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Nolan King

‘Lightweight legend’: Twitter reacts to former UFC champ Benson Henderson retiring after Bellator 292 loss

Former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson called it a career Friday at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., after he lost in the Bellator 292 main event to Usman Nurmagomedov.

Henderson, 39, competed as a professional mixed martial artist since 2006. He competed for the UFC and Bellator 14 times each, as well as six times for WEC, among many other smaller promotional stops.

As news of Henderson’s retirement spread across the MMA world, fans, fighters, personalities, and media members had plenty to say as they reacts to the news. Scroll below to see what they had to say.

Scott Coker

Aaron Bronsteter

Matthew Wells

Charles Rosa

George Garcia

Bellator MMA

Abbey Subhan

Aaron Simpson

Patricio Freire

B.J. Penn

Patricky Freire

Joe Giannetti

Tim Welch

Michael Chandler

Sean O'Malley

Jakub Lauko

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