Do you consider Dan Henderson one of the goats?

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I don't see Dan get the same love as some of the other legends on here. I wonder if people forgot him or just don't think he was so great in the end. But how do you view Hendo? Is he like a top 10 all time great or a lot less?
 
He's a badass and one of the true "anytime, anywhere, any weight" fighters. Wins at HW (over Nog and Fedor no less), LHW and MW. Look at his record, it's a murderers row.

Didn't duck anyone, won multiple titles in different orgs, and produced a pretty epic, violent highlight reel. I'll always remember him.

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Most of you clearly don’t understand the definition of the word GREATEST. That is afterall the first word in the acronym GOAT. By definition the “est” suffix after great, means ONE. So you literally can’t have more than one. If you are not even the consensus GOAT of any given division. There is ZERO chance you are in the GOAT discussion at all.

So the short answer is, NO. You people have killed all meaning of the acronym. It’s completely fucking useless.
 
top 20 maybe ? There were other fighters who dominated more, but he is the first fighter to hold two belts at the same time in a big promotion which often gets forgotten about imo, the dude always fought whoever was put in front of him for sure should be in the hall of fame...him vs shogun is the greatest non title fight ever imo
 
yes, he is HOF caliber so yes, he is one of the greats....avoid the numbers bullshit such as top 5 or top 10 etc.....
 
Yes, absolutely.

Not THE Goat, but he is certainly one of the greatest fighters every to do it. Probably in a top 10. So one of the greatest of all time.
 
Most of you clearly don’t understand the definition of the word GREATEST. That is afterall the first word in the acronym GOAT. By definition the “est” suffix after great, means ONE. So you literally can’t have more than one. If you are not even the consensus GOAT of any given division. There is ZERO chance you are in the GOAT discussion at all.

So the short answer is, NO. You people have killed all meaning of the acronym. It’s completely fucking useless.
One of the GOATs = One of the greatest of all time. There can be more than 1, sir. You're way too upset and still wrong.

lol too funny
 
Yes, no doubt. He's one of the best to ever do it, especially considering he was undersized quite a bit of the time. Dude is an animal.
 
He'd be in my top 10 ever. His resume has a shocking number of really incredible wins across 3 weight classes. Even if you just count UFC and Pride champions:

Fedor
Shogun (2x)
Franklin
Bisping
Wanderlei
Vitor
Big Nog
Carlos Newton
 
Taking away all off the fluff and "conditions" for evaluating fighters and just cutting to the bare bones, Dan Henderson is easily one of the best fighters of all time. He fought across 3 divisions through multiple eras against easily the best level of competition ever and definitely gave more than he took. He is top 10 at minimum.
 
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