Benson Henderson vs Gilbert Melendez Highlights (Great CHAMPIONSHIP Dogfight)

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UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez (also known as UFC on Fox 7) was a mixed martial arts event held on April 20, 2013, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event was broadcast live on FOX.
The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between defending champion Benson Henderson and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez.
All apologies to those who may disagree, but this was one heck of a lightweight title tilt between Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez.
It was technical and fast-paced, and like every other Benson Henderson fight since he joined the UFC, the result was controversial.
Benson Henderson retained the UFC lightweight title, winning a razor-thin split decision against Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez Saturday night in San Jose, California. It was Henderson’s seventh straight win in the UFC and third successful title defense.
These two elite fighters went back-and-forth for the full 25 minutes, trading punches, kicks, and rounds. Henderson opened slower than usual, dropping the first frame before stepping things up in the second. Much like his second fight with Frankie Edgar, Henderson was successful with leg kicks but hit the pause button on the tactic in the fourth round for no known reason.
In the end, Henderson did just enough to convince two of the three ringside officials that he had won three of the five rounds, though they differed on which three they were. He’s become accustomed to these close contests since reaching the top of the division and will need to put together another dominant performance like the one he had against Nathan Diaz last December to truly establish himself going forward.
That's just the way the cookie crumbles when it comes to Henderson, apparently; he's able to win fights, but always does so in controversial fashion.

[@dorgenois100]

Pretty much every Ben Henderson highlights are like this. Dude is all action

[@dannielson2946]

Yes action but benson has got too learn how too box better his hands are barely used. Fight goes too Gilbert in my book sorry but all bensons take downs are negated when he pops back up that fast. Great kicks from ben tho.dana got tired of his ass

[@austinreed347]

@@dannielson2946 Dana only likes Conor and Brock so that’s not saying much

[@SLIMHARDAWAY543]

That’s a fact jack !

[@vellharris4225]

Din ding ding ŵhat do we have for him johnny

[@rolandmcknight97]

@@austinreed347 dudes a business man WTF bro ? Downside. Benson is black ain't no halfway black in America eyes lol many guys keep that shT hid . He's part Korean his sperm donor was a American soldier

[@ashton6039]

Literally every time Ben tried to fix his hair Gilbert hit him 😂

[@dubtv6160]

Thats what i was saying lmao wow crazy if he didnt have hair or fixed it before better

[@stalker7892]

Looks like Benson was more distracted by his hair than he was with Melendez.

[@barendfourie6687]

I cant watch a fighter that is more concerned with his hair than the fight.

[@tikka300wsm5]

Henderson spent half of every fight getting his hair out of his face.

[@hijvgkolfsr5871]

Elvows

[@strawman9410]

Then getting punched in the face while doing it, not the right haircut for fighting.

[@tahoeclay]

3/4

[@cameraduong9886]

Is good for him if he get his hair cut ahort

[@richardmorris7063]

@@strawman9410 good fighter but a pretty boy.

[@dodikjaya8475]

His hair is the real opponent

[@carlosesquivel5103]

Prime Benson would be very competitive with the top Lightweights of today, or the very least no one would dominate him.

[@davidbergeron9865]

I always hated how much time and effort henderson puts into brushing the hair out of his face.

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

I feel like Benson would have more wins and success if he trimmed his hair a little.

[@andregeorgescu4399]

NO ONE CAN SAY THAT THIS WASN'T A GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN TWO GREAT MEN IN THE RING! 🤛🤝🤜🤝🤝🤝✊👊👏👏👏👏👍

[@oflex1735]

Ben Henderson has fought everybody it seems.

[@leandroantelo7154]

Yeah the same with showtime pettis and rda

[@mikeroullier6875]

Cracks me up when a fighter continuously has to mess with his hair!!

[@brandonheston8608]

He would have done better without it. The hair is definitely a distraction

[@mikeroullier6875]

@@brandonheston8608 agreed

[@richardmorris7063]

Should have put it in a man bun.

[@joebuzz2758]

Henderson needs to do something with his hair. Every 5 seconds he has to push it out of his face.

[@danielvanness6936]

For sure, It's stupid to keep doing that. It's like a tic he has. He lost this fight. The scorecards are way off.

[@floridamarkandreim.4945]

@@danielvanness6936 Ikr, he should've braided it or something on his fights.

