Joel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis train together in France

Joel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis have begun a joint training camp in Bayonne, France, under the guidance of coach Nicolas Otte. The two fighters were originally scheduled to face each other a year ago, but that bout never materialized. Alvarez is preparing for his fight against Yaroslav Amosov at UFC 328 on May 9, while Saint-Denis does not yet have an announced fight scheduled. Alvarez revealed that Saint-Denis contacted him to arrange the training partnership and suggested Saint-Denis may be preparing for an opponent with a similar fighting style, though the Spanish fighter did not know who that opponent might be.