New WEC interim lightweight champion Benson Henderson defeated Donald Cerrone in what is being widely referred to as
2009’s “Fight of the Year.”
Henderson, who claimed the organization’s interim lightweight title
with the win, isn’t sure his win qualifies as the best scrap of the
year, but he today told MMAjunkie.com Radio that the bout was a step toward establishing him as one of the sport’s
great fighters.
“I think you have to have those fights where you’re just dominant and
you show the world that you’re that much better than your opponent,”
Henderson said. “But you have to have those fights where the fans, the
crowd knows that you were pushed to your limit, and you went out there
and you showed your heart and soul.”