SAO PAULO -- Former UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson came up short on his run at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) in Sao Paulo, tapping to Abdukadirov Magomed due to a rear-naked choke in his first match of the day Saturday.
Henderson is unhappy with his performance.
"I think it was not a very good performance at all. It was a downright terrible performance," Henderson told MMAFighting.com after the match. "I’m not used to having those type of terrible performances when I compete, I have better performances."
"Smooth" never heard of Magomed before the match, but doesn’t believe it was a huge factor in the result.