Benoit Saint-Denis breaks his silence after being choked out cold in 52 seconds by Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329

Follow us on Google Discover Benoit Saint-Denis has spoken out for the first time since his devastating loss at UFC 329. ‘God of War’ got put to sleep by a D’arce choke inside the first minute of his fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.Paddy Pimblett has been celebrating ever since, while Benoit Saint-Denis has remained silent until now. Who is the current face of the UFC and why? Paddy Pimblett has claimed this title following his UFC 329 win Is Paddy Pimblett the new face of the UFC? Credit: Ian Maule/Getty Images What did Benoit Saint-Denis say after UFC 329?Benoit Saint-Denis shared his first post-fight statement on Threads in the early hours of Monday morning.The top lightweight contender apologized for his performance, congratulated Paddy Pimblett, and vowed to bounce back in the near future.“Thank you for your support,” Saint-Denis wrote.“Sorry to have disappointed you.“I’m learning from pain, but I’m learning. I’ll come back stronger.“Congratulations to Paddy for his performance. I’m convinced that our paths will cross again one day.“See you soon.” Who should Paddy Pimblett fight next? Make your pick and explain it in the comments. ⬇️ Paddy Pimblett’s last five fights. Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Paddy Pimblett predicted his UFC 329 winPaddy Pimblett perfectly predicted how his fight with Benoit Saint Denis would go the day before UFC 329 ‘The Baddy’ warned his opponent against shooting for an early takedown, like he usually does. “If he wants to grapple, I think he’s going to try and grapple because he does it with every fight he’s ever had,” Pimblett said. “He throws his back kick and shoots in, or [throws] his back hand and shoots in. “If he does that with me, I can see him getting choked pretty quick.”Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox grvLoadAnalytics = () => {(function(d,s,i){var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s);j.async=true;j.src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id="+i;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(document,'script','G-EPJQTWT5QD');(function(d,s,i){if(!/callback=in/.test(window.location.search)){var e=d.createElement(s);var n=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];e.type="text/javascript";e.async=true;e.src="https://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js";n.parentNode.insertBefore(e,n);}})(document,"script","G-EPJQTWT5QD");(function(){let s=document.createElement("script");s.async=true;s.dataset.domain="bloodyelbow.com/9kjeYZ";s.src="https://api.publytics.net/js/script.manual.ping.min.js";document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s);})();if(!/callback=in/.test(window.location.search)){setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');fbq('init','340005628426713');fbq('track','PageView');fbq('track','ViewContent',{content_name:'Benoit Saint-Denis breaks his silence after being choked out cold in 52 seconds by Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329',content_category:'UFC',content_ids:[321236,"benoit-saint-denis","paddy-pimblett","ufc","ufc-329"],content_type:'post',});},3000);}}