Never more optimistic and motivated than right now. It’s easy to understand why veteran flyweight Joseph Benavidez (25-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) is feeling this way right now. It’s a new day at the top of the division. As long as Demetrious Johnson (27-3-1 MMA, 15-2-1 UFC) held the title, Benavidez’s prospects for winning the belt were dim. Two losses to “Mighty Mouse” set his glass ceiling, one that couldn’t be shattered with six straight wins and certainly didn’t crack with a split-decision loss to Sergio Pettis at UFC 225 in June. But as soon as the decision was announced in UFC 227’s co-headliner earlier this month, Benavidez’s world got a lot brighter.
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See if you can guess why UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez is smiling these days – MMA Junkie