[@karankots]

This highlight looked like a full Fight to me since it was action packed

[@MrSh4des]

Dude needs to get his hair braided before fights or something

[@gaybuzzlightyear1294]

The crowd booing his proposal 🤣

[@TheTHunter847]

Henderson is an exciting fighter, non- stop action

[@TBODZ]

Lool no he isn’t. Great fighter but exciting no

[@austinreed347]

@@TBODZ pretty exciting to me bro

[@everly-shadystudios9900]

I always kind of thought Gilbert won that fight but it's amazing how Benson Henderson fights with a toothpick in his mouth all the time

[@Chimera_166]

And top it off with a proposal. What a legend

[@tztz1949]

Benson would be better if he wouldn't adjust his hair constantly.

[@AshSmash123]

Yes, looks good but why he's never braided or skinned it is silly!.

[@keokiaki5647]

1:25 henderson got a illegal knee to the face.

[@nonglishq6727]

The knee was legal.

[@mmafightreview4020]

Benson never been K.O in such a hard way even if that hair blocking his sight.

[@icenutsproductions9682]

The main wec lightweights (benson,Pettis, cerrone)are what I think of when I think of mma fighters good flashy kicks good takedowns good ovensive guards. My favorite fighters to watch

[@jodylowe8476]

GIblert got good at attacking everytime Benson played with his hair.

[@jaypangan8278]

His hair is very inconvenience during fight....

[@gainesp2003gainesp]

Good fight by two legends - Henderson with the legs and Gilbert with the hands!

[@jeremygfoots50]

Great fight!! Thanks again!

[@anilluwang169]

Gilbert is so good

[@ebowden1168]

Anyone saying benson needs to get his hair cut definitely wasn’t old enough to see him fight in his prime lol

[@hoondaily270]

The guy fought with a tooth pick in his mouth

[@cedricbeard4609]

He got it braided in his next fight for that reason. Ironically a loss to Pettis.

[@masitaatisam3679]

Throwing a pony backwords every 10 seconds would drive me nuts .. Even as a oponent 😬

[@tangkhulgeneral1352]

Benson's hair is killing me.

[@TheKamereaminit]

Ha the hair thing is hilarious. Dude caught at least 25 punches to the head while fixing hair and still won. I wonder if he swallowed his toothpick 🤔

[@I.GGjinn]

he uses that motion with his hair to keep his guard up.but yeah it's funnt

[@michaelkosanovich8726]

Gilbert Melendez was robbed!

[@hey12358y]

Always like how Melendez got in there and went to work.

[@cecilgamble9666]

Henderson punches thrown - 200 Hair grabs - 450

[@franchisefred4066]

Probably the best matchup lightweights in the UFC

[@christianhardwick6530]

Did they swap toothpicks in the engagement ceremony

[@user-nk5qo4xf3g]

Why doesn't Henderson cut his hair shorter? He always adjust his hair in the game

[@user-nk5qo4xf3g]

Benson fight with his hair

[@JONAHPOOPYFACE]

Samson

[@Daniel-kx7ip]

The power is in his hair

[@serialchiler]

Also has toothpick in his mouth

[@TheFireStarter1215]

Cause he's not perfect, never has been

[@thecelt4807]

cardio off the charts

[@tempsitch5632]

Do a shot of reality every time Henderson fixes his hair.

[@imochasingh6875]

Benson could have done the braid style to avoid his hair management

[@hirlomendoza9065]

Funny how i watched this fight years ago and find gilbert to be extremely slow im turning 36 this year and now i find him to be actually fast. Im too old to watch this.

[@samiyrchander1546]

Nice Next Gil vs Alvarez And Pettis vs Alvarez Pettis vs barboza

[@YNWestiiizy]

My first ever UFC event in Sj, this fight was a banger

[@SilverTreasures]

Dude was fixing his hair the whole time

[@giovannitabogo5738]

hair is a disadvantage ..... he worries every time his hair falls on his face

[@Hurricane_Dan]

I thought the same thing

[@rickytann7773]

That was clearly a loss for Benson

[@raajashtaputre2803]

Henderson finally met his match!!

[@jeremybrackett877]

I still think Gilbert won that fight.

[@hubadfun5975]

Ben needs to cut his long Brad Pitt hair because half the time he has to rearrange it during the fight.

[@narann2267]

Henderson should tie hair or do something. Or he may lose important fights.

[@indischekraj4217]

Ben was too busy with his hair

[@itsdefinitelytrue7600]

That was awesome👍

[@stevet4564]

Benson is like a smooth piece of iron.

[@agiagi5292]

Benson busy with his hair

[@michaelemery2201]

Gilbert is a beast but Henderson is a tough dude

[@danielmesery2904]

What a fight ,close🤕

[@scottsummers684]

These were the times when Benson was very competitive...!!!

[@kenw.simpson1007]

A tough one for Benson. Melendez challenged him throughout and was both tough and clever enough to do well against Benson's talent and experience.

