“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.”
