Your favorite Dan Henderson moments

[AmericanMMA]

1 KO of Wand to be the first with 2 belts at the same time
2 KO of Fedor, the HW goat
3. not the KO of Bisping, but the follow up punch that likely caused brain damage.

 

[G10]

I'm not a big Hendo fan because I feel like he's gotten away with some dirty tactics over the years, plus he can sometimes be pretty whiny about his losses. But, I do have a lot of admiration for his career and accomplishments. With the exception of maybe Overeem, I can't think of anybody that has enjoyed as much success at a high level as Hendo.

As for my favorite moment, it's got to be Hendo/Shogun 2. Shogun was taking to him HARD, and the fight was so close to being finished. Then, Hendo lands the H Bomb off a clinch break, and it sends Shogun rolling halfway across the cage. It's one of the craziest come back finishes I've ever seen.

 

[Bouboumaster]

UFC 100 K.O., since it's the best K.O. of aall time

 

[burningspear]

 

[RogerB08]

All time cheap shot.

 

[Andreh]

His levitation against Vitor Belfort on both fights. What a magic trick by Vitor. Best Dan moments ever in MMA.

 

[d2s]

Ping KO
Lombard KO
The Boetsch KO was vintage Dan also

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

I like his wife more

 

[RawDawgBob]

Bisbing and Fedor. Bisbing far in front though. Especially after all the build up.

 

[DOMMA]

 

[Buff]

I made a "Hendo Moments" thread a few years ago... Some of the best gifs have vanished, but for reference, here's the post...

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/dan-henderson-greatest-moment-career-appreciation-thread.3683015/

BRAZIL OPEN TOURNAMENT '97 CHAMPION (1997)



Wins 2 fights in one night on his debut, and wins the Lightweight tournament.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

1997 saw Henderson make his debut in MMA, following in the footsteps of other wrestlers who were finding success in the sport. Henderson entered the Brazil Open Lightweight Tournament, which had a weight limit of 176 pounds, the lightest Henderson would ever compete at. It was a 1 night tournament, featuring 4 competitors. Also competing in the tournament was Brazilian Vale Tudo legend, Jose Landi-Jons. After two relatively quick finishes, Henderson earned himself the tournament championship.

UFC 17 MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (1998)

Defeats Allan Goes and Carlos Newton to win the Middleweight Tournament. Has jaw broken vs Newton but fights on to win.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

A little less than one year later, Henderson entered his 2nd MMA tournament, also a 4-man tournament to be completed in one night. This time however, the weight limit was 199 pounds. UFC 17 would mark the start of Henderson's on-again off-again relationship with the UFC, which would span nearly 2 decades. He defeated Allan Goes and Carlos Newton in closely contested contests to earn his 2nd MMA tournament championship. A punch delivered from Newton in their fight broke Henderson's jaw, but he continued fighting through it.

RINGS: KING OF KINGS 1999 OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (1999)

Defeats 2 guys in one night (Bakouri Gogitidze, Hiromito Kanehara), followed by 3 guys in one night; Lil Nog, Gilbert Yvel, and Babalu - all of whom had a big size advantage. Is crowned Open Weight Champion.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

About 1.5 years later, Henderson entered his 3rd MMA tournament. This time the number of competitors in the tournament was 32, and there was no weight limit for any of the fighters. The tournament would be held over the course of 2 nights. The first two rounds would be held late 1999, while the final 3 would be in early 2000. The tournament was full of many notable competitors, and Henderson faced Gilbert Yvel, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Renato Sobral. Despite only weighing in at 199 pounds, and routinely being outweighed by more than 30 pounds, Henderson won all 5 of his fights, and became the Rings: King of Kings Tournament 1999 champion.

WINS PRIDE WELTERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP (2005)

(couldn't find a decent pic or gif, so you'll have to settle for that - it's not from the tourny).

KO's Ryo Chonan, and Akihiro Gino on the same night, then beats Murilo Bustamante in the final to win the Tournament, and is Crowned PRIDE FC Welterweight Champion

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

He entered in 3 tournaments for the organization, winning the Welterweight (183 pounds) tournament at Pride Shockwave 2005 by defeating Murilo Bustamante by split decision. The opening two rounds of the 8 man tournament were fought at Pride Bushido 9, where Henderson knocked out both Ryo Chonan and Akihiro Gono. Along with this tournament victory, he was also awarded the Pride Welterweight Championship.

