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| Benson Henderson (right) landed a plethora of knees and kicks on Frankie Edgar at UFC 144. |
Dana White has a problem, but of the myriad of woes that confront the UFC president each day, this is one he is happy to have.
Benson Henderson won the UFC lightweight title via unanimous decision after a rousing battle with Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 144 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It was a back-and-forth brawl that had a little bit of everything that makes mixed martial arts great.
It was up, it was down. There were kicks, punches and knees, takedowns and submissions. It was fought at an extremely quick pace and they were going as hard in the final minute of the bout as they were in the initial minute.
The judges gave it to Henderson, 49-46 twice and 48-47. Yahoo! Sports also scored it 48-47 for Henderson, but the fight was so close. Edgar had a 5-1 edge in takedowns according to Fight Metric, but Henderson had an 87-68 edge in significant strikes; that it wouldn’t be unreasonable for the decision to have gone the other way.
If White decided to give Edgar an immediate rematch, all he’d have to do is show 45 seconds of highlights from Saturday’s bout and he’d have a pay-per-view winner on his hands.
But earlier on the card, Anthony Pettis scored a spectacular first-round knockout over Joe Lauzon. Pettis landed a kick to the head that ended the fight just 81 seconds after the opening bell.
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