Dan Henderson is in an interesting position these days.
He’s still a consensus top-10 light heavyweight, but he’s coming off of three straight losses. He’s a living legend in the sport, but he just got KO’d for the first time in his career, and it happened in spectacular fashion. He’s probably not done, but he might be done.
And he doesn’t have a contract.
The 43-year-old former Olympian is a bad dude. People love him, and he’s likely to be back with the UFC soon, according to Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com. When he returns, though, he’ll need to be matched very carefully out of concern for both his relevance and his health.
Here are five possible options for that return fight.