Yoel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis training together in France

Yoel Alvarez and Benoit Saint-Denis have begun a joint training camp in Bayonne, France, under coach Nicholas 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 their respective upcoming fights. Alvarez will face Yaroslav Amosov at UFC 328 on May 9, while Saint-Denis does not yet have an announced opponent. Alvarez revealed that Saint-Denis reached out to arrange the training partnership and suggested that the Frenchman may be preparing for an opponent with a similar style to Alvarez's, though no specific name was mentioned.