Ben Henderson

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Association: MMA Lab
Pro Debut Date: 2006-11-18
Pro Record: 30-12-0
Win Finish %: 46.6%
Quality Perf. %: 66.7%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2023

#36 Lightweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2013

#1 Lightweight

All-Time Rank:

#35 Absolute

#6 Lightweight
Last Loss Date: 3/10/2023
Last Loss: [#11 LW] Usman Nurmagomedov
Opponent's Last 5: W W W NC W
UFC Record: 11-3-0
Octagon Time: 4:12:16
Title Bouts: 4-1-0
Longest Win Streak: 7 (2011-2013)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2015)
UFC Debut: 2011-04-30
Last UFC Fight: 2015-11-28

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Usman Nurmagomedov
#23 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Bellator 292 - Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson
Friday, March 10th 2023
W Peter Queally
#53 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Bellator 285 - Henderson vs. Queally
Friday, September 23rd 2022
W Islam Mamedov
#40 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 273 - Bader vs. Moldavsky
Saturday, January 29th 2022
L Brent Primus
#45 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 268 - Nemkov vs. Anglickas
Saturday, October 16th 2021
L Jason Jackson
#71 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 253 - Caldwell vs. McKee
Thursday, November 19th 2020
L Michael Chandler
#16 Lightweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bellator 243 - Chandler vs. Henderson 2
Friday, August 7th 2020
W Myles Jury
#32 Featherweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 227 - Gallagher vs. Salazar
Friday, September 27th 2019
W Adam Piccolotti
#59 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 220 - MacDonald vs. Fitch
Saturday, April 27th 2019
W Saad Awad
#41 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen
Saturday, October 13th 2018
W Roger Huerta
#175 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Bellator 196 - Henderson vs. Huerta
Friday, April 6th 2018
L Patricky Freire
#22 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 183 - Henderson vs. Freire
Saturday, September 23rd 2017
L Michael Chandler
#11 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  Bellator 165 - Chandler vs. Henderson
Saturday, November 19th 2016
W Patricio Freire
#6 Featherweight 		TKO (Leg Injury)
Round 2
  Bellator 160 - Henderson vs. Pitbull
Friday, August 26th 2016
L Andrey Koreshkov
#16 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Bellator 153 - Koreshkov vs. Henderson
Friday, April 22nd 2016
W Jorge Masvidal
#22 Welterweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC Fight Night 79 - Henderson vs. Masvidal
Saturday, November 28th 2015
W Brandon Thatch
#36 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. Thatch
Saturday, February 14th 2015
L Donald Cerrone
#3 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Siver
Sunday, January 18th 2015
L Rafael dos Anjos
#6 Lightweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. dos Anjos
Saturday, August 23rd 2014
W Rustam Khabilov
#20 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. Khabilov
Saturday, June 7th 2014
W Josh Thomson
#8 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC on Fox 10 - Henderson vs. Thomson
Saturday, January 25th 2014
L Anthony Pettis
#4 Lightweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  UFC 164 - Henderson vs. Pettis 2
Saturday, August 31st 2013
W Gilbert Melendez
#2 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013
W Nate Diaz
#4 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  UFC on Fox 5 - Henderson vs. Diaz
Saturday, December 8th 2012
W Frankie Edgar
#2 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC 150 - Henderson vs. Edgar 2
Saturday, August 11th 2012
W Frankie Edgar
#1 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  UFC 144 - Edgar vs. Henderson
Sunday, February 26th 2012
W Clay Guida
#6 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC on Fox 1 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
Saturday, November 12th 2011
W Jim Miller
#7 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Live 5 - Hardy vs. Lytle
Sunday, August 14th 2011
W Mark Bocek
#34 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 129 - St. Pierre vs. Shields
Saturday, April 30th 2011
L Anthony Pettis
#33 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  WEC 53 - Henderson vs. Pettis
Thursday, December 16th 2010
W Donald Cerrone
#53 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  WEC 48 - Aldo vs. Faber
Saturday, April 24th 2010
W Jamie Varner
#28 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
  WEC 46 - Varner vs. Henderson
Sunday, January 10th 2010
W Donald Cerrone
#45 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  WEC 43 - Cerrone vs. Henderson
Saturday, October 10th 2009
W Shane Roller
#78 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  WEC 40 - Torres vs. Mizugaki
