Bellator 160 [8/26] "Attack You Like A Pit That Lock S#it DOWN" (Benson Henderson/Patricio Pitbull)

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Really good card up until the main event...

AJ McKee looks legit....tall, strong, athletic...jiujitsu is his strong point but his striking is good...hopefully he makes noise @ fw...




Bendo actually looked good, all things considered, against Koreshkov. showed that he still has a good chin, was still showing great elusiveness...was landing SOME offense against a much larger man...and was just being awkward enough in his approach to not let koreshkov look totally comfortable...

Ben looked TERRIBLE on Friday night...getting outjabbed by the guy with less range...couldn't get a TD...couldn't even control Pitbull in the clinch...the only thing he did well was this alleged kick check that I never even saw happen live(GIF please???)...and yall know i'm ehhhh when it comes to kick check stoppages anyway. I still think Ben has all his physical attributes.....but it is what it is. This was THE WORST performance I've ever seen from Ben last Friday. And Chandler is walking around @ 192 lbs.......and he looks in shape...

And we know he's legit b/c a green Chandler stopped Eddie and slightly more seasoned Chandler arguably should've gotten the nod in the rematch...I honestly think Ben will be ready and perform well regardless...but I'm leaning 55%/45% Chandler, atm.

The man was losing to 5'5 Pitbull who could drop to 135 one day

I'm a huge fan of Benson, but man he's looked horrible since joining Bellator

 

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Ben has always had a certain level of struggle to his style...but that style always managed to suck his opponent into his fight.

Pitbull was borderline dominating Ben last Friday Chandler might actually be the favorite when they fight....and that might allow Ben to fight loose...I dunno.