“At 170... I need to have a 97 percent performance. And some of the guys at 170, they need to have maybe an 85 percent performance. They need to not be at their best for me to beat them.”

American former mixed martial artist

Benson Henderson is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He competed most recently in Bellator MMA’s lightweight division and is known as a former UFC Lightweight Champion and WEC Lightweight Champion. Henderson built a long career at lightweight, winning major titles in both the UFC and the WEC. He is also tied with B.J. Penn, Frankie Edgar, and Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most UFC lightweight title defenses, which places him among the division’s notable champions.