{"id":42112,"date":"2012-10-16T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T20:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=42112"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:31:30","slug":"benson-henderson-defends-words-about-trying-to-surpass-silvas-ufc-records-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/benson-henderson-defends-words-about-trying-to-surpass-silvas-ufc-records-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Benson Henderson Defends Words About Trying To Surpass Silva&#8217;s UFC Records | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ben-henderson2-new-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ben-henderson2-new-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ben henderson2 new site\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ben-henderson2-new-site.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ben-henderson2-new-site-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ben-henderson2-new-site-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI think it\u2019s good to have goals. For some reason I caught a lot of slack when I said I wanted to break Anderson Silva\u2019s record and people were saying, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re ridiculous for thinking that. You can\u2019t beat Anderson Silva\u2019s record. You haven\u2019t defended your belt one time. You\u2019re silly. What are you talking like that for?\u201d It\u2019s like wow guys, you guys are really mad at me for having longterm goals? I want to be the best ever and one of my goals is to break Anderson\u2019s record for title defenses. I\u2019m sorry, I apologize if I offended you somehow, but I do have longterm goals, I like to set my goals high and then go out and get them done. If you want to be a Mundial champion, if you want to be a black belt and win the Pan-Ams, you want to win the worlds, win the Europeans, then you should bust your butt and train like it,\u201d Henderson said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While a guest on MMA Weekly Radio, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson went on the record to defend his comments pertaining to beating Anderson Silva&#8217;s win streak and title defense records so that he can be considered the greatest of all-time. <\/p>\n<p>Apparently some of the MMA community and fans took his words as offensive, but the champ states he just has big goals! <\/p>\n<p>Nothing wrong with shooting for the stars, right? <\/p>\n<p>Check out the full audio from the interview in the player below.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.springboardplatform.com\/js\/overlay\"><\/script><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"bjpn001_579163\" src=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/V6Fwpy\" width=\"480\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s good to have goals. 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