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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"Your eyes are always on the guy with the UFC strap. Your eyes were on Frankie Edgar for a long time, and B.J. [Penn] for a long time, and everyone needs to adapt for the champ, to figure out how to beat them. I think about it all the time with Benson [Henderson]. If he wants to be undoubtedly No. 1, I think that would be a good victory for him to prove it or for me to prove otherwise. Another fight if I was in the UFC would be fine with me as well, but I'm ready now. The fire was lit a couple of weeks ago. Since the buzz has been out, the fire has been lit. I definitely feel that. I hope everyone would get as excited as I would be about that. In a perfect world. I'd love that fight with Benson, I really would."
-Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez talks to MMAWeekly.com about his inevitable entrance into the UFC, and a potential bout with UFC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson.
Penick's Analysis: Melendez is the one with something to prove when he gets into the UFC. He's long believed he's the best in the world, and he'll need to defeat the man on top in order to get that label. But he'll probably have to fight someone else before getting a title fight, because Anthony Pettis is likely to be next in line if and when he defeats Donald Cerrone in January. That said, if he continues as he has over the last several years, he'll get into his own UFC Title fight soon enough, and then he'll have his chance to prove he's the best lightweight in the world.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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