UFC FN 60: Henderson vs. Thatch

The next two fights should be entertaining.

If Holloway doesn't work the body and get a TKO, him and Miller will land a lot of strikes and eat a lot of strikes and probably get FOTN.

Impressive round for Henderson. Thatch is so big/good/fast. Stamina seems there too.

HOLY FUCK. so impressed by Henderson right now. Incredible. First two rounds looked like he should have been +300.

FUUAAARK.. just when I thought bendo was on his career decline....

Lost money tonight, but it could've been much worse. Thank goodness for Kelly winning.

Called out Rory HAHAHAA fucking beast.

YES CALL OUT RORY, liking this WW Bendo

AND he fought with a toothpick in his mouth again.

Dam should went with benson. Wish I could get some crazy odds against making a UFC roster in like 16-24 months Id do it

I dont think thats possible unless you're already training seriously in which case you shouldnt need any extra motivation to do it

Benson looked really good, had him by decision but still happy he got the win

Benson is great.He is tough as nails and overcame a huge size difference.
At the beginning i could not focus on the fight ,but instead i was asking myself ''how on earth'' is Tatch making 170?!He must be walking at 220.

Its easy to say now that the fight happened, but i think we could have predicted this happening

Benson is #5 in the world lightweight
Thatch is around #21 in the world welterweight.

There is a super large difference of skills between a #5 and a #21

Benson also has better cardio (less muscle mass, didn't have to cut).
Also, Thatch has no experience in later rounds, and Benson has tons of experience in those.
So i think its safe to say Benson was going to do well if he survives first few rounds. And Benson isn't the easiest guy to KO.

what a performance. i thought benson won the first round, but the way thatch was ragdolling him in the 2nd, i didnt think benson could overcome that. thatch slowed slightly, but i dont think he was gassed. benson just found a hole in his game, and exploited it. all heart.

thatch is still a future champ level talent. hes pretty great at everything thats hard to learn and pretty terrible at the one thing that anyone can learn. a couple more years of ground work and he wont make those mistakes anymore. hes massive (2nd biggest 170er ive ever seen besides rumble), hits hard, moves forward, good defensive wrestling, and was throwing benson around like a grappling dummy. guy is gonna be around for a while

On February 15 2015 15:12 Floofy wrote: Its easy to say now that the fight happened, but i think we could have predicted this happening Benson is #5 in the world lightweight Thatch is around #21 in the world welterweight. There is a super large difference of skills between a #5 and a #21 Benson also has better cardio (less muscle mass, didn't have to cut). Also, Thatch has no experience in later rounds, and Benson has tons of experience in those. So i think its safe to say Benson was going to do well if he survives first few rounds. And Benson isn't the easiest guy to KO.

I watched the fight and still would not predict this happening if they fought tomorrow that's how amazing it was to see. Don't agree with this post in the slightest.

Thatch is also way better than #21.

The altitude in Colorado was owning several fighters last night. We might get a better line on Thatch in his next fight, since some people might question his cardio, his defensive BJJ, and the fact that he lost to a 155`er.

I saw Thatch's performance as good, but could've been better, especially with using more leg kicks. Benson did a good job at exploiting Thatch's ground game, and he fought a great fight overall, so I wasn't fazed by losing some big bets on Thatch like I am with other losses I've had in the past.

Anyway, I'll still take Thatch over most of the other welterweight fighters.

I meant that Thatch wasn't on the same level as Henderson skillwise in the other thread, but I didn't realize they weren't in the same weight class.

Thatch isn't a complete fighter, and Muay Thai is kind of like a bum hunting style where it absolutely plows through bad opponents, but is relatively easy to counter.

Henderson is a championship level fighter. An example of a championship level Muyu Thai base fighter is Anderson Silva. Notice how tricky Anderson is, its because the basic Muay Thai, the way Thatch employs it is quite easy to counter.

On February 15 2015 06:33 Nazgul wrote: AND he fought with a toothpick in his mouth again.

I thought this was a joke wtf. Then I paused the video and actually looked...

How is that even legal.

Maybe he's made it really wet, n squishy, I've tested just now on some match sticks!!