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DAMN! They Were Good: Remembering The 'Smooth' Career Of Benson Henderson

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

DAMN! They Were Good celebrates the careers of the most exciting and influential fighters in MMA history, and on the third episode of 2023, the MMA Fighting crew remembers the best of former UFC and WEC lightweight champion, Benson Henderson. Beginning his career in 2006, Henderson quickly made a name for himself as one of the most dynamic and exciting fighters in MMA, participating in both the 2009 and 2010 Fights of the Year. Those fights, both in the WEC, set up his most memorable career run, where he served as the UFC lightweight champion from 2012 to 2013, defending the title three times. After losing his belt to Anthony Pettis in 2013, Henderson remained a going concern in the UFC lightweight and welterweight divisions before becoming one of the first major free agents to depart the UFC and head to Bellator, where he would spend the rest of his career, challenging for titles on three separate occasions. One of the lightweight division's many overlooked champions, Henderson's 17-year career came to an end earlier this month when he retired after losing the Usman Nurmagomedov in the first round of the Bellator Lightweight Grand Prix, and so to honor the man affectionately dubbed "Bendo," host Jed Meshew is joined by MMAFighting's Shaheen Al-Shatti and Mike Heck to remember their favorite moments from his incredible career. Follow Jed Meshew @JedKMeshew Follow Shaun Al-Shatti @ShaunAlShatti Follow Mike Heck @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:04.6

Hello, friends and welcome.

0:22.0

My name is Jed Machu.

0:23.0

I'm a writer for mfiting.com, it's a great website, and you know what time it is.

0:28.5

We're back, baby.

0:29.5

It's another episode of Dan, they were good in the can for you, and I'm excited because

0:33.6

this one we were talking about in the pre-show, it's going to be a really interesting one.

0:38.3

It's not, you know, the guy we're talking about today, not one of the greatest, greatest

0:42.1

of all time, not one of the greatest action fighters, but I think one of the most interesting

0:47.0

careers to dive into, to dissect, so let's get right into it.

0:51.8

And as always, got introduced to the panel, the esteemed colleagues joining me, and I've

0:56.1

got two guys that are perfect for this.

0:59.6

First, we just call it, it is the best damn host, not just an MMA media in media in general.

1:07.1

He is the flagship, the standard bearer of the, I mean, all the shows you love, heck of

1:11.5

a morning between the links, almost every pre and post show that mfiting.com, great website

1:17.9

does.

1:18.9

The one and only Mr. Mike Heck and joining me in Mike today, as almost as always at this

1:24.7

point in time, editor, the best writer in, in the whole of the world, Mr. Sheenau Shady

1:32.2

Fellas.

1:33.5

Thanks for being here.

1:34.5

How we doing?

1:35.5

What's up?

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