{"id":99637,"date":"2014-06-02T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T22:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=99637"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:06:36","slug":"benson-henderson-russians-are-very-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/benson-henderson-russians-are-very-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"Benson Henderson: Russians are very tough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-lists-benson-henderson-as-best-fighter-of-2012-ufc-news\/benson-henderson-vs-espn-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49312\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/benson-henderson-vs-espn.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"benson henderson vs espn\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/benson-henderson-vs-espn.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/benson-henderson-vs-espn-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/benson-henderson-vs-espn-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benson Henderson joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8JHegLbqbOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> to talk about his upcoming match against Rustam Khabilov at UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Rustam&#8217;s very tough man,&#8221; Henderson told Submission Radio. &#8220;We all know those Russians, they&#8217;re very tough, you know they&#8217;re known as a people as being tough, the stereotype so to speak. But he proves it inside the octagon as well. It&#8217;s not just a stereotype for him, but it&#8217;s fact. He&#8217;s a tough kid.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;(He&#8217;s been) working on his wrestling. His wrestling, his Sambo is his background (and) he&#8217;s really good at it. So he&#8217;s been at (Greg) Jackson&#8217;s now for a while working on improving his overall game of course. His Boxing, his kickboxing, his overall game, working on everything, and he&#8217;s getting better. He&#8217;s shown improvement in every fight, so me knowing that, me knowing that Jackon&#8217;s camp, Greg Jackon and how good that camp is, how good all those fighters are, I know he&#8217;ll be a better fighter. This&#8217;ll be the best Rustam Khabilov that the UFC has ever seen. 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