"I see Benoit as a very aggressive guy. Even in the way he speaks, in the way he carries himself, he's a very intense and aggressive guy,"
"And I'm a guy who's very calculated, and very accurate guy who takes him time to find the right shots."
"MMA is a brutal sport. Those little gloves, if it lands, it can knock somebody out. It's not always that the best guy wins in MMA, you can't control everything. But I'm going to go in there and do my best, and you guys know my record, you know that I'm always looking for the knockout. I have 13 knockouts already. So I'm going to go in there and do my best against Benoit and hopefully get the knockout."
"I've been visualizing my win a lot over Benoit, and I think after I beat him, I want to go to a top five contender. The last two guys that he fought were lucky enough to fight for the title,"
Mauricio Ruffy (12-1), representing The Fighting Nerds, travels to Paris to face hometown lightweight Benoit Saint-Denis this Saturday. Ruffy contrasts Saint-Denis's intense, aggressive style with his own calculated, accurate approach that focuses on timing and finding the right shots. Ruffy expects a knockout and highlights his 13 career knockouts as evidence of his finishing ability. He acknowledges MMA's unpredictability and the danger of small gloves while committing to execute his game plan. Ruffy and his coaches selected Saint-Denis as a strategic opponent that could clear a path toward a top-five ranking and a potential title shot.
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