-fight winning streak but clocked out 2:56 into Round 2, suffering his first setback in almost six years.
St. Denis was the aggressor from the start, fed off the energy of a raucous crowd and never took his foot off the accelerator.