Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos SEOUL – Now that Jorge Masvidal is in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 79 card in South Korea, he can admit there was a little bit of hesitation taking a short-notice fight against Benson Henderson. When Henderson (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) lost Thiago Alves as his opponent earlier this month, Masvidal (29-9 MMA, 6-2 UFC) stepped up from the co-main slot against Dong Hyun Kim to fight former lightweight champ Henderson. But it wasn’t an instant “Yes.” “I was in no matter what,” Masvidal told MMAjunkie. “(But) I thought about it for a second, because my weight now is welterweight.
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Jorge Masvidal was ‘in no matter what’ against Henderson – after some critical thinking – MMA Junkie