4. Benson Henderson
Henderson is one of the more respected recent signees of Bellator. Unlike other newly minted free agents, such as Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen, Benson Henderson might actually still have some of his best competitive years ahead of him.
The former UFC lightweight champion is only 32 years old, and will challenge for Bellator’s lightweight title in a few weeks, facing Michael Chandler.
Even though he is currently back fighting at lightweight, Henderson competed at welterweight for his final 2 UFC fights, winning both. He lost to Bellator welterweight champion, Andrey Koreshkov, recently, spurring the move back down to lightweight.
Henderson would provide a name casual fans have heard of for GSP’s first fight in Bellator.
