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Published 13:52 23 Apr 2016 BST
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"Benson Henderson was floating around, he wasn't under contract with anybody. Now he's under contract with Bellator, but for a minute he wasn't. "Conor thought 'Well look, I'm gonna do my own promotion, I can sell out Croke Park right in my hometown. I can find some TV sponsor to partner up with me, and I've got an opponent, his name is Ben Henderson'."Henderson [23-6] is a former UFC lightweight champion. After 14 fights with the promotion - against the likes of Rafael dos Anjos, Nate Diaz and Frankie Edgar - Henderson jumped ship to Bellator, earlier this year.
He was immediately given a welterweight title shot, against Andrey Koreshkov but lost that, last night, in a unanimous points decision.
As per usual, everything Sonnen says needs to be taken with a pinch of salt but his claims often contain some nuggets of truth.

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