Benel Dalish is preventing for his lord.
After a giant win over Renato Moicano in his final bout, the perennial light-weight title contender returns to the Octagon this Saturday night time at UFC 322 for a high-stakes scrap with Benoit Saint-Denis.
Earlier than dealing with off towards the “God of Struggle” on MMA’s greatest stage, Darish not too long ago spoke about preaching within the identify of Jesus throughout a visit to Abu Dhabi, the place roughly 75% of the whole inhabitants is Muslim.
“I’ve preached the identify of Jesus in Muslim-majority nations, however that is totally different. I’ve true associates who’re missionaries. If you happen to try this in public in several nations, you can be killed,” Darish mentioned in an interview at UFC 322 media day. “So, we perceive that it isn’t simple, but it surely hasn’t been. Generally we have given it an excessive amount of weight, and we do not need that to remove from actual individuals spreading the gospel, for instance, in harmful areas.”
“I used to be by no means in any hazard. … Everybody was really very good to me after that. They only wished to make it clear, ‘Hear, we consider in Jesus as a prophet, however about this and this.’ However there was by no means any hazard. You realize what I imply?”
“My heritage is Christ. I do not actually care what individuals look again on,” Darish added. “I did this for lots of egocentric causes as a result of I simply like to struggle. And…I hope individuals do not forget that though I went in with the fallacious motives, the explanation I fought was as a result of I had love for the Lord.”
Darish weighed 157.2 kilos on Friday, 1.2 kilos over the restrict for the non-title struggle towards Saint-Denis. The match will go forward as scheduled, however “Benny” should hand over 20% of his match funds.
