Benson Henderson

Record:

win

loss

draw

Wins by:

sub

dec

n/a

Losses by:

sub

dec

n/a

Percentages:

17%

30%

sub

47%

finish

42%

finish

Last 4 fights:

DEC

Benson Henderson Socials & Profiles

Age

Weight

154lbs (70kg)

Height

5'9" (1.75m)

Reach

5'11" (1.8m)

Weight Class

lightweight

Debut

2006-11-18

Career

2006 - 2023

Stance

Southpaw

Rank

Birth

1983-11-16

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Residence

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Fighting Out Of

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Strengths

Great cardio, high-level grappling, strong leg kicks

Weaknesses

Struggles with strikers, less power in punches, sometimes inconsistent

Notes

Former UFC and WEC lightweight champion, known for his wars with Frankie Edgar and Donald Cerrone, trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Taekwondo

Fight Record

30-11-0-0

SUB

2:37 Rear-Naked Choke

Lightweight bout

SUB

Usman Nurmagomedov

16-0-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 292

Nurmagomedov vs Henderson

10 Mar 23

San Jose

sap center

29-11-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(49-45, 49-45, 49-45)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Peter Queally

13-6-1-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 285

Henderson vs Queally

23 Sep 22

Dublin

3arena

28-11-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Islam Mamedov

11-1-1-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 273

Bader vs Moldavsky

29 Jan 22

Phoenix

footprint center

28-10-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Brent Primus

10-2-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 268

Nemkov vs Anglickas

16 Oct 21

Phoenix

footprint center

28-9-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Jason Jackson

12-4-0-0

Welterweight bout

Bellator 253

Mckee vs Caldwell

19 Nov 20

Uncasville

mohegan sun arena

28-8-0-0

2:09 Punches

Lightweight bout

Michael Chandler

20-5-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 243

Chandler vs Henderson

07 Aug 20

Uncasville

mohegan sun arena

27-8-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Myles Jury

17-4-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator Dublin 227

Gallagher vs Salazar

27 Sep 19

Dublin

3arena

26-8-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Adam Piccolotti

11-2-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 220

Macdonald vs Fitch

27 Apr 19

San Jose

sap center

25-8-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Saad Awad

22-10-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 208

Emelianenko vs Sonnen

13 Oct 18

Uniondale

nassau coliseum

24-8-0-0

SUB

0:49 Guillotine Choke

Lightweight bout

SUB

Roger Huerta

24-9-1-1

Lightweight bout

Bellator 196

Henderson vs Huerta

06 Apr 18

Budapest

bok hall

24-7-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Patricky Pitbull

17-8-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 183

Pitbull vs Henderson

23 Sep 17

San Jose

sap center

24-6-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(48-46, 46-48, 48-47)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Michael Chandler

15-3-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 165

Chandler vs Henderson

19 Nov 16

San Jose

sap center

23-6-0-0

TKO

2:26 Leg Injury

Lightweight bout

TKO

Patricio Pitbull

25-3-0-0

Lightweight bout

Bellator 160

Vengeance

26 Aug 16

Anaheim

honda center

23-5-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Andrey Koreshkov

19-1-0-0

Welterweight bout

Bellator 153

Koreshkov vs Henderson

22 Apr 16

Uncasville

mohegan sun arena

22-5-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(47-48, 48-47, 49-46)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Jorge Masvidal

29-9-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Henderson vs Masvidal

28 Nov 15

Seoul

olympic gymnastics arena

21-5-0-0

SUB

3:58 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Brandon Thatch

11-1-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Henderson vs Thatch

14 Feb 15

Broomfield

1stbank center

21-4-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Donald Cerrone

26-6-0-1

Lightweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Mcgregor vs Siver

18 Jan 15

Boston

td garden

21-3-0-0

2:31 Punch

Lightweight bout

Rafael Dos Anjos

21-7-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Henderson vs Dos Anjos

23 Aug 14

Tulsa

bok center

20-3-0-0

SUB

1:16 Rear-Naked Choke

Lightweight bout

SUB

Rustam Khabilov

17-1-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Henderson vs Khabilov

07 Jun 14

Albuquerque

tingley coliseum

19-3-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(47-48, 48-47, 49-46)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Josh Thomson

20-5-0-1

Lightweight bout

UFC On Fox 2

Henderson vs Thomson

25 Jan 14

Chicago

united center

19-2-0-0

SUB

4:31 Armbar

Lightweight bout

SUB

Anthony Pettis

16-2-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC 164

Henderson vs Pettis 2

31 Aug 13

Milwaukee

bmo harris bradley center

18-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(47-48, 48-47, 48-47)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Gilbert Melendez

21-2-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC On Fox 53

Henderson vs Melendez

20 Apr 13

Kharkiv

hp pavilion

17-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(50-43, 50-45, 50-45)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Nate Diaz

16-7-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC On Fox

Henderson vs Diaz

08 Dec 12

Seattle

keyarena

16-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(46-49, 48-47, 48-47)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Frankie Edgar

15-2-1-0

Lightweight bout

UFC 150

Henderson vs Edgar II

11 Aug 12

Denver

pepsi center

15-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(49-46, 48-47, 49-46)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Frankie Edgar

