Articles tagged with: Dan Henderson
Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an [...]
At the post-UFC 78 press conference it was announced that Dan Henderson will return to the octagon in March to take on middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio.
For more UFC 82 check out the MMAFrenzy.com UFC rumors section.
Reigning PRIDE Welterweight Champion and current light heavyweight UFC fighter Dan Henderson has revealed that Randy Couture may not be the only fighter unhappy with the UFC:
Light heavyweight Dan Henderson, who was in Houston on Saturday to conduct a clinic at Miletich Fighting Systems, says dealing with the UFC on compensation and contracts is challenging [...]
A questionable split decision victory which was awarded to The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping over Matt Hamill has caused a uproar among fans and overshadowed a 5-round title fight and other dominating performances on an action-packed card.
In the main event of the evening Dan Henderson appeared hesitant and ineffective as Quinton Jackson controlled [...]
This post contains quick results, news, and round-by-round coverage of UFC 75 from London. The event, which wrapped up at 6pm ET, will air on tape-delay in the United States beginning at 9pm ET.
If you wish to discuss the event free of spoilers at it airs in the US on Spike you can do so [...]
Following UFC 71 there were reports that only the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship would be on the line in the main event between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London. More recent reports continued to change about everyday and ranged from both titles being on the line, no titles being up [...]
Read More »Yesterday when I originally discussed the possibility that no titles would be on the line in the UFC 75 main event between Quinton Jackson and Dan Henderson I stated that the news was far from confirmed and I couldn’t have been more right. Less than a day after the report it now appears that the [...]
Read More »Despite being a “Champion vs. Champion” match and many reports that the main event of UFC 75 between Quinton Jackson and Dan Henderson would unify the Pride and UFC championships, it now appears that the fight will likely NOT have any titles on the line.
The main event was expected to be a 5-round battle between [...]
In a recent interview Quinton “Rampage” Jackson confirmed he will be defending his light heavyweight title this September in London at UFC 75 against Dan Henderson. Here is what Rampage said regarding his upcoming fight while on CBS 2 in LA yesterday:
“I have to fight September 8th in London with the champion of Japan [Dan [...]
According to MMAFrenzy.com sources, the UFC is close to signing a deal to bring the UFC back to New Jersey this November. For those who check out our UFC rumors section often, UFC 78 has been listed as taking in place for New Jersey for some time, although it now appears the event will happen [...]
Read More »Sellout attendance of 14,728 people
Live gate of $4.3 million which is the second biggest UFC live gate ever behind UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz II
Over 3,000 people attended the weigh-ins.
Dan Henderson chose to fight as a light heavyweight in the UFC.
Dana White contradicted Henderson in saying that Rampage and Henderson will both have their titles [...]
In a post-UFC 71 interview Pride welterweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson stated that his fight with newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson will take place sometime in October. Henderson continued to say that he is friends with both Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson although he is closer with the latter making their [...]
Read More »Aside from the shocking Diego Sanchez news I reported earlier this morning, Dana White also gave us lots of other interesting UFC news to report during the call:
The UFC is apparently in active negotiations with pro wrestler Kurt Angle and commented that he would love to have Brock Lesnar as well.
Anticipates the UFC will have [...]
In late February at Pride 33, Dan Henderson became the first mixed martial artist to hold two titles in two different weight classes at the same time when he knocked out Wanderlei “The Axe Murdered” Silva.
The surprise upset headlined the best MMA event so far this year. Henderson fights out of the talent ladenTeam Quest [...]
Sam Caplan has done a superb interview with Dana White for CBS Sportsline and White had lots to say. We first learned of the interview yesterday when news surfaced that Tito Ortiz would be facing Rashad Evans at UFC 71. That was just the beginning with White revealing a lot more in the interview (Part [...]
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