Joel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis begin joint training camp in France

Joel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis have started training together in Bayonne, France, under coach Nicolas Ott. The two lightweights were scheduled to fight each other a year ago, but the bout never materialized. Now they are helping each other prepare for upcoming fights. Alvarez is scheduled to face Yaroslav Amosov at UFC 328 on May 9, while Saint-Denis does not have a fight announced yet. Alvarez revealed that Saint-Denis contacted him to arrange the joint training camp and suggested that the Frenchman may be preparing for an opponent with a similar style to Alvarez's, though Saint-Denis has not disclosed who.