UFC 150 Recap: Benson Henderson retains his belt in Denver, Colorado

Go Ben!, His girlfriend Maria must be delighted (check her here http://slimcelebrity.com/?p=403 and here http://fandaily.info/?p=29393) and just because Edgar's wife Renee is pretty hot you can see her here http://fandaily.info/?p=29472 and here http://slimcelebrity.com/?p=477. Great fight!

WTF is this?

Super close fight. Gave it to Edgar by just a bit.

Im sure theyll be fighting again next year.



Cerrone Guillard was the fight of the night for me!

Holloway looked great against Lawrence.

And shields put me to sleep.

Frankie won 2, 4 and 5.

The belt Ben Henderson is wearing is no more real than the one Chael carried

Nate is going to destroy you Benson.

Nate will be too ****y and the fight will get to his head. Nate doesn't have the speed or the countering ability Frankie has, so Ben won't be cautious about striking. And Ben is physically stronger than Nate also.



Nate will get rag dolled. Bring on the winner of Cerrone and Pettis.

Just watched it



Round 1 - Bendo dominated. Controlled the center. Edgar missed a massive amount of shots.



Round 2 - Clearly Edgar's round just for the 2 close guillotine attempts alone. Not a LANDSLIDE, but a clear winner of that round



Round 3 - Bendo controlled the center again. Tagged Edgar MULTIPLE times with no answer. Every leg kick caught by Edgar, Bendo fought out of it.



Round 4 - Bendo stuffed takedowns and hit Edgar with brutal knees within the first minute, Edgar gets a grea takedonw and gets dominant position with guillotine choke attempt again but Bendo escapes and doesnt appear to be in any real danger which should be BIG in the judges eyes. The kick to Edgar's head from the bottom was beautifuly put. Bendo regains control of the center again and clearly outstrikes Edgar for the remainder of the round including throwing Edgar into the fence.



Round 5 - Edgar looks more dominant. Pushes Bendo on the floor and beating him to the punch more now. Hendo takes control of the center AGAIN....this is every round now he has done this. Edgar gets the better of the exchanges now. Leg kick to Bendo finally collapses Bendo temporarily. Great left hand by Bendo that alightly staggers Edgar around the :40 mark. Edgar misses a headkick and Bendo counters with a connected headkick.



This isn't rocket science folks.....either you just are showing favoritism to your favorite fighter or you are complete denial. There is no way you can Edgar won that fight. The only questionable round was the last but even giving it to Edgar would STILL put Bendo ahead. Even the stats show Bendo dominating. He maintained octagon control for almost the entire fight, clearly landed the better strikes and can we get stats on how many strikes Edgar MISSED??? Cmon guys...you should not be thinking he lost the title last night. I wont even get into the judges scores cuz they are worthless for the sport and more damaging to MMA as a whole. Most of them are just old school boxing judges. 49-46 Edgar??? Even the biggest Edgar fan couldn't say that. Anyways, that's my 2 cents.....anyone with a decent knowledge of MMA scoring would have to agree......

You missed out the body kicks and many great body punches Edgar landed but not surprising given you need a visit to the opticians. The only questionable round was round 3. Hendo won round 1 Edgar 2,4 and 5 by a country mile.

I think you were spot on with this ... cudos

Thanks man. I've read so much about people's "opinions" about this fight it's ridiculous. It's kind of funny in a way because I honestly feel that the people who are so gung-ho about Edgar are actually proving to the real MMA fan that theyare....well for lack of a better word, bandwagon riders. No one who has a serious knowledge of this sport could think otherwise....

The stats show Edgar won.



http://hosteddb.fightmetric.com/fights/index/3999



The only person showing favoritism in opinion is you.

Fightmetric is the worst source there is... but this time they were actually right. I could see rounds 3 and 4 going either way but I too scored at least three if not four rounds for Edgar. That said I think it was slightly closer that FM found and I won't b^tch too much. I just hope it makes Frankie even better and he KOs Bendo next time.

That's not favoritism, that's an accurate depiction of the fight. Stop judging fights after a 12 pack of Bud Light. That's why I went and watched it again, sober. I'm a fight fan. Even my favorites lose, that's the game. I dont make up scenarios.

No, that's your opinion of how the fight went down, and it's not accurate.



I did have a drink or two while watching. Problem for you is I have it on DVR, and conducted a stat count this morning while I've gone back in forth with Fight metric. That means I've literally slowed down the fight multiple times just to make sure if a strike landed. Try again, bruh.



You may not make up scenarios, but your opinion of the matter doesn't jive with reality.

It doesn't matter i f you took pictures of every second and watched them on a spinning pinwheel, your arguments have no substance. I understand thats ya boy and everything but face it, he lost. If you came at me with a little more fact on the fight than "i broke it down to milliseconds to see how many beads of sweat frankie had", you might sound credible.

"It doesn't matter i f you took pictures of every second and watched them on a spinning pinwheel, your arguments have no substance."



No, actually me backing my opinions up with stats is the exact opposite of my argument lacking substance. You, on the other hand, treating your opinion as fact is an example of a argument with no base (or substance if you will).



"I understand thats ya boy and everything but face it, he lost."



Yea, he's a really good fighter. But he's not my boy. I'm more of a fan of Diaz, Maynard, and Pettis at 155 than him. Just respect the hell out of him.



So the "Yo homey, I know thas yo boy son na mean" argument is absurd. And a cop out.



"If you came at me with a little more fact on the fight than "i broke it down to milliseconds to see how many beads of sweat frankie had", you might sound credible."



If I came at you? Are we on the skreets, homey? Hahaha



I already gave you facts (that would be the website fightmetric I posted about above). You are just incredulous to listen, because you don't want to give up a point that has no factual base.



Aight, G?

No please...no next time. Move on bruh...just like he should. This is making MMA stale.

Fight metric is about the only source there is (considering compustrike doesn't even put out numbers anymore), and believe it or not in just stat counting they are actually quite good (not perfect, and their "decision" picking seems a bit bias).

I have caught Fight Metric counting way too many landed strikes on multiple occasions and not enough as well. They seem to count strikes that miss more than missing strikes that land but either way I find them too inaccurate. I didn't like Compustrike either though. In my opinion both services are/were junk.

So you just pretty much hate every stat counting website then? :)



Trust men, I've held similar opinions in the past. They were pretty damn close this time.

If Benson controlled the fight so much, why in the press conference did he say that Frankie's footwork forced him to fight at Frankie's pace...and he kept reiterating the fact that he couldn't fight at the pace he wanted to.

ahhh.... Benson's apologist. nice to meet you.

And PS: If you thought Hendo maintained octagon control you really are blind... or stupid.

Round 1 - Henderson



Round 2 - Edgar



Rounds 3 to 5 - Neither one of them did enough to truly dominate the other to deserve any of those rounds.



This fight was a draw. I don't know why so many people are adverse to draws. To say either one of them did enough to defeat the other is trying too hard to have someone as a victor. One of them really needed to step it up towards the end and truly put their stamp on this fight. Perhaps they are so evenly matched in skill, experience and mental toughness that it is hard to do that. A draw is the natural outcome.

Wouldn't have minded a draw.

if the fight was a draw then Henderson is still the champ anyway

Still would have been scored closer to correct then what happened. I'm not a huge Edgar fan, so him not having the title isn't my biggest concern. It's the fact that the problem with scoring fighting is still not good enough.

In a close title fight the champion should always maintain the belt, it's up to the challenger to show he wants it more. Personally I thought it was a fairly poor fight with neither fighter looking all that impressive but it was still a clear victory for Benson. Last fight Benson dominated Edgar much more obviously but none the less.

totally bogus! 2nd straight time Frankie gets robbed! Shields fights=gay porn scene movie,boring as usual!!!!

and your name is not?

Well its a hard 1 2 score from round 3 onwards Edgar was unlucky but that's the way it goes I am a Henderson fan the guy is so tough Nate Diaz is gonna bring it the next challenge for Benson will be totally better fight

Well its a hard 1 2 score from round 3 onwards Edgar was unlucky but that's the way it goes I am a Henderson fan the guy is so tough Nate Diaz is gonna bring it the next challenge for Benson will be totally better fight

diaz will take the belt of benson like taking candy from a baby no judges will be needed

Was going for ben, but thought frankie actually won. Good fight, hope Frankie won't cave into the pressure of going down to 45's the guy is a beast and will do well wherever he goes.

Frankie's a BOSS.

Too many rematches in the UFC at the moment for my liking. Was looking forward to see Overeem vs JDS, but now they're making the champ fight a guy he already finished in the 1st rd. I don't think a win over Bigfoot after just coming off a loss should give Cain another immediate rematch. At least Overeem is on a winning streak and has momentum behind him.

The words "Frankie Edgar" and "Controversial Decision" have become synonymous with each other, as well as "Trilogy".



Please UFC, no Trilogy rematch with Bendo, we have seen enough drawn out battles with Edgar fighting the same guy over the course of two years.