Interim Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson defeated Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47).
Ben Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone were each awarded $20,000 bonuses for Fight of the Night.
TPR Report
October 10, 2009
WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson - 10. Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson
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I'm so excited for this fight. I picked Cerrone, but I made a small play on Henderson.
An amazing fight! Definitely a fight of the year contender. I gave the first three rounds to Henderson and the last two to Cerrone. In teh first I thought Henderson's strikes were worth more than Cerrone's submission attempts. Just like in the fight with Varner, Cerrone seemed to do better in the later rounds. I have to think that Cerrone would win the fight if there were no time limits.
R:4 A:5 S:5 T:5
I gave rounds 1,4,5 to Cerrone. No 10-8 rounds.
Henderson didn't land many meaningful strikes in the first and spent a long time in DEEP submission attempts.
In the first round Cerrone had submissions locked from 4:40 - 3:30, at that point Henderson started getting the better of the the striking. From 2:00 Henderson controlled Cerrone and had pretty effective striking.
How much is a minute of subs worth if Henderson escapes (and he did escape)?
The Henderson/Cerrone FightMetric results for are in (if you're not following FightMetric, you probably shouldn't be listening to me either). I encourage you to see the Total Performance Report yourself, but in summary: Cerrone won rounds 4 & 5, Henderson won rounds 2 & 3. In round 1, Henderson scored more points than Cerrone, BUT by such a slim margin that it should have been a draw. Its also noteworthy that in total, Cerrone scored more points than Henderson. A rematch is definitely in order.
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