Benson Henderson’s commitment to the grind may have come back to bite him.
The former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder wound up on the short side of a split decision against two-time Bellator MMA tournament finalist Patricky Freire in the Bellator 183 headliner on Saturday at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Scores were 29-28 and 29-28 for Freire, 29-28 for Henderson. Neither man did much to warrant the judges’ favor.
Freire (18-8, 11-7 Bellator) advanced behind single strikes, connecting with a few right hands upstairs and a handful of knees to the body.