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Two fights into Benson Hendersons Bellator MMA career, and the former UFC champion has already secured his second shot at a world title with his new promotion.Henderson (24-6) defeated Patricio Pitbull Freire by second-round TKO on Friday night after Freire retired due to a foot injury just moments after their Bellator 160 main event began to heat up at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.The victory lifts Henderson, 32, into a title shot against lightweight champion Michael Chandler on Nov. 19. Chandler, who regained his title on June 24 with a knockout of Freires twin brother Patricky, was in attendance on Friday and playfully stared down Henderson inside the cage after the fight.Im excited, hes a tough dude, Chandler said. I have been looking forward to fighting him for a very long time. People have been looking to this matchup for a long time. So lets do it. Lets put on a show for the Bellator fans.Henderson recorded a victory of the most anticlimactic variety Friday, in a fight largely void of action that produced a chorus of boos from the crowd. The majority of the blame belonged to the overly cautious Henderson, who entered with a large size advantage over Freire (25-4), a former Bellator champion, who was moving up from featherweight.Despite being the aggressor by constantly walking Freire down, Henderson had trouble pulling the trigger in the opening round, which he allowed Freire to steal with lead right hands and inside leg kicks.Early in Round 2, Freire made him miss with a punch and shot in for the takedown. Moments later on his feet, the native of Brazil produced his finest moment by catching Henderson with a combination of clean punches.Just seconds later, however, the fight was over after Freire, the winningest fighter in Bellator history, turned away from the action in what amounted to a physical surrender as he succumbed to a foot injury. Referee John McCarthy instantly waved off the fight at two minutes, 26 seconds.I knew for sure [Freire was injured] when I checked two of his kicks. He backed away right away immediately, Henderson said. We definitely worked on checking kicks. I never thought I would end a fight by checking kicks but Ill definitely take it. I guess Ill take a W any way I can get it.Henderson recorded his first victory under the Bellator banner despite being largely ineffective offensively. The bout was his first at 155 pounds since losing a five-round decision in his promotional debut to welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov in April. Official Air Max 2018 Shoes . 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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Little had gone right for No. 20 Baylor when it headed to the locker room in Fridays Battle 4 Atlantis championship game, trailing at halftime for the third straight day -- though this time by a big margin.Maybe that made it easier for the Bears to shrug all that off and respond with a whopper of a comeback to claim the title.King McClure scored all 15 of his points in the second half and Baylor rallied to beat No. 10 Louisville 66-63 after trailing by as many as 22 points late in the first half.Baylor had trailed by eight at halftime in its Atlantis opener against VCU and by three to No. 24 Michigan State on Thursday before taking over each game in the second half. This time, the Bears trailed 39-24 at halftime, by 20 early in the second half and by 54-42 with 10:07 left.Weve been a second-half team all tournament, Bears coach Scott Drew said, but that one I guess took it to extremes.After getting shut down early, the Bears (6-0) shot 65 percent after halftime, a total boosted by the fact they got some easy baskets in transition and scored nine points off turnovers.They got strong play from their bench, something the Cardinals (5-1) just didnt have. McClure, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, had scored three points in the first five games but went 5 of 8 from the field with two 3s and two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to make it a three-point game.Then there was tournament MVP Johnathan Motley, who had 15 points despite drawing frequent double teams inside. He put the ball on the floor to drive by Anas Mahmoud for the go-ahead dunk with 2:49 left during the game-turning 21-5 run.A lot of teams when they get down like that they break apart, but we came together, McClure said. We came back and started chipping away. As we saw the lead go down, we started believing in ourselvesDonovan Mitchell scored 17 points for Louisville. The Cardinals shot just 33 percent (9 of 27) in the second half, with coach Rick Pitino pointing to mental fatigue as a factor in the second half after the Cardinals could not have played better basketball than we did inn the first half.ddddddddddddI saw it in their legs, Pitino said. Anytime a team doesnt get in the right defense, the right press, you know its mental and physical fatigue. You see it right away. But I didnt make the substitutions. ... Its my fault. I saw they were fatigued. I was just hoping the timeouts could overcome it but it didnt.BIG PICTURELouisville: Pitino had a clear takeaway: hell have to use bench players more.Its my fault that we lost this championship, Pitino said. Its bitter. But that being said, well learn from it, and Ill learn from it as a coach to play these guys whether I think theyre good enough or not.Baylor: Drews team is 3-0 against ranked opponents. Hard to ask for much more in November.Makes my job harder making sure they stay focused, Drew said. I think the great thing is those are great quality wins. I know when we started his season we knew we played great teams early and had chances to get off to a great start. But weve got bigger goals.POLL IMPLICATIONSExpect Baylor to climb in next weeks AP Top 25 after beating No. 24 Michigan State and No. 10 Louisville on consecutive days, not to mention last weeks win against then-No. 4 Oregon. The Cardinals could slide a bit.BENCH PLAYBaylors bench strength included Terry Maston scoring 10 of his 12 points after halftime, while Jake Lindsey had steal-and-layup conversions on consecutive plays during the 21-5 run that gave Baylor its first lead.The Bears finished with a 36-18 advantage in bench points.Its tough to admit that youre tired, Mitchell said, but at the end of the day, we just didnt make enough plays at the right time.UP NEXTLouisville: The Cardinals host Purdue on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Baylor: The Bears return home to face Sam Houston State on Wednesday night.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap---More AP college basketball at http://www.collegebasketball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '