If MMA were to become an Olympic sport, it would have to go down like the PRIDE Grand Prix.  Any other format would be watered-down and completely pointless.  Most fighters would fade after their first or second fight, but Benson Henderson would be skipping rope and doing pushups in between fights just to stay loose.  Bendo never gets tired.  After five rounds with Frankie Edgar, he could just as easily have done five more.  Not only would he win gold, he’d place a treadmill on the podium and run a half-marathon while they’re presenting him with the medal.

We compare fighters to superheroes on a regular basis, but Bendo has all the characteristics of a comic book character.  It’s no surprise to us that he’s well-read and can give you a complex dissertation on what superhero each UFC champion (including himself) represents.  He knows more about obscure comics than you know about underground MMA, and he’s willing to share his the totality of his nerdiness in this video.

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+20 # Guest 2012-08-03 10:14

I love it when fighters turn out to be more nerdy than I am.

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+12 # Guest 2012-08-03 11:20

This is like when I found out Vin Diesel was a hardcore D&D nerd. Stereotypes getting broken = Awesome.

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+4 # Tom Hanks 2012-08-03 12:30

Epic dude!

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+11 # Guest 2012-08-03 12:32

Hendo > Edgar. WAR BENDO, WAR COMICS

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+9 # boo 2012-08-03 12:46

The Shatterstar reference is pretty obscure. Big thumbs up to Bendo.

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-22 # Guest 2012-08-03 13:36

well-read = knows comic books?
Grow up.

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+5 # Guest 2012-08-03 16:35

I love Ben Henderson. A brilliant fighter and a really cool guy. How could you not like him?
If he gets a good run going he'll be talked about as best p4p soon enough (and I'm not into the p4p discussions).

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+1 # Guest 2012-08-03 21:55

I don't like him because he crams Jesus down my throat. So yeah.

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+1 # juice lee 2012-08-04 08:08

I typically mute his acceptance speeches but since he's a fellow comic nerd he gets a pass on top of being one of the most exciting LW fighters in the game

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+3 # Guest 2012-08-03 16:58

Well Bendo, we have the exact same taste in comics. Glad someone else on the planet is enjoying AvX as much as I am.

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-1 # juice lee 2012-08-04 08:09

I've been digging it as well so that makes 3

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+1 # Guest 2012-08-03 19:49

Well I am a comic book nerd, check out batman by greg capullo.

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0 # juice lee 2012-08-04 08:11

I'm game for some new batman despite the the god awful ending of the court of owls fiasco

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-5 # Guest 2012-08-03 19:51

19 year old punk? I'm pretty sure Nate Diaz is older than 19

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+2 # TheFuckingBest 2012-08-04 00:50

haha, not gonna happen buddy. Yet and still that fight WILL be a barn burner explosion

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