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Dan Henderson Doesn’t Feel The Itch To Return To MMA

Veteran mixed martial artist Dan Henderson announced his retirement after his five round middleweight title fight with champion Michael Bisping last October at UFC 204. Bisping ended up winning the fight via decision, but many felt as if Henderson should’ve been given the nod. “Hendo” obviously shares that same sentiment: “Obviously it’s a little frustrating

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“Hendo” obviously shares that same sentiment:

“Obviously it’s a little frustrating and bums me out,” Henderson said (Via MMAFighting). ”It leaves a bad taste in my mouth with how I went out. I felt that I should have won that fight and retired as champion. I don’t dwell on things like that. I don’t wake up in the morning thinking that I got f*cked. But it’s a little frustrating. I don’t think a day goes by where somebody doesn’t bring it up, unfortunately. It was what it was. I can move on, but I felt that I beat him up and he didn’t do anything to me, so why should he have won?”

Given that he had so much success in his final fight, it would be understandable if the 46-year-old wanted to return to action, but he admitted that he doesn’t have that ‘itch’ to fight again:

“No, I don’t have any itch,” he said. “It was enough time, 20 years of doing it (MMA). If I had the itch, I’d go to the gym, spar with my guys, and I’ll be dead for the rest of the day. And that will get rid of the itch.”

Although he was never able to get his hands on the UFC title, Henderson had a tremendous career filled with many highs, some of which he detailed:

“The two Olympic games and in MMA, winning the two Pride belts, the RINGS tournament was definitely one of my highlights, I was the smallest guy out of 32 and won it, winning the belt in Strikeforce and knocking out Fedor (Emelianenko),” he said about his best memories.

Do you feel as if Henderson should remain retired?

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Michael Bisping Fires Back At ‘Douchebag’ Chris Weidman

No. 2-ranked former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman recently called Michael Bisping’s UFC 204 title defense against Dan Henderson ‘embarrassing’. Weidman and Bisping have gone back and forth in the media throughout the last few months, and the ex-champion, who hasn’t competed since surrendering his title to Luke Rockhold last December, has accused “The Count”

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No. 2-ranked former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman recently called Michael Bisping’s UFC 204 title defense against Dan Henderson ‘embarrassing’.

Weidman and Bisping have gone back and forth in the media throughout the last few months, and the ex-champion, who hasn’t competed since surrendering his title to Luke Rockhold last December, has accused “The Count” of ducking him. Appearing on a recent edition of the UFC Unfiltered podcast, Bisping fired back at Weidman, calling the New York native a ‘douchebag’:

“I mean of that f*cking whiner, that cry baby Chris Weidman wants to do it, then I’m more than happy to do it,” Bisping said. “If he gets past Yoel Romero next month, let’s do it soon. I’m happy to. He thinks I’m ducking him, he’s f*cking crazy. I’ve never ducked anybody in my life, I’m certainly not going to start with that f*cking douchebag.”

Not only is the Brit open to a fight with Weidman, but he feels as if he’d finish the former collegiate wrestler if the two ever meet:

“So, if he wants to do it, he can come out here and he can try to wrestle and do that, but he’ll find himself getting punched in the face repeatedly, then…I’m going to finish Chris Weidman that’s for sure.”

This potential clash could end up taking place sooner rather than later, as Weidman is set to face off with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero at November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York with the winner possibly receiving the next shot at the title.

If Bisping and Weidman do end up fighting, who would you pick to come out on top?

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Chris Weidman To Michael Bisping: You Barely Beat No. 14

After successfully defending his middleweight title for the very first time at this past weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 against Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping took the time to call out the division’s top four contenders: Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Ronaldo Souza and Yoel Romero. Next month, Rockhold and Souza will face off, and Weidman

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Next month, Rockhold and Souza will face off, and Weidman and Romero will scrap with the winner of either bout possibly receiving the next shot at “The Count”.

While Bisping may have generated a bit more interest in the division with his words, Weidman feels as if the champion ‘embarrassed’ himself. The ex-champion also felt as if Bisping ‘barely’ beat Henderson, a man ranked outside of the division’s top 10:

”That guy had it in his head before the fight, and told himself, ‘after I dominate Dan Henderson, I’m going to get on the mic and call out all these four guys and say certain things about them, and it’s going to look really cool,’” Weidman said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “But the guy, he shouldn’t have done that when you barely beat the No. 14 in the division. … to get on the mic like that and call out the top four guys like he just did something impressive, I really thought Dan Henderson should have got his hand raised, so I was embarrassed for him. He can say my name a billion times and call me all the names he wants. That guy does not affect me.”

