{"id":57306,"date":"2013-04-20T19:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T02:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=57306"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:09:34","slug":"1benson-henderson-retains-title-proposes-to-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/1benson-henderson-retains-title-proposes-to-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Benson Henderson Proposes To Girlfriend After Succesful Title Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/main-stare.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57237\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/main-stare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/main-stare.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/main-stare-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/main-stare-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan)<\/p>\n<p>After a great night of fights that saw eight knockouts, Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez fought to an extremely close decision that saw Ben Henderson defeat Gilbert Melendez by majority decision.<\/p>\n<p>After Henderson was declared the winner he called over to a friend and went on to successfully propose to his girlfriend Maria while the California crowd boo&#8217;d Melendez&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m not perfect, I never have been, but you make me happier every single day, more than any man has the right to be. 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