15-1-1-0

Lightweight bout

UFC 144

Edgar vs Henderson

26 Feb 12

Saitama

saitama super arena

14-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Clay Guida

29-11-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC On Fox

Velasquez vs Dos Santos

12 Nov 11

Anaheim

honda center

13-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 29-28, 30-26)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Jim Miller

20-2-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC Live

Hardy vs Lytle

14 Aug 11

Milwaukee

bradley center

12-2-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight bout

DEC

Mark Bocek

9-3-0-0

Lightweight bout

UFC 129

St Pierre vs Shields

30 Apr 11

Toronto

rogers centre

12-1-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

DEC

Anthony Pettis

12-1-0-0

WEC 53

16 Dec 10

Glendale

11-1-0-0

SUB

1:57 Guillotine Choke

SUB

Donald Cerrone

11-2-0-1

WEC 48

24 Apr 10

Sacramento

10-1-0-0

SUB

2:41 Guillotine Choke

SUB

Jamie Varner

16-2-0-2

WEC 46

10 Jan 10

Sacramento

9-1-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

DEC

Donald Cerrone

10-1-0-1

WEC 43

10 Oct 09

San Antonio

8-1-0-0

TKO

1:41 Punches

TKO

Shane Roller

4-1-0-0

WEC 40

05 Apr 09

Chicago

7-1-0-0

SUB

0:42 Guillotine Choke

SUB

Anthony Njokuani

9-1-0-1

WEC 38

Varner vs Cerrone

25 Jan 09

San Diego

6-1-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

DEC

Diego Saraiva

1-4-1-0

Evolution MMA

Evolution Mma

04 Oct 08

Phoenix

5-1-0-0

SUB

3:49 Guillotine Choke

SUB

Ricardo Tirloni

3-0-0-0

MFC 17

Hostile Takeover

25 Jul 08

Edmonton

4-1-0-0

SUB

4:11 Rear-Naked Choke

SUB

Mike Maestas

0-0-0-0

MFC 16

Anger Management

09 May 08

Edmonton

3-1-0-0

SUB

2:36 Rear-Naked Choke

SUB

Bryan Corley

0-0-0-0

Victory FC 21

Infamous

07 Dec 07

Council Bluffs

2-1-0-0

TKO

1:45 Submission To Punches

TKO

David Dagloria

0-0-0-0

UCE round 26

Episode 12

23 Jun 07

Ogden

2-0-0-0

SUB

0:46 Anaconda Choke

SUB

Rocky Johnson

1-3-0-0

Battlequest 5

Avalanche

31 Mar 07

Vail

1-0-0-0

TKO

1:37 Punches

TKO

Allen Williams

0-0-0-0

Victory FC 18

Hitmen

16 Feb 07

Council Bluffs

0-0-0-0

TKO

4:21 Submission To Punches

TKO

Dan Gregary

0-0-0-0

Midwest Championship Fighting

Genesis

18 Nov 06

North Platte

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Name

Age

Career Span

Last 5

Record

Division

Adam Piccolotti

2013 - 2024

Lightweight

Allen Williams

2007 - 2007

Lightweight

Andrey Koreshkov

2010 - 2024

Welterweight

Anthony Njokuani

2003 - 2024

Welterweight

Anthony Pettis

2007 - 2022

Lightweight

Brandon Thatch

2008 - 2016

Welterweight

Brent Primus

2010 - 2024

Lightweight

Bryan Corley

2007 - 2014

Lightweight

Clay Guida

2003 - 2024

Lightweight

Dan Gregary

2006 - 2006

Lightweight

David Dagloria

2007 - 2007

Lightweight

Diego Saraiva

2003 - 2016

Featherweight

Donald Cerrone

2006 - 2022

Welterweight

Frankie Edgar

2005 - 2022

Bantamweight

Gilbert Melendez

2002 - 2019

Featherweight

Islam Mamedov

2009 - 2023

Lightweight

Jamie Varner

2003 - 2014

Lightweight

Jason Jackson

2012 - 2024

Welterweight

Jim Miller

2005 - 2024

Lightweight

Jorge Masvidal

2003 - 2023

Welterweight

Josh Thomson

2001 - 2017

Lightweight

Mark Bocek

2004 - 2014

Lightweight

Michael Chandler

2009 - 2024

Lightweight

Mike Maestas

2008 - 2008

Lightweight

Myles Jury

2008 - 2021

Lightweight

Nate Diaz

2004 - 2022

Welterweight

Patricio Pitbull

2004 - 2024

Featherweight

Patricky Pitbull

2005 - 2024

Lightweight

Peter Queally

2012 - 2023

Welterweight

Rafael Dos Anjos

2004 - 2024

Welterweight

Ricardo Tirloni

2005 - 2021

Lightweight

Rocky Johnson

2006 - 2015

Featherweight

Roger Huerta

2003 - 2021

Lightweight

Rustam Khabilov

2007 - 2019

Welterweight

Saad Awad

2006 - 2022

Lightweight

Shane Roller

2007 - 2016

Lightweight

Usman Nurmagomedov

2017 - 2025

Lightweight

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