(This story first appeared in Thursday’s USA TODAY .) More often than not, sports rivalries boil down to player against player, coach against coach or team against team. It’s rare for a rivalry storyline to develop between an athlete and an opposing coach, but that’s become the case between former UFC lightweight titleholder Benson Henderson and famed trainer Greg Jackson. To date, Henderson (20-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) owns a 3-0 record against fighters trained under the tutelage of Jackson, whose gym is located in Albuquerque, N.M. He has defeated Donald Cerrone twice, Clay Guida once and will get the chance to improve his unblemished mark against Rustam Khabilov (17-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 42 (10 p.m
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Benson Henderson aims to keep perfect vs. Jackson’s MMA at UFC Fight Night 42 – MMA Junkie