Video UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs Diaz preview
On Saturday December 8, at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington, the UFC Lightweight Championship will be on the line.
The champ Ben ‘Smooth’ Henderson (17-2-0) will defend his belt against Nate Diaz (16-7-0).
‘Bendo’ has 5 wins in a row (all by decision) and in his last 2 matches has defeated Frankie Edgar (UFC 144 and UFC 150).
Diaz is a master of submission: 11 of his 16 wins came by choke (mostly guillotine choke) and armbar.
In his last match he submitted Jim Miller in the main event of UFC on Fox: Diaz vs Miller.
The night will show other 2 really interesting fights: Alexander Gustafsson vs Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua and Rory MacDonald vs BJ Penn.
UFC in FOX 5 fight card:
MAIN CARD
Benson Henderson vs Nate Diaz
Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Alexander Gustafsson
BJ Penn vs Rory MacDonald
Mike Swick vs Matt Brown
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Michael Chiesa vs Marcus LeVesseur
Raphael Assuncao vs Mike Easton
Nam Phan vs Dennis Siver
Ramsey Nijem vs Joe Proctor
Yves Edwards vs Jeremy Stephens
Daron Cruickshank vs Henry Martinez
Scott Jorgensen vs John Albert
Tim Means vs Abel Trujillo
Event: UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs Diaz
Date: 2012-12-08
Where: KeyArena, Seattle, Washington, USA
Video: Road to the Octagon UFC on Fox 5
