Retired MMA star Benson Henderson revealed that he fought with a toothpick in his mouth throughout quite a few his fights.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani of The MMA Hour final month, Henderson shared how he managed to struggle with a toothpick contained in the octagon.
“For lots of fights, I had the toothpick, yeah,” Henderson stated. “For lots of fights. It was only a unhealthy behavior. I might actually, like, exit to lunch or dinner or breakfast, no matter — you recognize, you’ve the toothpicks from the restaurant. I might simply neglect I’ve it in, I might apply, I might do no matter. I’d depart it in for fights.”
Henderson revealed his toothpick behavior led to an unintentional harm.
“I’d graduated faculty, after which I went house to shock my mother,” Henderson stated. “I stunned her when she was coming down the steps, and I had a toothpick in like I at all times do, and I used to be a little bit bit older. I used to be mature sufficient to understand how dumb that was, how not good that was, how loopy that was. However I scared her — and I swallowed my toothpick. (h/t MMA Combating)
Benson Henderson Retired at Bellator 292
Henderson, a former UFC and WEC light-weight champion, introduced his retirement from MMA at Bellator 292, the place he did not seize the 155-pound title from Usman Nurmagomedov.
“I informed myself if I lose any of [my] final 4 fights then it’s about that point,” Henderson stated post-fight at Bellator 292. “I’ve had a pleasant future, I’ve completed plenty of nice issues [and] was in a position to do plenty of superb accomplishments.”
Throughout his profession, Henderson (30-12) fought a number of MMA stars, together with Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal, Frankie Edgar, Michael Chandler and Donald Cerrone, to call a really choose few. The Colorado Springs, Colorado native defended the WEC and UFC light-weight titles as soon as and thrice, respectively.
After a five-year stint with the UFC, Henderson signed with Bellator MMA in February 2016 and went 7-7 in 14 fights. The previous title challenger competed for Bellator gold thrice in opposition to Nurmagomedov, Chandler and Andrey Koreshkov.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt was ESPN’s 2012 MMA Fighter of The Yr. He earned three UFC Struggle of The Evening bonuses.