Sunday, April 5th 2009
W Anthony Njokuani
#205 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  WEC 38 - Varner vs. Cerrone
Sunday, January 25th 2009
W Diego Saraiva
#163 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  EVO MMA - Evolution MMA
Saturday, October 4th 2008
W Ricardo Tirloni
#243 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  MFC 17 - Hostile Takeover
Friday, July 25th 2008
W Mike Maestas
#254 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
  MFC 16 - Anger Management
Friday, May 9th 2008
W Bryan Corley Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  VFC 21 - Infamous
Friday, December 7th 2007
W David Dagloria Submission (Punches)
Round 1
  UCE - Round 26 - Episode 12
Saturday, June 23rd 2007
L Rocky Johnson
#229 Lightweight 		Submission (Anaconda Choke)
Round 1
  Battlequest 5 - Avalanche
Saturday, March 31st 2007
W Allen Williams TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  VFC 18 - Hitmen
Friday, February 16th 2007
W Dan Gregary Submission (Punches)
Round 1
  Midwest Championship Fighting - Genesis
Saturday, November 18th 2006
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Usman Nurmagomedov
#23 Lightweight 		  Bellator 292 - Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson
Friday, March 10th 2023 		Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Peter Queally
#53 Lightweight 		  Bellator 285 - Henderson vs. Queally
Friday, September 23rd 2022 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Islam Mamedov
#40 Lightweight 		  Bellator 273 - Bader vs. Moldavsky
Saturday, January 29th 2022 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Brent Primus
#45 Lightweight 		  Bellator 268 - Nemkov vs. Anglickas
Saturday, October 16th 2021 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Jason Jackson
#71 Welterweight 		  Bellator 253 - Caldwell vs. McKee
Thursday, November 19th 2020 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Michael Chandler
#16 Lightweight 		  Bellator 243 - Chandler vs. Henderson 2
Friday, August 7th 2020 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Myles Jury
#32 Featherweight 		  Bellator 227 - Gallagher vs. Salazar
Friday, September 27th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Adam Piccolotti
#59 Lightweight 		  Bellator 220 - MacDonald vs. Fitch
Saturday, April 27th 2019 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Saad Awad
#41 Lightweight 		  Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen
Saturday, October 13th 2018 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Roger Huerta
#175 Welterweight 		  Bellator 196 - Henderson vs. Huerta
Friday, April 6th 2018 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
L Patricky Freire
#22 Lightweight 		  Bellator 183 - Henderson vs. Freire
Saturday, September 23rd 2017 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Michael Chandler
#11 Lightweight 		  Bellator 165 - Chandler vs. Henderson
Saturday, November 19th 2016 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Patricio Freire
#6 Featherweight 		  Bellator 160 - Henderson vs. Pitbull
Friday, August 26th 2016 		TKO (Leg Injury)
Round 2
L Andrey Koreshkov
#16 Welterweight 		  Bellator 153 - Koreshkov vs. Henderson
Friday, April 22nd 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Jorge Masvidal
#22 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 79 - Henderson vs. Masvidal
Saturday, November 28th 2015 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Brandon Thatch
#36 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. Thatch
Saturday, February 14th 2015 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
L Donald Cerrone
#3 Lightweight 		  UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Siver
Sunday, January 18th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Rafael dos Anjos
#6 Lightweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. dos Anjos
Saturday, August 23rd 2014 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Rustam Khabilov
#20 Lightweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Henderson vs. Khabilov
Saturday, June 7th 2014 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
W Josh Thomson
#8 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 10 - Henderson vs. Thomson
Saturday, January 25th 2014 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
L Anthony Pettis
#4 Lightweight 		  UFC 164 - Henderson vs. Pettis 2
Saturday, August 31st 2013 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Gilbert Melendez
#2 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Nate Diaz
#4 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 5 - Henderson vs. Diaz
Saturday, December 8th 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Frankie Edgar
#2 Lightweight 		  UFC 150 - Henderson vs. Edgar 2
Saturday, August 11th 2012 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Frankie Edgar
