As former UFC and WEC champion Benson Henderson gets set to make his Bellator debut on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, the clock is ticking. Henderson has long contended in the media that he will retire when he’s 33 years old.
He turns 33 in November of this year, which is just seven months away.
So, will be stepping away from Bellator’s cage just as he’s getting rolling? Are we seeing the last few appearances of Benson Henderson’s career? Maybe not.
"Remember I said 33 and however many months," Henderson joked with Ariel Helwani on Monday, as he sat for an in-studio appearance on The MMA Hour. "I can be 33 and eleven months."
When asked why he has for so long insisted he’d retire at 33 years old, Henderson opened up about why he made the declaration.
"The real reason, to be frank with you, is that I will end up joining the military ranks," he said. "I’ve always held a pretty strong civic duty. Us as Americans, we need to do a better job period."
LINK: Upholding his civic duty, Benson Henderson plans to join the military reserves when he’s 33
