Benson Henderson hasn’t had the greatest start to his Bellator tenure, but can start to turn it all around in a couple weeks. With James Gallagher (7-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) injured and out of his fight against featherweight Adam Borics (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) in the Bellator 196 main event, the promotion called on former lightweight and welterweight title challenger Henderson (24-8 MMA, 1-3 BMMA) and MMA veteran Roger Huerta (24-9-1 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) as the new headliner. Bellator 196 will take place April 6 at Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, and will air on Paramount via same-day delay. Henderson has lost three of his first four fights in Bellator, including back-to-back split-decision losses to Michael Chandler in a lightweight title fight and Patricky Freire this past September. Now that he’s recovered from some injuries, Henderson will try to snap the second two-fight skid of his career. Ahead of Bellator 196, the promotion went “In Focus” with Henderson to talk about his career and his upcoming opportunity
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