Can Ben Henderson hang with Edgar and Maynard?

As much of a jim miller fan as i am i still have too admit he isn't and never will be on the same level as Edgar and Maynard. Ben Henderson on the other hand is an animal. I would actually love to see him and Cerrone fight again. I tink they are both top contenders actually. Very well rounded fighters.

Of coarse.

Neither Edgar nor Maynard really jump off the screen as out of this world talents.


Both are tough, solid, well rounded, good wrestlers, smart fighters, etc, but they never blow their opponents out of the water. Their opponents are always there at the end. So at the least Bendo is in the fight.

Ben right now would maul Cerrone again unfortunately. It would look alot like the second fight and I am a big Cerrone fan. Bendo is a top lightweight, the fact that he just essentially raped the hell out of two high level submission fighters, one of whom was on a seven fight win streak is insane. The way that he did it, disassembling their game area by area and round by round is even more impressive. Showtime kick be damned, Bendo is elite.

I'd pick Bendo to beat both.

I don't think Bendo has the hands to beat either. His wrestling is good, but he's not taking Maynard or Edgar down enough to grind out a win.

No matter who wins I would love to see both fights.

Can we see Henderson vs Pettis again please?

freakzilla wrote:

Can we see Henderson vs Pettis again please?

NOOO, Bendo would ragdoll him! if it wasn't for the kick Bendo would have won that fight anyways...

No he wouldn't have. They fought only 9 months ago so you can't state for a fact Henderson would win the rematch.

freakzilla wrote:

No he wouldn't have. They fought only 9 months ago so you can't state for a fact Henderson would win the rematch.

umm yes i fucking can, looking at their most recent results Hendo has improved by leaps and bounds while Pettis got humped to death by Guida...

killerofchicken wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

No he wouldn't have. They fought only 9 months ago so you can't state for a fact Henderson would win the rematch.

umm yes i fucking can, looking at their most recent results Hendo has improved by leaps and bounds while Pettis got humped to death by Guida...

Recent Results..... Hendo beat Fedor. Now WTF does that have to do with Showtime?

killerofchicken wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Can we see Henderson vs Pettis again please?

NOOO, Bendo would ragdoll him! if it wasn't for the kick Bendo would have won that fight anyways...

Showtime wins that fight without that kick.

I had Pettis winning the first fight pre kick as well.

Guida is very good at humping dudes, I don't see that L as a big knock on Pettis.

I see no rush for a rematch, both guys will eventually meet again down the line regardless of what happens with the title picture.

Of course

I bet Guida humpfucks Miller and could probably do it to Bendo as well. Dude is a master humpfucker right now. Some of the fastest and best set up shots in MMA nowdays. Very impressive humpfuck ability. His whole game is integrated around his takedowns in ways that make him more dangerous(you know what I mean) than ever.

Bendo is legit. So is Pettis. The WEC lightweights are real.

Farmer1906 wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

No he wouldn't have. They fought only 9 months ago so you can't state for a fact Henderson would win the rematch.

umm yes i fucking can, looking at their most recent results Hendo has improved by leaps and bounds while Pettis got humped to death by Guida...

Recent Results..... Hendo beat Fedor. Now WTF does that have to do with Showtime?

LOL you know what i meant

Once it was announced UFC 130 would not have Edgar vs Maynard, all the top LW fights booked should of been scrapped.

No Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis at TUF Finale.
Pull Cerrone out of UFC 131.
No Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman and Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller at UFC 132.

Set up what people want, a GP Championship for a chance to fight the Title holder.

Cerrone, Guida, Pettis, Henderson, Miller, Siver, Gulliard, and would of made for a great time to bring over Melendez or throw a bone to an old dog.

Edgar and Maynard are fighting in October, the LW GP eliminator could of ended some time after it and you have a 2012 superfight.

The problem with that kind of thing is it virtually scraps anything after the superfight. Every other contender would have a fresh loss on their record which would hurt the standing for a title shot.

Not really, Have a consolation fight(s).

Just look at what a single loss did to the hype on Evan Dunham and George Sotiropoulos. One minute we were saying they should fight in a title eliminator. Now after closely clustered losses by each of them nobody even talks about them anymore. Neither of them is even in our top ten anymore. My point is in a division that stacked one loss hurts and it hurts big time.

I remember FenFlo stuffing Guida's shots and getting him down a couple times. Guida's HnP style works at times, not really on level with some of these better or more athletic wrestlers like Gray, Frankie, Bendo though.

Pettis and Bendo were expected to fit in the UFC LW division, Cerrone's doing better then expected, want to see him face one of the more proven guys now though.


On Bendo hanging with Frankie or Gray, I think Gray is the tougher fight for him, both a big LWs, but Gray is a beast, better wrestler and has more power, it's be a close dec win for Gray. Frankie could have some trouble, but after seeing him outwrestle Gray in his last fight, and with his better boxing, footwork and quickness, I'd have him taking a dec as well.