Will Ben Henderson be thrown off of his game by the trash talking of Nate Diaz?

Quote :

“We’re definitely trying to prepare for his physical tools, his long reach, his boxing style that he has. But, the biggest thing we’ve had trouble with, to be honest, is we’ve been having my teammates talking trash inside the Octagon, and have me stay calm and not be worked up. I was having a hard time with that. When someone talks trash to me, I wanna talk trash back. When they get emotional, I get emotional back to them. So, I’ve been working on staying calm, collected and still do my technique and not fall into his game. I gotta do a little more work on that, though.

I just got done sparring, and my training partners, Efrain Escudero and Joe Riggs, were told by my coaches to talk crap and to say not very nice things to me. I don’t like it. I don’t like it when people say not very nice things to me. But, yeah, they’re told to talk crap to me, and I’m suppose to not get lured into that game and do something I’m not supposed to do.I’m supposed to stay calm and collected and implement my game plan, still. I have been having a hard time with that, but hopefully, we get that taken care of, and come fight night, I won’t allow any of that trash talking to get into my head and affect my game.”

- UFC lightweight champion, Benson Henderson via Inside MMA.

http://www.bjpenn.com/benson-henderson-details-training-in-the-cage-for-diaz-trash-talk-ufc-news/

HAahaaa, can simulate that shit!

If Henderson fights the way he did in Henderons/Edgar I, this should be fight of the night. I love these type of fights where 1 guy has such a huge advantage in size and strength, while the other guy has a big advantage in boxing and jiu jitsu. Henderson probably also has the edge in wrestling and gnp from top. I would give no edge in cardio... the Diaz's cardio is extremely underrated. If these guys are both looking for a finsih, I can't wait.

I don't think I have ever heard of a fighter training to deal with shit-talking...

I think Henderson will be thrown off his game by Diaz' sick jitz skills screw the trash talking, war diaz with a nasty triangle!!

Henderson via UD, Fight of the Night for sure though.

Doesn't seem like the smartest maneuver in the world announcing that you are having trouble dealing with something that your opponent is good at...lol

Or..... he's just trying to bait diaz into more trash talking.

stock wrote:

Or..... he's just trying to bait diaz into more trash talking.

The purpose of that being what, exactly? It's not like Diaz's trash talking is going to throw him off of his own game. lol

Triggerman99 wrote:

stock wrote:

Or..... he's just trying to bait diaz into more trash talking.

The purpose of that being what, exactly? It's not like Diaz's trash talking is going to throw him off of his own game. lol

That's exactly what I was going to say...lol

Triggerman99 wrote:

stock wrote:

Or..... he's just trying to bait diaz into more trash talking.

The purpose of that being what, exactly? It's not like Diaz's trash talking is going to throw him off of his own game. lol

That's exactly what I was going to say...lol

This is like baiting GSP into trying more Takedowns or telling Aaron Rodgers our team is awesome against the run, but we struggle against the pass...lol

The difference is takedowns score more points than trash talking. Diaz likes to do that stupid thing where he puts his hands down by his hips and let his opponent punch him. The more Diaz does this, the more chances for an easy takedown.

I can't wait to see Henderson take him down...because then I get to see Diaz wrap his lanky limbs around his head and sink in a sweet triangle off his back.

I sure hope so. I also hope there is another double middle finger salute.

samger2 wrote:

I can't wait to see Henderson take him down...because then I get to see Diaz wrap his lanky limbs around his head and sink in a sweet triangle off his back.

I wouldn't mind seeing that either, but just because I want to see how henderson reacts. That fucker has seemed unsubmittable so far. Would be very interesting...

I'm not a Diaz fan...but I am a fan of finishers...and Diaz is a finisher.

Weird... but I'm more of a Nate fan than a Nick fan these days. Nate seems to have a tad more class, personality.... and I haven't heard him whine just yet.