Alvarez and Saint Denis train together in France ahead of upcoming fights

Joel Alvarez and Benoit Saint Denis have begun a joint training camp in Bayonne, France under coach Nicolas Ott. The two lightweights were scheduled to fight each other a year ago, but the bout fell through and they are now training partners. Alvarez is preparing for his fight against Yaroslav Amosov at UFC 328 on May 9th, while Saint Denis does not yet have a bout announced. Alvarez revealed that Saint Denis initiated contact to arrange the training collaboration and suggested that the Frenchman may be preparing for an opponent with a similar style to Alvarez, though no names were mentioned. The partnership represents an interesting turn from potential opponents to training allies.