Ben Henderson would approach fight against Frankie Edgar ‘very confidently’
Ben Henderson is gearing up for a potential title defense against Anthony Pettis at the end of the year, but…
Ben Henderson is gearing up for a potential title defense against Anthony Pettis at the end of the year, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t think about how he would match up against the the rest of the world’s best lightweights.
When asked on last week’s episode of The MMA Hour about a fight against current UFC 155-pound king Frankie Edgar, Henderson appeared very intrigued in matching up against the man he considers to be the best lightweight in the world.
“If I were to fight Frankie Edgar, I would approach it very confidently,” Henderson said. “I would be excited about that match-up. I would go get it. Hands down, I would go get it.”
When it comes to MMA, Henderson considers BJ Penn to be one of his “idols.” So much so that prior to UFC 118, he predicted Penn would defeat Edgar “via homicide.”
Of course, that didn’t happen, as Edgar dominated Penn for five straight rounds.
Nevertheless, Henderson has been able to give credit where it’s due, even if he didn’t like last month’s result.
“I thought Frankie did a great job. He does his game plan, he sticks to his game plan. A lot of fighters have a hard time — their coaching staff doesn’t come up with the best game plan — Frankie’s coaching staff, they did a great job, made a great game plan, he stuck to it, which you definitely have to give him credit for. He had the skill to follow through with it, but yeah, I don’t know (laughs), it was a good fight. It was a very solid performance for him.”