Speed kills, and the winner of Saturday’s UFC lightweight title fight will master that saying.
In the past two years, champ Frankie Edgar has emerged as one of the fastest and most technically sound fighters in the 155-pound class. But he meets another bigger fighter in Benson Henderson, whose smooth striking-to-grappling transitions earned him a title shot.
In our official UFC 144 preview, MMAjunkie.com’s Steven Marrocco breaks down that fight and the rest of the super-sized pay-per-view lineup.