IMO, Ben Henderson will obliterate Frankie Edgar if/when they meet.

I don't think he did get "whooped" by Pettis, he lost a competitive fight to Pettis because he tried to stand and strike with Pettis, as would most people considering Pettis is an excellent stand-up fighter.

Henderson put a beating on Jim Miller the likes of which both Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard did not achieve.

Ultimately, I'm not a huge fan of Edgar's pitty-patter points-scoring tactics, and I think a bigger, stronger, more powerful, more explosive, more vicious guy like Henderson could bully Edgar to victory. Maynard already beat Edgar (twice some might say??), so he is not some unbeatable conundrum.

Here's hoping the fight happens soon!

 

Bendo would beat Pettis in a rematch IMO.

He'd beat Edgar in a close, competitive fight. Not sure how he'd fare against a really dynamite striker like Guillard though. Guillard seems a real threat to even the better wrestlers/grapplers in the division, and a real wild card in a stacked 155lb division.

I liked Henderson after he and Cerrone battled it out, and then when Bendo beat him quickly second time round. He has real heart, technical ability, and is so hard to sub'....just appears a fast-paced, hard-working, tenacious complete fighter, and the win over a solid contender like Jim Miller punctuated that.

Definitely one of the main players at 155. I'd like to see him take on Guida next, with the winner getting a title shot, though if Guida is already in the frame to take on the winner of the Edgar/Maynard rubber match with his dominant win over Pettis, than Henderson-Pettis II, Henderson-Guillard, or Henderson-Cerrone III would all be good shouts IMO, though it might be best to hold 'Cowboy' back, give him a returning Sherk or summat like that.

155 is STACKED :happy

 

Who do you think would win between Edgar and Gilbert Melendez, a match which very well may happen sometime soon?

 

If by "tools" you mean prancing around like a chimpanzee on crack flicking out pitty-patty punches that couldn't drop an 80 year old war veteran with two glass jaws en route to yet another workrate-based decision, then you may indeed be right.

 

Much like in boxing, I don't have much respect for guys who I believe come out with a gameplan purposefully designed to win decisions. Which is what I believe Edgar does. He throws punches, but they're not thrown for impact in order to build to a stoppage, they're thrown on the move in order to minimize the chance of getting hit back, they're point-scoring punches, nothing more. He throws some takedowns in as well, but in the same fashion he doesn't use takedowns the way they are supposed to be used, as a means of getting someone into the position to unleash some fight-ending GnP or set up a submission opportunity, they're just takedowns for the sake of catching the judges' eyes and tipping the round in his favour. It's just a question of sensibility El, I believe that kind of strategizing is contrary to the true spirit of MMA, which should be that fighters hone skills to end fights conclusively via KO or submission, not that fighters train to become all-rounders who can mix it up to a risk-free comfortable decision win as often as possible.

But please do not believe for a second that I am not aware of how effective Frankie Edgar is as a fighter. He will be extremely difficult to beat for anyone. I think Ben Henderson has the attributes to do so, but not many others. His game, much as I dislike it, is very, very effective. I know this. I do not underrate him, I think he's a very, very good fighter indeed.