Newly crowned Bellator Lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson face each other in the quarter-final of the $1 Million Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix at Bellator 292. The lightweight title is also on the line as part of the rules of the Grand Prix. Bellator 292 takes place this Friday at the SAP Centre in San Jose, California, United States, with Usman Nurmagomedov and Benson Henderson as the headline event.
Bet on Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Benson Henderson with 1xBetMMA: Bellator Lightweight championship
Location: SAP Center, San Jose, California, United States
Where to watch: SHOWTIME
Date: 11.3.2023, 06:45
Usman Nurmagomedov
Five fights into his Bellator career, young Usman moved from "major prospect" to champion when he defeated Patricky Pitbull last November to secure the Bellator Lightweight World Championship. The younger cousin of Khabib, Usman trains with Islam Makhachev, the UFC Lightweight champion under the American Kickboxing Academy. The 24-year-old made his professional debut in 2017 and is unbeaten in MMA. He is a good striker and competent wrestler utilizing his Muay Thai and Sambo. Nurmagomedov is from Dagestan in Russia.
He's a legend, brother. Good experience for me, and I will be ready. … I know what he will do, but this is five rounds, big fight, and I hope he will be healthy and in good shape.
Usman Nurmagomedov
Tale of the Tape
- Age: 24
- Height: 5'11"
- Weight: 155 lb
- Reach: 72"
- Total: 16
- Record: 16-0
Benson Henderson
The veteran American mixed martial artist is a legend of the lightweight division, winning laurels across WEC and UFC. First turning professional in 2006, the American who started Taekwondo as a youngster to connect with his mother's Korean culture has thirty wins from forty-one fights and has fought every serious lightweight contender in the last twelve years. He won the UFC lightweight title in 2012 from Frankie Edwards, defending it three times successfully. After many years in the UFC, the 39-year-old joined Bellator in 2016. His Bellator career has not been as illustrious as his time in the UFC, going on a three-match losing skid at some point. He comes into the Lightweight Grand Prix on a two-fight winning run.
Tale of the Tape
- Age: 39
- Height: 5'9"
- Weight: 155 lb
- Reach: 71"
- Total: 41
- Record: 30-11-0
Betting Odds
Nurmagomedov is a huge favorite to win the bout. On Betking, the Russian is priced at 1.04 odds to win while Henderson is at 8.50 odds. On 1xbet, the market for the specified round (4) start is at 1.57 odds. Betting no that round four won't start is priced at 2.33 odds. Coin play has the fighters on the 2way for 1.09 odds and 6.15 odds, respectively, for Nurmagomedov and Henderson.