UFC 149 curtain-jerker Mitch Clarke gains confidence from roommate Benson Henderson

CALGARY – Mitch Clarke remembers the texts he got and the chats he had just prior to his UFC debut, which kicked off December’s UFC 140 card.

The comments were all the same: You look super nervous.

“Well, it’s a fight,” Clarke recalled with MMAjunk…

CALGARY – Mitch Clarke remembers the texts he got and the chats he had just prior to his UFC debut, which kicked off December’s UFC 140 card.

The comments were all the same: You look super nervous.

“Well, it’s a fight,” Clarke recalled with MMAjunkie.com earlier this week. “Someone’s trying to punch you in the face. Of course you’re not going to be feeling that good.”