UFC Fight Night 68 was supposed to feature Daniel Cormier vs. Ryan Bader, but after Cormier replaced Jon Jones at UFC 187, a new main event was put in place. Former PRIDE welterweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson will take on No. 13-ranked contender Tim Boetsch in a middleweight tilt to headline the New Orleans card. Henderson lost […]
UFC Fight Night 68 was supposed to feature Daniel Cormier vs. Ryan Bader, but after Cormier replaced Jon Jones at UFC 187, a new main event was put in place. Former PRIDE welterweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson will take on No. 13-ranked contender Tim Boetsch in a middleweight tilt to headline the New Orleans card. Henderson lost […]
This past weekend, UFC Fight Night 67 gave MMA fans the much anticipated return of “The Natural Born Killer.” If anyone had doubts as to whether or not Carlos Condit was still a top-shelf welterweight, they were put to bed by a bone-breaking elbow strike that flattened Thiago Alves‘ nose. After that violent display, we move to […]
This past weekend, UFC Fight Night 67 gave MMA fans the much anticipated return of “The Natural Born Killer.” If anyone had doubts as to whether or not Carlos Condit was still a top-shelf welterweight, they were put to bed by a bone-breaking elbow strike that flattened Thiago Alves‘ nose. After that violent display, we move to […]
The once and future king. That is a mantra that represents the mindset of former WEC and UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. Those who follow “Smooth” on social media platforms are used to seeing it in hashtag form, but to the man himself, those words set forth a goal he’s determined to accomplish. In Henderson’s […]
The once and future king. That is a mantra that represents the mindset of former WEC and UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. Those who follow “Smooth” on social media platforms are used to seeing it in hashtag form, but to the man himself, those words set forth a goal he’s determined to accomplish. In Henderson’s […]
David didn’t tempt fate after he toppled the almighty Goliath and neither should Benson Henderson. In the UFC’s version of Two and a Half Men, the former lightweight champ, welterweight science project Brandon Thatch and referee Herb Dean all stepped into the Octagon on Saturday night for legal fisticuffs in the main event of UFC […]
David didn’t tempt fate after he toppled the almighty Goliath and neither should Benson Henderson. In the UFC’s version of Two and a Half Men, the former lightweight champ, welterweight science project Brandon Thatch and referee Herb Dean all stepped into the Octagon on Saturday night for legal fisticuffs in the main event of UFC […]
A funny thing happened to Benson Henderson during the 19 minutes he spent in the cage Saturday with Brandon Thatch. People started rooting for him. Somewhere en route to his submission victory in the main event of UFC Fight Night 60, the 5,800 fans on hand in Broomfield, Colorado—who’d ostensibly turned out to see the […]
A funny thing happened to Benson Henderson during the 19 minutes he spent in the cage Saturday with Brandon Thatch. People started rooting for him. Somewhere en route to his submission victory in the main event of UFC Fight Night 60, the 5,800 fans on hand in Broomfield, Colorado—who’d ostensibly turned out to see the […]
You have to say this for Benson Henderson: The guy knows how to dream big. In the moments after his impressive welterweight debut Saturday night—a fourth-round submission of touted prospect Brandon Thatch at UFC Fight Night 60—the former UFC lightweight champ called out one of the best welterweights alive: top contender Rory MacDonald. “I hear […]
You have to say this for Benson Henderson: The guy knows how to dream big. In the moments after his impressive welterweight debut Saturday night—a fourth-round submission of touted prospect Brandon Thatch at UFC Fight Night 60—the former UFC lightweight champ called out one of the best welterweights alive: top contender Rory MacDonald. “I hear […]