Benson
Henderson
has a little bit of the wick left to burn, and he
wants to make the most of the time that remains before the light
goes out.
The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship and
World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder will toe the line
against
Peter
Queally in the
Bellator 285 lightweight main event on Friday at 3Arena in
Dublin. Henderson has compiled a 6-6 record since he joined the
Bellator
MMA roster in 2016. The
MMA Lab mainstay last appeared at Bellator 273, where he eked
out a split decision over
Islam
Mamedov in their three-round encounter on Jan. 29. Queally,
meanwhile, has won two of his past three bouts. The
SBG Ireland rep last fought in November, when he succumbed to
punches from
Patricky
Freire in the second round of their Bellator 270 rematch.
As Henderson and Queally make final preparations for their
forthcoming battle at 155 pounds, a look at some of the numbers
that have accompanied them to this point:
38: Years of age for Henderson, who was born in Colorado Springs on
Nov. 16, 1983.
9: Henderson wins by submission, accounting for 31% of his career
total (29). His methods of choice: five guillotine chokes and four
rear-naked chokes. Henderson holds five other wins by knockout or
technical knockout (17%) and 15 more by decision (52%).
97: Seconds needed for Henderson to put away
Allen
Williams with punches at Victory Fighting Championship 18 on
Feb. 16, 2007. More than 15 years later, it remains his fastest
finish to date.
100: Rounds completed by Henderson as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on 22 different occasions and
carries a 15-7 record in those bouts.
214: Combined victories between the nine opponents—Freire,
Michael
Chandler (twice),
Anthony
Pettis (twice),
Brent
Primus,
Jason
Jackson,
Andrey
Koreshkov,
Donald
Cerrone,
Rafael dos
Anjos and
Rocky
Johnson—who have defeated Henderson. They boast a .704
cumulative winning percentage at 214-90.
33: Years of age for Queally, who was born on Feb. 19, 1989 in
Dungarvan, Ireland.
3: Queally victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 23% of his career total (13). His list of victims: Freire,
Ryan
Scope and
David
Khachatryan. Queally owns 10 other victories by decision
(77%).
1: Stalemate on the Queally resume. He settled for a five-round
draw with
Kuat
Khamitov at Fight Nights Global 80 on Nov. 26, 2017. Khamitov
was originally declared the winner, but the Russian MMA Union
changed the result upon further review.
8: Countries in which Queally has competed as a mixed martial
artist. He has gone 7-3 in his native Ireland, 2-1 in Russia, 1-1
in South Africa, 1-0 in England, 1-0 in Poland, 1-0 in Italy, 0-0-1
in Kazakhstan and 0-1 in the United States.
.638: Cumulative winning percentage between the six
opponents—Freire,
Myles Price,
Islam
Begidov,
Joe
McColgan,
Igeu Kabesa
and
Chris
Boujard—who have beaten Queally. They sport a combined record
of 67-37-1.