[@IngobernablesRecords]

When you're busier fixing your hair than you are fighting🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomcillo1]

Esa pelea se la regalaron a Henderson, pierde mucho tiempo arreglándose ese bendito pelo

[@rahmattosa3474]

gilbert he never using his knee, elbow, no kick.. did not do combination attack.. just like a boxer.. actualy he has a lot of the way to be winner

[@hijvgkolfsr5871]

He good he landed more but bended got more significant

[@lunafreed]

His reset is literally fixing his hair

[@racebannon3014]

Gilbert win this fight

[@user-nq9yf1tq2s]

No

[@jamiemendoza7515]

@@user-nq9yf1tq2s 0p0pp

[@lancefloray3727]

Dudes hair damn near got his ass whooped

[@safetyfirst9502]

Gilbert did a great job

[@20006812]

Bens real life tekken

[@Moon_Pyramid]

@5:48 big Jon picks up Benson after the bell like his nothing ..what a beast

[@BB-mq9qk]

Doesn’t matter who u think won it’s a title fight don’t leave it to the judges.

[@user-vc7mo3mi7j]

Gilbert won in fact

[@renegade3480]

quel résistance, ils sont excellent tout les 2

[@mosesmoses9017]

How do they still look that good after that war is the question.

[@ariess.cristuta8002]

So smooth with that curly hair.

[@datazndood]

The amount of times he had to tuck his hair is pretty inconvenient and gives the opponent margin for attack it’s kinda crazy.

[@chrisbushman5176]

Benson...yr the man bro

[@grabir01]

Henderson always playing with his hair. Telegraphing. Ya never know what you are going to get with Ben.

[@arneltorres530]

This got time to keep fixing his hair

[@darkraider8326]

That's my bro

[@roycekennethminordevera2870]

I don’t know what happened to Bendo, that guy was never in an boring fight because all of his fights are all action! Yeah the fights are all close but drum they are all entertaining BUT when he move to Bellator he seems more conservative in his fights, quite the opposite of the old Bendo were he held nothing back while fighting.

[@rahulbaruah1795]

Big McCarthy picks benson like a teenager

[@bigwavedave2655]

I felt like Melendez should’ve won that fight. Henderson didn’t look like he was getting the better of the exchanges IMO.

[@cameraduong9886]

He won the fight because he fixed his hair more often then his component

[@richardmorris7063]

This fight brought to you by Head & Shoulders.He should replace Troy Palemallu..

[@dubtv6160]

Jus subbed im a big Henderson fan

[@rafaelguerra811]

Ben Henderson should sponsor a shampoo

[@chadporter5907]

HEY I REALLY LIKE THAT MAN, THEY SHOULD CALL IT B.H. AND IN THE PRENTICES BELOW IT SHOULD SAY FOR A BETTER HEAD

[@itsnotme328]

The hair tho🤦‍♂️

[@hoondaily270]

Diaz army

[@dustinclark8186]

Melendez. Is outclassed allways is

[@ELPERRODELMAL]

What are you stupid?

[@crimsonking4151]

Gilbert won rounds 2,4,and 5 bs decision 👎🏾

[@rolandmcknight97]

For a second. Benson thought he lost .. helluva fight he earned it

[@mosesmoses9017]

I give it to Gilbert because he pressured the whole fight and match the number of strikes

[@HarborSite-7]

Back in the day before Dana White's head doubled in size from the steroids. 🥴

[@alfredcrawford3981]

Everyone who believes his hair is a problem in fighting , hit me up n let me know

[@louisvalderrama176]

Don’t leave the score cards to the judges

[@joeyanderson2612]

Fukin crazy ass fight man!

[@t.a-8469]

Could be a good tactic to keep your hands up. Everyone is commenting about his hair but if it were a problem for him he wouldn't have made it to champ. I'd say it has it's advantages more so against your opponent... Unless it's a street fight where hair pulling could happen . Yes I have long hair so fuck off. lol

[@1suspect241]

Henderson, get a haircut

[@letsgobrandon3043]

I dont know why the crowd complained. You have to beat the champ to be the champ. He did not beat the champ.

[@johnpatten8179]

Benson needs to sort that hair out

[@joec361]

Fax

[@billymabum3514]

Definitely juiced up . They look fresh as cool

[@maurho3358]

Khabib could lose against Benson

[@ELPERRODELMAL]

Bendo is one of my favourite lws but Khabib beats bendo However I don't think bendo will be completely dominated

[@nicolaslopez9823]

Melendez fué superior, sin dudas. Esas deciciones son las que matan la carrera de grandes peleadores.