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WEC: Ben Henderson comments about Jamie Varner on Inside MMA
By Zach Arnold | December 10, 2009
Recently, Henderson was a guest on the weekly panel for the Inside MMA show on HDNet. Hosts Kenny Rice & Bas Rutten asked him a few questions about his upcoming fight against Jamie Varner.
Rice: “I guess you defend your interim title. You’re taking on a titleholder but you’re sort of a titleholder yourself right now.”
Henderson: “Yeah, I have the interim title. Basically, it’s just a number one contendership. I don’t really consider myself a champ at all quite yet. When Jamie and I get it on, when we dance, when I get that belt around my waist then I’ll be the champ.”
Rice: “All right, well recently as you probably know if you watch Inside MMA regularly Jamie Varner was on the show and he talked about this fight coming up against Ben.”
Varner: “I felt Cerrone won the first round and the fourth and the fifth rounds, so, it’s kind of tough for me to call. Henderson did more damage, but I thought Cerrone won more rounds.
I’m looking forward to the fight, I’m really excited. I’ve trained with Ben Henderson before, I know what he brings to the table and he knows what I bring to the table. He had one hell of a time training with me, trying to take me down and execute anything on me, so I’m expecting a tough fight but I’m also expecting a quick fight.”
Rice: “Gee, Ben, I guess he was talking a quick fight for himself. And you say?”
Henderson: “I would imagine so. He’s expecting a quick fight. I imagine that’s what he’s hoping for. Donald Cerrone took him into some deep water we saw, we all saw, you saw for yourself how that fight went once it got to the later stages, the fourth round, fifth round, I’m going to take him into those deep waters again, you know, take him out in a war and see how he likes it.”
Rice: “This has been a fast rise for you.”
Rutten: “Yeah, we were just talking about it.”
Henderson: “It has. Um, I’ve been blessed, God has really blessed me, directing my career in the right path you know has gone pretty quickly fighting some smaller, local shows to fighting for titles you know in a matter of 9, 10 fights, so…”
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