It was specified to journalists with very Anglo-Saxon clarity that it was strictly forbidden for them to show their support for any combatant whatsoever.
The ace.
When Benoît Saint-Denis entered the Accor Arena, the row where the local print media tuned in to the room.
The first two fights had taken place when more than three-quarters of the seats were already taken, which is remarkable for a preliminary card.
Two fighters faced each other in a (a little) boring first fight, then a Lebanese fighter was declared a technical knockout by the referee a little too quickly for his taste.
His few compatriots had given everything for this fight.
They no longer had a voice.
There were still nine fights left.
Sport is cruel.
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Benoît Saint-Denis is a former special forces operator, in the first parachute regiment of marine infantry, whose motto is "
Who dares wins
".
There was a beautiful symbol in the fact that...
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