Speaking via Heavy.com, Benavidez said:“Coming off a loss, you would think you would want to play it safe, and get a tune-up fight or something. I honestly don’t know what he was thinking. I guess props to him — he wants to stay in the title mix. You hear all the fighters say they want to fight the best guys out there, and maybe that’s something he wants to do, but I just think it was not a good decision. Two losses in this sport can really hurt you.”
“There’s a lot of motivation to go out there and make a statement. Beating a tough guy like Eddie and finishing him is definitely a huge statement. He had four wins in a row before he lost to Urijah, and he gave Urijah a pretty decent fight.
“I’ve been working a lot with Urijah, and there’s nothing better that can replace that. A thousand times watching a video can’t even do that. It’s definitely been awesome. It’s one thing watching video and seeing what he does, seeing his tendencies. It’s a whole other thing having someone who has been in there in the heat of battle with the guy; knows exactly how strong he feels, knows how he feels in this situation; that’s a huge advantage.
“There’s of course motivation that he asked to fight me. I honestly don’t know what he was thinking,” continued Benavidez, the genuine confusion he feels about Wineland’s decision coming across in the staccato of his speech. “I don’t know if he thought that he gave Urijah a good fight — so maybe this fight would be easy – I don’t really know, but I can’t wait to go out there and show him that he made the wrong choice there.”
Benavidez has put behind him the disappointment of losing out to Dominick Cruz at WEC 50 when he compete for the title by putting together a couple of handy wins over Wagnney Fabiano and Ian Loveland, the latter being his octagon debut.
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