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***OFFICIAL*** Ben Henderson vs. Nate Diaz Thread

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#1 ·
Lightweight bout: 155 pounds
Five round fight for the UFC Lightweight Championship

 
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#148 ·
Yeah it's amazing what an athlete Benson is.

Considering he carries his huge frame, huge legs with incredible flexibility, speed, and conditioning.

His only real flaw is his reactions and his timing but those factors are completely taken out of this fight by the way his gameplan is and what Diaz's skills are.
 
#157 ·
I can't believe people thought Diaz would win.

Benson chewed him up.

With so much octagon time to use as a reference. I don't think I've ever been able to make such an accurate prediction of how exactly a fight was going to go.

Neither fighter is any different then the last time we've seen them...
 
#164 ·
My God, get off your high horse. Most people gave Henderson's wrestling and strength the nod, especially as we've seen Nate dummied by lesser wrestlers in the past. But anyone can win a fight on any given night and people root for their favourites. Your 'I can't believe people actually thought ______ would win' schtick is tired.
 
#160 ·
The only good thing about this is Ben Henderson's gonna be on Pettis' highlight reel twice.
 
#163 ·
have to say impressed with bensons bjj defence.
thought diaz would sub him for sure if it got on the ground but he just tooled him everywhere for 25mins.
 
#181 ·
There's a couple parts to it. Benson is damn strong and also has explosive power and speed along with surprising flexibility. If you're going to sub him, you need to lock it in hard & fast and rip the limb off the way Palhares or Frank Mir do it. If you give him time he's going to power out of it and pop free. Nate has good BJJ, no question about that, but it's just not the right style to work against Benson.
 
#166 ·
The 30-19 from forum goers doesn't really mean much, but I think I'll send in a few emails to some certain MMA writers and rib em a bit about the Diaz pick.

Having short term memory when it comes to fighters is a trait of casual fans...not guys who do this thing for a living.
 
#176 ·
No it doesn't.

Edgar is a bad style matchup for Henderson.

His size is a benefit as he's so much quicker than the guys he's fighting and he's so technical with his wrestling that guys are forced into his leap amateur boxing game.


The reason he was so adamant about staying at 155 is because he knows that if he can take guy's power he actually benefit from it.

He might actually be worse at 145.
 
#169 ·
Great showing by Bendo, no idea where it leaves Nate though. Where does he go from here? I doubt he can make FW, he was dominated so a title shot anywhere in the near future is inconceivable especially in such a stacked division. Tough road back for Nate.
 
#173 ·
What a showing from Henderson.
He's earned my respect, at least as far as a champion goes.

Kudos to Nate for not being a prick after the fight and giving Ben his respect. I'll be rooting for him from here on out, but he looked bad tonight. Henderson completely outclassed and dominated him in every aspect of the fight.

EDIT: **** off with your christ Bendo. He's not real.
 
#175 ·
Christ ftw.

He better hug that belt while he can, because his chin is gonna meet Showtime's leg once more.
 
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