Benson Henderson talks blueprint to beat Nate Diaz, preparing for mind games

Posted by J. Yayo Hernandez on Oct 20, 2012 in MMA, UFC

 

Reigning UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson was recently interviewed about his upcoming fight against Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 5. Check out some of the highlights below:

 

Henderson on the blueprint to beating Nate Diaz:

“Every time a fighter does what they’re supposed to do, and improves and gets better every fight, I wouldn’t say the blueprint goes out the window, but it can be harder to execute the blueprint,” Henderson steadily explains. “Guys leave holes open in their game. Those holes get smaller if you do what you’re supposed to do and get better from fight to fight. Nate Diaz has shown a big improvement from his early years in the UFC and he’s made those holes a lot smaller, but I think the blueprint is definitely still out there on how to beat Nate. It’s not just, ‘Oh, we think you’ve got to do this. We think you’ve got to do this.’ No, if you want to beat him, you’ve got to do A, B, C, and D. And then you beat him. Period. You’re done.”

 

Henderson on the Diaz brothers mind games:

“I am mentally preparing myself to deal with that,” Henderson concedes. “Nate and Nick, the whole scrap pack team, they do a good job of getting inside other fighters’ heads, whether it’s their body language, whether it’s their words or whatever the case may be.”

 

On his mental preparation:

“It works well for them. I’m definitely preparing myself mentally to face that, and when I do face that, act accordingly. I don’t intend on it affecting me. I don’t intend on going out there and being all mad, all of a sudden getting emotional.”

 

Source: MMAFighting

 

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