A biography for Benson Hendersonhasn’t been written yet.
“Brock Lesnar, he did a pretty darn good job. He was a WWE star. He came to the UFC and won the UFC belt.”
“I'm always in the gym, six hours a day. I'm in the gym all the time, six days a week. It's one of the reason why my training camps are a little bit shorter. My training camp is five weeks long because I only need four weeks to get into fighting shape.”
“You try to make your sparring sessions as realistic as possible.”
“I'd end up being late no matter what before I had kids. Now, with kids, I'm super late everywhere I go.”
“If it comes it comes. But you can't look for a finish. If you look for a home run ball you'll never hit the home run; if you look for a goal you'll never get it but if you play the game, if you play football and the guy that's open gives you a pass and you score the goal, that's when you score. That's when you get all the goals.”
“Every fight is a close dogfight.”
“My dream job growing up was to become a police officer.”
“If I keep on winning and keep putting the work in, then everything else falls into place.”
“A lot of my kicks are unique to MMA and the fight game in general. I wouldn't say that it's on purpose, but more because I've had success doing them and using them. I just use them more often.”
“Anytime you have anybody that's physically a great athlete and a great specimen, they have the work ethic. They know how to work, know how to improve, know how to get better. They are special athletes.”
“Bellator is collecting talent, collecting world-level talent all across the board.”
“The bigger size of the weight class, guys are going to get tired a little bit quicker. They get tired to where they can't even keep their hands up in the fourth and fifth round.”
“A lot of guys need to get back in shape, I'm in the gym all the time so I don't really lose my conditioning as much as other people.”
“As long as you're you, be you, do you. But be real.”
“I'd say for sure though, read the fine print in the contract. Make sure after you defend your belt for however many times and then you lose, you're not making less money than a kid who had three fights in the UFC. That's a shame. That's laughable. That is a shame.”
“You've got to earn way to a title shot.”
“As I get older, I eat healthier, try to eat the right things, make all these little sacrifices that it takes to be a champion.”
“I think it's smart to fight to the end of your contract and see what your worth is on the open market.”
“Maybe Bellator would not be a great fit for this guy but would be for this guy. Maybe the UFC is a better call for this guy, but then Bellator is better for that guy. I don't think you can make a blanket statement and say that this organization is great for everybody compared to this organization. Take it case by case.”
“If a guy's a very good wrestler or a really good boxer or has a really good high kick, you prepare for that. It's the same when you're going to fight someone who talks a lot of crap.”