WINS PRIDE MIDDLEWEIGHT (205LBS) CHAMPIONSHIP (2007)

Without giving up his 185 WW strap, Hendo moves up to 205 and brutally KOs Prime Wanderlei, and becomes the first person to simultaneously hold 2 belts at the same time in a major organisation.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

Henderson's final Pride bout was a rematch with Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33 in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 24, 2007, where he scored a knockout victory to become Middleweight Champion (205 pounds), while still holding his Welterweight title. Henderson became the first fighter to simultaneously hold titles in two different weight classes in a major MMA organization

UFC 100 - CREATES GIF OF THE CENTURY (2009)

After enduring months of trash talk from outspoken heel-allstar Michael Bisping on The Ultimate Fighter, Hendo delivered a KO that will live through the ages at the historical UFC 100 event. It was amazing.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

The reality TV show, which spawned a feud between the two coaches that continued until their fight, aired on Spike TV and premiered on April 1, 2009, with the live finale on June 20, 2009 in Las Vegas.

On July 11, 2009 at UFC 100 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Henderson and Bisping settled their differences with their fists, culminating with Henderson becoming the first man to knock Bisping out, doing so in the second round with an overhand right to the jaw as Bisping was circling to Henderson's right. This win put Henderson back into contention for a title shot at the UFC Middleweight Champion. The knockout punch also won Henderson a $100,000 bonus for "Knockout of the Night", and is considered one of the greatest knockouts in the history of the sport.

Controversy arose from the fight due to Henderson immediately following up his knockout punch with a flying forearm-drop to the prone Bisping's head shortly before referee Mario Yamasaki ended the fight at 3:20.[11]

Immediately after the fight, Henderson stated that "I hit him hard, but I got that last blow in just to shut him up a little bit." After UFC president Dana White said Henderson had made the comment in jest, Henderson clarified by stating, "When you're in the heat of the moment, the ref hadn't stopped me yet, who knows what's going to happen, if he's going to recover. I really only hit him twice, once on my feet, once on the ground. I didn't keep going. I didn't go after him after the ref tried to stop me, it was nothing like that. It was a reaction of mine to keep going until I was stopped—and you know, it did feel good though.

WINS STRIKEFORCE LHW CHAMPIONSHIP (2011)

KOs Babalu in a title eliminator, then defendinf champ Feijao to win the 205 Strikeforce title - at the time Feijao was thought to be one of the better LHW in the world.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

Henderson faced Renato Sobral on December 4, 2010 at Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu.[16] Henderson won the fight via KO at 1:53 of the first round.

Henderson defeated Rafael Cavalcante via third-round TKO for the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship at Strikeforce 32. After two rounds in which all three judges had the score tied 19–19, Henderson dropped Cavalcante with his famed right hand in the third before referee Dan Miragliotta called the fight off at the 0:50 mark.

KNOCKS OUT FEDOR EMILIANENKO (2011)

Fighting at Heavyweight, Hendo moves up to face the apparent GOAT, Fedor Emilianenko - he was undersized, and coming in as a massive underdog - Hendo knocked him out for the first time in his career. Sherdog melted down.

Spoiler: Wiki Entry On This

Henderson fought Fedor Emelianenko on July 30, 2011 at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson.[17][18] Many had speculated that Henderson would meet Fedor at a catch weight, but Strikeforce later confirmed the fight as a heavyweight bout. Henderson said, "Its tough for me to gain weight. I did weightlifting and plenty of eating; I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do. I’m not going to feel outmatched or small in there."[19] He had to step on the scales weighing at least 206 pounds in order to qualify for the heavyweight division, and weighed in at 207. Fedor weighed in a bit below his normal weight, with the scale reading 223 pounds.[20] Henderson defeated Emelianenko via KO[21][22][23] at 4:12 of the 1st round. This was the last fight on Henderson's Strikeforce contract. Henderson said he would like to re-sign to defend his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship.

Hendo Bless.

Honorable mentions go to beating Lombard aged 46, and having one of the fights of the last 10 years against Shogun aged 45 and getting the finish, knocking out Renzo Gracie, beating Ninja in Pride, His epic fight with Lil Nog, and hanging them up after a title shot which he arguably won.

Easy to forget how hard Dan Henderson actually is...

