News Bryan Battle vs Kevin Jousset set for UFC Paris on September 28th

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A New Zealand-based French fighter will return home in September to try to make it 3-0 in the UFC.

Kevin Jousset (10-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has been booked for a welterweight fight against “Ultimate Fighter” winner Bryan Battle (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) on the UFC’s card in Paris, which is set for Sept. 28 at Accor Arena.

Multiple people with knowledge of the booking confirmed the matchup to MMA Junkie, but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has not yet made a formal announcement.

Jousset was born in France, but trains with the elite City Kickboxing team in New Zealand that includes former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, Kai Kara-France, Dan Hooker and other UFC standouts. He signed with the UFC in 2023 and picked up two quick wins over Kiefer Crosbie and Song Kenan. He was set to return against Drew Gooden in May until Gooden pulled out. Jousset will be chasing his sixth straight win.

Battle won Season 29 of “The Ultimate Fighter” nearly three years ago when he choked out Gilbert Urbina to win the welterweight season. He’s had a bit of an up-and-down run so far in the UFC. He has four finishes in his five wins, including a 14-second knockout that left him ineligible for a bonus because he missed weight. He also had to deal with a no contest against Ange Loosa when Loosa couldn’t continue due to an eye poke in March.
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Battle has been looking sharp lately. And he has quite the frame for that weight class. Interested to see how far he can go.
 
Bryan is a gamer for taking this one rather than holding out for something up the ranks. Jousset is in for a big step up in terms of intensity from his last two
 
Not really sold on Battle being anything but mid tier at best, I think Jousset UDs him rather easily here
 
Ares Black said:
I like both of these guys. French Kevin is pretty good but Battle is probably better.
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My take also!

Jousset has looked good, but Battle looked RAZOR sharp last time out.

Think he might just be entering his prime, win here and he should get a step up.
 
laleggenda27 said:
I would have expected Battle to get a step up in competition. He's 5-1-1 in the UFC, and was easily winning his last fight before the eye poke. He's look great recently.

If Battle wins this one, they should give him a top 15 opponent next. Holland or Magny would be fun opponents.
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I'm thinking something like Max Griffen or Jingliang would be more fitting.
 
Much better match ups for Battle, he should take this relatively easily
 
The_Renaissance said:
Agreed but against poor competition, think Battle finishes him but I do like the fight on paper.
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Kenan Song is not poor competition.

Song nearly KO'ed Ian Garry in round 1, and Garry miraculously survived.

Bedoya looked fantastic against Khaos Williams and then Song easily beat Bedoya.
 
Great fight.

Battle has been looking great lately but honestly, so has Jousset.

I get the point about giving Battle a bigger name given his recent run, but Jousset may end up being a tougher fight than a Magny or a Luque at this point, just with a lot less name recognition.
 
I don't like how Battle acted like a dick after poking his opponent in the eye.
 
I would have expected the UFC to try to make Jousset shine in Paris but here I don't think he's tenured enough for Battle
 
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