#1 Lightweight 		  UFC 144 - Edgar vs. Henderson
Sunday, February 26th 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Clay Guida
#6 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 1 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
Saturday, November 12th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Jim Miller
#7 Lightweight 		  UFC Live 5 - Hardy vs. Lytle
Sunday, August 14th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Mark Bocek
#34 Lightweight 		  UFC 129 - St. Pierre vs. Shields
Saturday, April 30th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Anthony Pettis
#33 Lightweight 		  WEC 53 - Henderson vs. Pettis
Thursday, December 16th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Donald Cerrone
#53 Lightweight 		  WEC 48 - Aldo vs. Faber
Saturday, April 24th 2010 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Jamie Varner
#28 Lightweight 		  WEC 46 - Varner vs. Henderson
Sunday, January 10th 2010 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
W Donald Cerrone
#45 Lightweight 		  WEC 43 - Cerrone vs. Henderson
Saturday, October 10th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Shane Roller
#78 Lightweight 		  WEC 40 - Torres vs. Mizugaki
Sunday, April 5th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Anthony Njokuani
#205 Welterweight 		  WEC 38 - Varner vs. Cerrone
Sunday, January 25th 2009 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Diego Saraiva
#163 Lightweight 		  EVO MMA - Evolution MMA
Saturday, October 4th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Ricardo Tirloni
#243 Welterweight 		  MFC 17 - Hostile Takeover
Friday, July 25th 2008 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Mike Maestas
#254 Lightweight 		  MFC 16 - Anger Management
Friday, May 9th 2008 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
W Bryan Corley   VFC 21 - Infamous
Friday, December 7th 2007 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W David Dagloria   UCE - Round 26 - Episode 12
Saturday, June 23rd 2007 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
L Rocky Johnson
#229 Lightweight 		  Battlequest 5 - Avalanche
Saturday, March 31st 2007 		Submission (Anaconda Choke)
Round 1
W Allen Williams   VFC 18 - Hitmen
Friday, February 16th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Dan Gregary   Midwest Championship Fighting - Genesis
Saturday, November 18th 2006 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2023 2 #36 Lightweight 30-11-0
197
10/01/2022 8 #38 Lightweight 30-11-0
197
07/01/2022 5 #46 Lightweight 29-11-0
170
04/01/2022 20 #41 Lightweight 29-11-0
170
01/01/2022 NR #61 Lightweight 28-11-0
135
10/01/2021 4 #96 Welterweight 28-10-0
100
07/01/2021 16 #92 Welterweight 28-10-0
102
04/01/2021 9 #76 Welterweight 28-10-0
105
01/01/2021 NR #85 Welterweight 28-10-0
107
10/01/2020 9 #18 Lightweight 28-9-0
299
07/01/2020 1 #9 Lightweight 28-8-0
429
04/01/2020 1 #10 Lightweight 28-8-0
429
01/01/2020   #11 Lightweight 28-8-0
429
10/01/2019 2 #11 Lightweight 28-8-0
429
07/01/2019 1 #13 Lightweight 27-8-0
416
04/01/2019   #14 Lightweight 26-8-0
416
01/01/2019 4 #14 Lightweight 26-8-0
416
10/01/2018   #10 Lightweight 25-8-0
384
07/01/2018 2 #10 Lightweight 25-8-0
387
04/01/2018 1 #12 Lightweight 24-8-0
390
01/01/2018 2 #13 Lightweight 24-8-0
393
10/01/2017 3 #11 Lightweight 24-8-0
395
07/01/2017   #8 Lightweight 24-7-0
450
04/01/2017   #8 Lightweight 24-7-0
450
01/01/2017 3 #8 Lightweight 24-7-0
450
10/01/2016 NR #5 Lightweight 24-6-0
513
07/01/2016 6 #17 Welterweight 23-6-0
334
04/01/2016 1 #11 Welterweight 23-5-0
397
01/01/2016 2 #10 Welterweight 23-5-0
397
10/01/2015 2 #12 Welterweight 22-5-0
351
07/01/2015   #10 Welterweight 22-5-0
392
04/01/2015 NR #10 Welterweight 22-5-0
392
01/01/2015 1 #4 Lightweight 21-4-0
465
10/01/2014 3 #5 Lightweight 21-4-0
465
07/01/2014   #2 Lightweight 21-3-0
630
04/01/2014   #2 Lightweight 20-3-0
609
01/01/2014   #2 Lightweight 19-3-0
609
10/01/2013 1 #2 Lightweight 19-3-0
609
07/01/2013   #1 Lightweight 19-2-0
773
04/01/2013   #1 Lightweight 18-2-0
773
01/01/2013   #1 Lightweight 18-2-0
773
10/01/2012   #1 Lightweight 17-2-0
679
07/01/2012   #1 Lightweight 16-2-0
622
04/01/2012 3 #1 Lightweight 16-2-0
622
01/01/2012 3 #4 Lightweight 15-2-0
355
10/01/2011 7 #7 Lightweight 14-2-0
268
07/01/2011 8 #14 Lightweight 13-2-0
178
04/01/2011 4 #22 Lightweight 12-2-0
140
01/01/2011 4 #18 Lightweight 12-2-0
140
10/01/2010 2 #14 Lightweight 12-1-0
171
07/01/2010 10 #12 Lightweight 12-1-0
171
04/01/2010 11 #22 Lightweight 11-1-0
146
01/01/2010 19 #33 Lightweight 10-1-0
103
10/01/2009 1 #52 Lightweight 9-1-0
82
07/01/2009 26 #51 Lightweight 9-1-0
82
04/01/2009 29 #77 Lightweight 8-1-0
61
01/01/2009 38 #106 Lightweight 7-1-0
50
10/01/2008 76 #144 Lightweight 6-1-0
40
07/01/2008 210 #220 Lightweight 5-1-0
30
04/01/2008 19 #430 Lightweight 4-1-0
20
01/01/2008 16 #411 Lightweight 4-1-0
20
10/01/2007 31 #395 Lightweight 3-1-0
20
07/01/2007 NR #364 Lightweight 3-1-0
20