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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Benson Henderson and Michael Johnson were tied to a July meeting for quite some time before the fight failed to come to fruition. It was reported that Henderson had to pull out of the fight for undisclosed reasons, and it's led to Michael Johnson making several comments Henderson's way.
That in turn led to a response from Henderson on Tuesday night, and he's calling for that fight to now happen when the UFC makes their way to South Korea for the first time later this year.
Everyone keeps asking bout @BensonHenderson fight! Ben can you plz let me & all the fans why u won't fight all of a sudden? Reality set in?
— TheOnceAndFutureKing (@BensonHenderson) May 27, 2015
Penick's Analysis: It's still not clear why Henderson is unable to fight in July, and Johnson may not be inclined to wait until November to get back in the cage. With that said, if Henderson can't return until November, he should be fighting on that South Korea card. Johnson could still get in a fight before then and return against Henderson on that November card, so really it's dependent on his health and how many times he's looking to fight this year. Regardless, this seems like a fight that has to happen at some point.
[Benson Henderson art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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