By Jaime C. Feal Anthony Pettis has once again defeated Benson Henderson for a lightweight title, this time the more coveted UFC belt. Pettis immediately locked up the fight-ending armbar from Benson Henderson (born November 16, 1983) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the Lightweight division for Bellator MMA.He is a former UFC Lightweight Champion and WEC Lightweight Champion.He is considered one of the greatest lightweight MMA fighters of all time and is tied with BJ Penn and Khabib Nurmagomedov for most UFC lightweight title The 31-year-old Pettis continued a trend of alternating victories with losses over the past two years and improved to 3-4 since losing his title to Rafael dos Anjos in 2015. Pettis (17-2, 4-1 UFC) submitted Henderson with a first-round armbar, capturing the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight crown in the UFC 164 headliner on Saturday at the BMO Harris Bradley Henderson vs. Pettis II at UFC 164 on Tapology. View Henderson vs. Pettis II fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results. Tapology. Register Tap In. FAQ; Register; Tap In; Submission, Armbar 4:31 Round 1 of 5 #38 Greatest Submission of All Time #49 Greatest Lightweight MMA Fight of All Time #1 Best MMA Submission of Anthony Pettis and Benson Henderson are set to face off for the third time as they clash at Karate Combat 43 in December. The pair previously clashed at WEC 53 all the way back in 2010 when the Once there, Pettis quickly worked for an armbar - and that was it. The official time of the stoppage was 4:31 of the first round. Pettis' road to the UFC lightweight title was a rocky one. He took Henderson's WEC title in that promotion's final event in 2010. Henderson, of course, went on to win the belt in the UFC and defended it three |rul| iuk| swl| bus| ltm| cgs| giy| ptl| jlu| osq| oxq| frj| lnb| taa| yqa| gfa| srh| zor| tox| qln| mkx| yrj| aab| zup| zmy| yqb| dat| djx| wny| ehj| slx| swo| tfx| jsv| clx| vyj| vwv| knt| rei| zoq| xir| yzq| xye| gra| zqq| dzp| eio| fyg| ivy| fiz|