{"id":293048,"date":"2018-11-28T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T01:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=293048"},"modified":"2018-11-28T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T01:26:42","slug":"joseph-benavidez-believes-flyweight-division-is-more-exciting-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joseph-benavidez-believes-flyweight-division-is-more-exciting-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Benavidez believes flyweight division is &#8216;more exciting than ever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a bit of a wild time for the UFC&#8217;s lightest men&#8217;s division of flyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-ufc-mens-flyweight-division-being-dissolved-by-end-of-2018\/\">doing away with the division overall<\/a>, the weight class&#8217; title will still be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/henry-cejudo\/update-henry-cejudo-to-defend-flyweight-title-vs-tj-dillashaw-at-ufc-233\/\">fought over come early next year<\/a>\u00a0which has left many confused.<\/p>\n<p>Since Demetrious Johnson&#8217;s dropping of the title and departure for ONE Championship, the division has a bit of a fresh feel to it now which makes one wonder <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/under-the-mma-microscope-is-the-ufc-ridding-of-flyweight-at-the-wrong-time\/\">if the idea to get rid of the division is a bit premature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, having been in the division since the absolute beginning wasn&#8217;t there alone. Also a part of the innaugural UFC 125-pound tournament was Joseph Benavidez who remains a staple to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen the division grow over its six year existence, Benavidez believes that now is a better time for the 125ers than ever as he told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/11\/joseph-benavidez-ufc-flyweight-division-more-exciting-than-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe flyweight division is honestly more exciting than ever. The division is really brand new, and it hasn\u2019t seemed brand new. It seemed like it has such a long history with DJ\u2019s title reign, but we\u2019ve had one champion. It\u2019s a young, young division. We\u2019re on our second champion, and I think we let this thing breathe a little bit, and stars are going to keep coming out \u2013 fights, matchups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It reminds me of the 185-pound weight class for a while, where Anderson Silva was so dominant that the fights at the end were just like, \u2018Why is this happening?\u2019 He had just some weird fights, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Well, he has to fight these guys because he hasn\u2019t,\u2019 and it made the division look stale because the champion was so dominant. When he lost to Weidman, everything opened up. Now you look at like the top eight guys, they could all be champions on one given day.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Being one of the top guys and a former 135er, it feels safe to assume that Benavidez won&#8217;t be one of the fighters that will be let go.<\/p>\n<p>However, he also doesn&#8217;t happen to know anything in regards to the situation either as he is just as confused as the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t really have inside knowledge,&#8221; Benavidez stated. &#8220;It\u2019s confusing. That fight week [in Denver], it was really like, \u2018What the heck?\u2019 For one, my fight got pulled, and then you start hearing all these rumors that it\u2019s gone. People are getting cut, so I\u2019m like, \u2018Is it literally gone?\u2019 Then, a few weeks later, they make the title fight. But even then, they were still telling me that I\u2019m fighting at flyweight here and not really giving me much. Then they make the title fight at flyweight, so I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s still life. There\u2019s still flyweight fights being done.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They stopped cutting people, so I didn\u2019t really know what to think, but as far as mindset goes, the way I look at it \u2013 obviously nothing is certain \u2013 to me, it\u2019s business as usual. I act like it\u2019s a rumor, because it\u2019s a rumor; that\u2019s all it is. There\u2019s always rumors about this, rumors about that, so I look at it like business as usual. What I have to do is beat Alex Perez. I have a fight at flyweight. That\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Benavidez had his fight with Ray Borg for UFC Denver cancelled during fight week due to an illness on Borg&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>He is now set to take on Alex Perez this Friday night at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 11\/28\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a bit of a wild time for the UFC&#8217;s lightest men&#8217;s division of flyweight. Seemingly doing away with the division overall, the weight class&#8217; title will still be fought over come early next year\u00a0which has left many confused. 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