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UFC Fight Night 79 full fight video: Watch Benson Henderson come back and submit Brandon Thatch

After spending years as an elite lightweight -- and champion -- in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Benson Henderson finally made the move up a weight division to welterweight for a short-notice headliner opposite fellow Coloradoan Brandon Thatch in Feb. 2015.

Henderson, who faces Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight main event at UFC Fight Night 79 this Saturday (Nov. 28, 2015) in Seoul, South Korea, previously dropped two straight to current title challenger Donald Cerrone and 155-pound titleholder Rafael dos Anjos.

"Rukus," meanwhile, had won two in-a-row in UFC, both being finishes.

It was a grueling four-round battle, but Henderson found his opening to strike and eventually finish the fight.