Mark Henry hopes the UFC doesn't offer Barboza a fight soon, because "He would never say no".

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Mark Henry thinks Edson needs some time off. For those unaware, he had full labrum and rotator cuff replacement surgery from an injury sustained fighting Dariush. That is the recovery Henry is referencing below. Here is the article. Enjoy!

“Edson, it’s his first time losing two fights in a row and he’s such a competitor. The thing with Edson and a lot of guys on our team is they just don’t say no to anybody,” Henry said when talking about Barboza. “Our guys want to fight and Edson is the same way. Not that anything would have been different, but Edson just came off a serious, serious surgery before the Khabib fight and I would have rather him wait. He hadn’t even tested out his shoulder yet and he’s been out for months. Hadn’t sparred, hadn’t trained at all but he was offered the fight and he took it and went right into camp.
“Edson’s just a beast. He’s not afraid of anybody. It’s like Frankie Edgar, you ask him to fight somebody he’s not going to say no. He’s such a warrior, he’ll fight anybody, any time, just tell him where to be.”

He really hasn’t gone back to a regular training schedule that he’s used to since surgery. They put a stat up during his fight that Edson has some of the best defensive wrestling in the UFC and he does, but he just hasn’t had the time to put into his wrestling that he usually does in training. I’d love to see him get back into the swing of things in that aspect, take his time, spend some time with his family cause he’s been focusing so hard for these fights. Just enjoy life a little bit and worry about himself instead of another opponent,” Henry added.
“Edson is the best. He has a lot of fights in the UFC and he definitely deserves it. I kind of hope the UFC doesn’t come asking because he would never say no.”

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Had the same thought myself. Dude needs a break.
 
Exciting fighter... but time off is good. Heal up then hit the gym...
 
Edson never ducks a fight regardless of style matchup. You derps should appreciate these combat athletes more.
 
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When you don't want people to look at your porn stash in the corner, the last thing you should do is point at it and say "DON'T LOOK AT MY PORN STASH IN THE CORNER".

Now guess what UFC will do when they need a short notice replacement? I think Mark Henry's IQ dropped 20 points permanently ever since Conor KTFO Alvarez.
 
Had the same thought myself. Dude needs a break.
He’s never been much for breaks. I remember watching his debut and just realized his next ufc fight will be his 20th. That’s insane. He was only 6-0 coming in. That was 7 years ago.

For reference, Tony Ferguson is known as an active guy (until lately) and he mads his debut the same year but has 13 ufc fights. Edson almost averages 3 per year and has never pulled out of a fight.
 
Edson would KO Gaethje, Iaquinta, Alvarez, and Poirier easily. Let him bang bro

It's not his fault that Kevin and Khabib are both GOATs
 
Barboza is the shit. Love watching him fight win or lose. His fight against Tony is one of the best fights of all time.
 
He needs some time off for sure, but he's also 32 years old, so...not THAT much time off.
 
Edson would KO Gaethje, Iaquinta, Alvarez, and Poirier easily. Let him bang bro

It's not his fault that Kevin and Khabib are both GOATs
And both big as FUCK. No excuses, they won fair and square. But I think people underestimate how many people in the division they could do that to and how big they are. Easily two of the best wrestlers in the ufc and both fringe too big for LW.

It’s no coincidence that both have missed weight and their weigh ins could generate pay per view buys because of the suspense. You know damn well when Khabib or Lee weigh in your ass is ready for some shit. Lol.
 
Barbs is the most exciting fighter in the ufc.
 
In other words, mark henry is broke atm and wants the UFC to call barboza asap.
 
Dude is not suitable to fight with all these dudes who want to hug him and put his ass on the floor for 15 minutes.
He should go and bang in Kickboxing.
 
Edson would KO Gaethje, Iaquinta, Alvarez, and Poirier easily. Let him bang bro

It's not his fault that Kevin and Khabib are both GOATs

Well I think he could go 2-2 or 3-1. 4-0 through that killers row, Possible, but I really don’t think so.

Would love to watch him and Al fight, and id slightly favor Al.
 
Well I think he could go 2-2 or 3-1. 4-0 through that killers row, Possible, but I really don’t think so.

Would love to watch him and Al fight, and id slightly favor Al.
Yeah Barboza and Poirier are both so powerful that's a 50/50 fight at best for either guy
 
Everyone is already booked insode the top 15 except Lee anyways.

I think if Vick or Chiesa win their next fights they could fight Barboza in NOV/DEC. The Booker/Burns or OAM/Hernandez winners would also be good options
 
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