UFC Champ Ben Henderson doesn't think he needs Anthony Pettis rematch to "cement anything," but can't wait for UFC 164

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Do I want to see Pettis again? For sure. Do I want to get my hands on him? I cannot wait to get my hands on this guy. But do I need to fight Pettis again to cement anything, or put the final nail in a coffin or whatever analogy you want to use? Not really.

I was able to, as a man, move on from it. It happened. It kinda sucked. It wasn't a good moment. But guess what? I learned from it, I grew from it and I got better. I was able to be a better fighter in however many fights I've had since then. It's one of those things in life. You have to man up and move on."

-UFC Champ Benson Henderson talks to BleacherReport.com about why he hasn't exactly set out to get a rematch with Anthony Pettis despite that being his only loss under the Zuffa banner.

Penick's Analysis: This is a reasonable statement from Henderson regarding the subject, but there will be those who don't believe he's "cemented" everything until he defeats Pettis. It's the one blemish on his record, and the fact that he's been so disinterested in avenging that loss has a lot of people thinking he's been ducking it this whole time. He hasn't been, of course, as the UFC has chosen other fighters ahead of Pettis to put in front of him. Still, he never pushed for the fight, and it's only in front of him now because of outside circumstances. Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because the fight will happen on August 31, and no other outside ideas will play into it when they settle things at UFC 164.

[Ben Henderson art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

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Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_17702.shtml

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