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    How Benoit Saint-Denis went from fighting terrorists to fighting in the UFC

    by Alex Pattle Jan 19, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Getty

    If ever there has been an earned nickname in MMA, it is that of Benoit Saint-Denis. Some fans deem the Frenchman worthy of his “God of War” moniker purely due to his belligerent violence in the cage, but the UFC lightweight’s time fighting terrorists in the special forces is the clincher.

    “I was in the French special air service,” , his gentle drawl tinged with a French fizz as he speaks from his home in Bayonne. “It comes from you guys in Great Britain in the Second World War, it got created to destroy German aircraft in north Africa, and the

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