Dan Henderson is one of only three fighters ever to simultaneously hold titles in two different weight classes for a major MMA promotion.
If we keep reminding ourselves of that, maybe his fight this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 68 will become compelling. Maybe.
It’s been a long time—eight years, if you’re scoring at home—since Henderson held the Pride 183- and 205-pound championships. (For the record, Randy Couture and B.J. Penn are the other two to accomplish this—though not simultaneously—in the UFC.)
Hendo, as we like to call him, is 44 years old now. He turns 45 in August. That’s pretty old in a sports context. But Henderson is a Hall of Famer, and it seems no one is going to convince him to call it quits yet. In Saturday night’s main event in New Orleans, Louisiana, he’ll go up against Tim Boetsch, a man 10 years his junior and also in need of a win.
I’m going to be honest with you: This is not a good main event. There’s not a lot of greatness on this card. But it’s not hopeless.
This following guide will tell you which fights are worth watching and which aren’t. Of course, now that I say that, the card is going to produce four Fight of the Year candidates, thereby exposing the folly in attempting to predict these things in the first place. Still, though, you get the picture. I’m trying to help you out here.
Here are information capsules, predictions, viewing coordinates and photos of the UFC Fight Night 68 fighters. You know, so you know what they look like. Happy reading.