Rustam Khabilov Wanted Benson Henderson, Not an Easy Road to the UFC Title
- Posted by renan on Jun 05, 2014
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http://www.MMAWeekly.com/ -- Many people were surprised when Dagestani fighter Rustam Khabilov took to Twitter to call out former WEC and UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. But he desperately desired a fight, and not just any fight, one that would propel him closer to a UFC title shot.
Fighting out of the Jackson/Winkeljohn gym in Albuquerque, N.M., Khabilov gets to fight Henderson on his adopted home turf at UFC Fight Night Albuquerque, knowing that this is likely to come down to a tes