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It doesn’t feel like a big deal, but it absolutely is. Benson Henderson has fought for Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight gold a collective nine times, but this Saturday’s little-hyped bout against the perennially underappreciated Jorge Masvidal is an unlikely candidate for the biggest fight of Henderson’s career.
In early 2013, Henderson signed an eight-fight contract with UFC.