UFC Paris Fight Card: Start Time And How To Watch
by Trent Reinsmith · ForbesThe next card on the UFC schedule takes place on Saturday, September 28, at Accor Arena in Paris, France. A lightweight matchup between Renato Moicano and Benoit Saint Denis headlines UFC Paris. Before that bout, the co-main event of the UFC’s 2024 Paris fight card is a middleweight scrap between two highly ranked competitors in Nassourdine Imavov and Brendan Allen.
Moicano heads into the UFC Fight Night card as the No. 11 fighter in the official UFC lightweight rankings. As for Saint Denis, he comes into Saturday’s event at No. 12 in the 155-pound weight division.
Imavov enters the upcoming fight card as the No. 4 fighter in the UFC’s middleweight weight class. Meanwhile, Allen is the No. 8 fighter at 185-pounds.
Start Time and How to Watch
UFC Paris is an early card for fans in North America. The main card begins at 3 p.m. ET, while the prelims have a start time of 12 p.m. ET. The entire fight card streams on ESPN+.
UFC Paris Main Event: Moicano vs Saint Denis
Moicano (19-5-1) sports a 5-1 record dating back to June 2021. Moicano’s only loss during his past six outings was a March 2022 five-round decision setback to former champion Rafael dos Anjos. Moicano is coming off an April 2024 TKO win over Jalin Turner.
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Saint Denis (13-2-0-1) is also 5-1 in his past six UFC battles. He is coming off an upset knockout loss to former UFC interim lightweight titleholder Dustin Poirier. His five previous wins all came via finish. Saint Denis’ most recent victory was a November 2023 knockout of Matt Frevola.
UFC Paris Co-Main Event: Imavov vs. Allen
Imavov (14-4-0-1) is 2-0-1-1 in his past four fights, losing to Sean Strickland in a short-notice light heavyweight scrap in 2022, having a no-contest result with Chris Curtis after a clash of heads, and then beating Roman Dolidze and Jared Cannonier in 2024.
Allen (24-5) is on a seven-fight winning streak dating back to February 2022. In his most recent outing, Allen defeated Chris Curtis via split decision. That bout took place in April of this year
UFC Paris Full Fight Card
Main Card
Renato Moicano vs. Benoît Saint Denis
Nassourdine Imavov vs. Brendan Allen
William Gomis vs. Joanderson Brito
Kevin Jousset vs. Bryan Battle
Morgan Charrière vs. Gabriel Miranda
Farès Ziam vs. Matt Frevola
Preliminary card
Ion Cuțelaba vs. Ivan Erslan
Oumar Sy vs. Jung Da-woon
Ľudovít Klein vs. Roosevelt Roberts
Taylor Lapilus vs. Vince Morales
Daria Zheleznyakova vs. Ailín Pérez
Daniel Barez vs. Victor Altamirano
Nora Cornolle vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Bolaji Oki vs. Chris Duncan