An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

Only three men have solved the Patricio Freire puzzle: Daniel Straus, Pat Curran and Joe Warren, all of them current or former Bellator MMA champions. The Brazilian has no intention of allowing Benson Henderson to join their ranks. Freire will meet Henderson in a lightweight title eliminator atop Bellator 160 on Friday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where he expects to experience the same success he has enjoyed throughout his career. In Henderson, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder, “Pitbull” faces his most accomplished opponent to date. Freire sees it as a chance to show his quality.“I want to always fight any other fighter who is the best, and I always want to challenge myself,” he told Sherdog.com. “When this opportunity came, I jumped at it. He is one of the best fighters in the world, and I am ready to prove to everybody that I not only belong in there with him but that I can beat him.” Henderson owns one of MMA’s better resumes at 155 pounds, with wins over Frankie Edgar (twice), Donald Cerrone (twice), Josh Thomson, Gilbert Melendez, Nate Diaz and Jim Miller. Freire admits Henderson’s style has given some of the sport’s best fighters fits but maintains that he is neither fazed nor intimidated by it. While some fighters have tried to replicate Henderson’s awkward angles and unorthodox attacks in the gym, “Pitbull” scoffed at the idea. …

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