Det tilltänkta mötet mellan Benson Henderson och Michael Johnson kommer inte att bli av när det var tänkt, nämligen vid ”UFC: TUF 21 Finale” den 12 juli. Anledningen till det är en skada som Benson dragit på sig, en skada som han inte vill lämna ut några uppgifter kring.
Detta hade Henderson att säga om det hela, via ”The MMA Hour”:
I had an injury. I won’t be cleared for a little while. So, I had to respectfully bow out of that one. I was kind of disappointed in myself. But, you have to do what the doctors say because ultimately, they have to do the paperwork and sign off for you, and my doc wouldn’t do that. I’m not cleared.
I’m hoping they will put me on the card in Korea in November. I am definitely willing to wait to be on that card.
Training, man, it’s a rough sport. We get punched, kicked and choked. Your buddies, they train with you every day and they know your weak spots and what you are good at and what you are not good at. It was just training, it wasn’t even a hard sparring session. It was a nice and easy training session. You get injured, it’s the nature of the beast, I suppose.
I probably won’t ever say what exactly it is, you know? With some of those injuries, you’re hurt, you are injured, but the rest of your body feels perfectly fine. In that sense, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. I felt fine, I wanted to go do whatever but not being allowed to even though the rest of your body feels just fine. But, I probably won’t ever fully disclose what it is.
Benson har meddelat via twitter att han fortfarande vill möta Michael, då de båda började munhuggas kort efter att Henderson hoppade av matchen, men hur det blir med den saken återstår att se då Johnson vill in i oktagonen så snart som möjligt.