 

[AmericanMMA]

I made a "Hendo Moments" thread a few years ago... Some of the best gifs have vanished, but for reference, here's the post...

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/dan-henderson-greatest-moment-career-appreciation-thread.3683015/

BRAZIL OPEN TOURNAMENT '97 CHAMPION (1997)



Wins 2 fights in one night on his debut, and wins the Lightweight tournament.


UFC 17 MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (1998)

Defeats Allan Goes and Carlos Newton to win the Middleweight Tournament. Has jaw broken vs Newton but fights on to win.


RINGS: KING OF KINGS 1999 OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (1999)

Defeats 2 guys in one night (Bakouri Gogitidze, Hiromito Kanehara), followed by 3 guys in one night; Lil Nog, Gilbert Yvel, and Babalu - all of whom had a big size advantage. Is crowned Open Weight Champion.


WINS PRIDE WELTERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP (2005)

(couldn't find a decent pic or gif, so you'll have to settle for that - it's not from the tourny).

KO's Ryo Chonan, and Akihiro Gino on the same night, then beats Murilo Bustamante in the final to win the Tournament, and is Crowned PRIDE FC Welterweight Champion


WINS PRIDE MIDDLEWEIGHT (205LBS) CHAMPIONSHIP (2007)

Without giving up his 185 WW strap, Hendo moves up to 205 and brutally KOs Prime Wanderlei, and becomes the first person to simultaneously hold 2 belts at the same time in a major organisation.



UFC 100 - CREATES GIF OF THE CENTURY (2009)

After enduring months of trash talk from outspoken heel-allstar Michael Bisping on The Ultimate Fighter, Hendo delivered a KO that will live through the ages. It was amazing.


WINS STRIKEFORCE LHW CHAMPIONSHIP (2011)

KOs Babalu in a title eliminator, then defendinf champ Feijao to win the 205 Strikeforce title - at the time Feijao was thought to be one of the better LHW in the world.


KNOCKS OUT FEDOR EMILIANENKO (2011)

Fighting at Heavyweight, Hendo moves up to face the apparent GOAT, Fedor Emilianenko - he was undersized, and coming in as a massive underdog - Hendo knocked him out for the first time in his career. Sherdog melted down.


Hendo Bless.

Honorable mentions go to beating Lombard aged 46, and having one of the fights of the last 10 years against Shogun aged 45 and getting the finish, knocking out Renzo Gracie, beating Ninja in Pride, His epic fight with Lil Nog, and hanging them up after a titleshot.

Easy to forget how hard Dan Henderson actually is...

This is my new favorite post.

 

[textwarrior]

Salute to one of the all time greats who brought us so many amazing moments in the cage/ring. Name 3 of your favorite hendo moments.

1.Bisping KO
2.Lombard elbow of doom
3. Wandy KO

Feijao one was amazing and iirc he was getting worked then fucking boom its over. Much like the Fedor fight.

Bisping.....100 percent...because you have to watch all the trash Bisping was saying to Dan during TUF...Dan looked bad...then, Bisping with a sense of air and cocky attitude talking to Dan....

I wanted Dan to destroy him...and he did...with twinkled toes...I was so happy to see that. He got what he deserved.

 

[laleggenda27]

 

[Tapatio]

TRT legend!

 

[blewgums]

Yeah this one.

I came here to post this.

You just moved up a notch in my book, Jackonfire.

Which gives you one notch.

 

[CTE_Fan]

All time cheap shot.

"I admire it's purity"

 

[thewhiterooster]

hard to beat the first Bisping ko, but I'll take the Lombard ko because I was there with pretty good seats and the arena was electric when that happened. craziest sports moment I've seen live. was awesome!

 

[Sure Dawg]

Salute to one of the all time greats who brought us so many amazing moments in the cage/ring. Name 3 of your favorite hendo moments.

1.Bisping KO
2.Lombard elbow of doom
3. Wandy KO

Feijao one was amazing and iirc he was getting worked then fucking boom its over. Much like the Fedor fight.

Hendo was the ACTUAL #1 p4p imo. beast absolute top names in 3 weight classes and won belts at two of them. most of the ppl on p4p list havent even fought outside their weighclass which makes no damn sense.

 

[AleYeah]

That thread a Sherbro started about seeing Hendo on a plane, and then posting frequent updates leading up to a meeting/pics.

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