Johnson: ‘Scared’ Henderson doesn’t want to fight
Michael Johnson: “I was supposed to fight him, he pulled out with an injury, said he would fight me three weeks later and I haven’t heard from him since.”
Michael Johnson is the fifth ranked lightweight and is hoping for a fight with former champion Benson Henderson to move up the ranks, but the ‘Menace’ believes Henderson wants nothing to do with fighting him:
To tell you the truth I don’t think Benson wants to fight me; I think he’s a little scared, Johnson told MMAjunkie Radio. We’ll see. I was supposed to fight him, he pulled out with an injury, said he would fight me three weeks later and I haven’t heard from him since.
I don’t know what the hell happened. I heard he has a detached retina. Then I heard he could fight me three weeks later. I’m thinking to myself, ‘A detached retina, but you can still fight me three weeks later?’ Then I heard a rumor about him doing some jiu-jitsu tournament and I’m like, ‘Man, everything’s pointing to that he doesn’t want to fight me.’