Benson Henderson is a famous American mixed martial artist. Performs under the auspices of the Bellator welterweight division. Former UFC lightweight champion.
Biography
The future athlete was born in November 1983 on the 16th in the small American city of Colorado Springs. His parents are pious people, and the boy was brought up in conditions of severity, restraint and high morality. Today, he is a Christian himself and often mentions this in various interviews, emphasizing personal high moral principles.
He began to take his first steps in sports at school. In later classes, he became interested in freestyle wrestling, and already in college, exotic taekwondo was on his list of interests. In 2005, he won several competitions for which he ended up in the symbolic team of higher education in the United States of America. The following year, his success in sports was also noted and he again fell into this prestigious list of students.
Professional career
Henderson began performing at the highest level after several successful fights at the amateur level. Three consecutive wins attracted the attention of the organizers of professional tournaments, and Benson was invited to take part in one of these. The debut fight of the novice fighter took place in the American North Platte November 18, 2006. The first rival at the highest level was Dan Gregory, with whom Henderson dealt unusually easily. He was awarded the victory after the surrender of Gregory.
Henderson's next fight took place three months later, the rival was Allen Williams. In this competition, Benson again won the victory easily, already after a minute and a half of the battle, he dealt a crushing blow to the opponent and the battle was stopped by the decision of the judges. The victory was awarded after a technical knockout. The young athlete entered the next fight only a month later. The meeting with Rocky Johnson brought the first defeat to Benson on a professional level. He did not last a minute, already at 47 seconds the judge stopped the fight and Rocky won the victory.
After this annoying misunderstanding, Henderson again took a break for almost three months and returned to the ring in June 2007. The victory over David Dagloria began a ten-match series of victories for Benson, which ended only in 2010.
In total, during his career, the famous fighter entered the ring 32 times, 25 of which ended in his victory. The last fight to date took place in September 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. Henderson, by decision of the judges, defeated the American athlete Miles Jury.