In fact, Weidman scored the bout for Henderson, who knocked Bisping down multiple times in the opening rounds:

“I scored it for Henderson,” Weidman said. “I thought he won the first round maybe 10-8. I think at least one of the judges should have given him a 10-8, I don’t know why that wasn’t even a thought, and then the second round, I thought he won, yes, he was getting pitter pattered most of the round, but he almost finished the fight again in the second round, then he dropped him again. I think if you almost finish the fight you win the round, it doesn’t matter how long you were losing the round. He was never in danger in the second round so I thought he won that round. Then I also thought he won the fifth round.”

Weidman hasn’t competed since surrendering the title to Rockhold last December, and he admits that it’s still ‘weird’ seeing another man wearing the title, especially one that he doesn’t feel deserves to be atop the throne:

“I kind of got used to it, it was kind of weird to see these guys fighting and that was the for the championship belt, and that was the champion in my weight class” Weidman said. “He’s out there and he’s struggling, it wasn’t an impressive performance at all, and he wanted to go out there and really show he’s the true champ of the MW division. He got the fight he wanted, which was crazy that he got that fight, and that’s the way he looked. It’s a little embarrassing.”

If Weidman can get by Romero at November 12’s UFC 205 from New York, should he be given the next title shot?

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Gegard Mousasi Would ‘Love’ To Fight Anderson Silva After UFC 204

The UFC’s middleweight division is currently quite crowded. The title is set to be defended tomorrow night (October 8, 2016) in the main event of UFC 204, as Michael Bisping meets Dan Henderson. No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will then face off with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero at November 12’s UFC 205, while No. 1-ranked former

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The UFC’s middleweight division is currently quite crowded.

The title is set to be defended tomorrow night (October 8, 2016) in the main event of UFC 204, as Michael Bisping meets Dan Henderson. No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will then face off with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero at November 12’s UFC 205, while No. 1-ranked former champion Luke Rockhold will meet No. 3-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza on November 26, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

One middleweight fight that may be flying under the radar, however, will also take place tomorrow night when No. 9-ranked Gegard Mousasi meets No. 5-ranked Vitor Belfort. While a win over Belfort would indeed move him up the rankings, Mousasi knows he’s still multiple fights away from a shot at gold given the ‘busy’ nature of the division:

“It’s going to get me higher (in the rankings) but it’s not going to do anything different for me,” Mousasi told the Fight Society podcast recently. “You have now “Jacare” (Souza) against (Luke) Rockhold, (Chris) Weidman against Yoel Romero so those are guys that can easily fight for the belt. Those guys are ahead of me.

“After beating Vitor, it’s just another guy I have to face. The title shot seems far away for me so I’m not thinking of it but it will come. After this victory, I will be a step closer to that.”

With that being said, Mousasi plans to get by Belfort before hopefully taking on another Brazilian legend in former longtime champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva:

“The only one that doesn’t have a fight is Anderson Silva. I would love to fight him. Those are fights, fighting legends, fighting big names. If you can get a win over those guys, it’s on your record and it’s going to stay that way. Those are the fights that make sense. Those are the fights people are going to remember you for if you beat Vitor or Anderson or Dan Henderson, guys like that.”

Silva last competed at July 9’s UFC 200 when he suffered a decision loss to 205-pound champion Daniel Cormier in a bout that he accepted on just two days notice. If Mousasi is indeed successful tomorrow night, a bout between him and Silva would not only make sense, but it’d likely be quite exciting.

Would you be interested in seeing these two face off in the near future?

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Rockhold Wants To See Henderson Put Bisping To Sleep

After surrendering his title in brutal fashion to Michael Bisping, whom he had beaten back in 2014, at June’s UFC 199, Luke Rockhold made it clear that he wanted a trilogy bout with “The Count”. He wasn’t given his wish, however, and Bisping will defend his title against Dan Henderson tonight (October 8, 2016) in

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As far as tonight’s fight goes, Rockhold is torn on who he would like to win. While he would like to see a friend in Henderson put Bisping ‘to sleep’, he’d also like to get another chance at “The Count” for the title:

“I’m on both sides,” Rockhold told Ariel Helwani recently during an in-studio appearance on The MMA hour. “I mean, of course I would love to fight Bisping. I would love to beat him.

“It sounds appealing, going out there and getting to finish that one. I put him away fairly easily the first time and I got caught the second time, and so I would love to go solidify who the better fighter is. And so, that would be nice, but I’m not going to hold onto it. I’m not going to hold onto that and make that be my dying desire, to have that fight. I hope Dan goes out there and wins. I’m a friend of Dan’s and I don’t really care if I get that as much. I’d rather have Dan go out there and put him to sleep. It would be sweet both ways.”

While it seems as if the masses are picking Bisping to win, Henderson’s patented right hand can never be counted out. After all, it was that right hand that Henderson used to score one of the most iconic knockouts of all-time when he and Bisping met for the first time at UFC 100. Either way, “Hendo” has sworn that tonight will be the last time we see him in the Octagon win, lose or draw.

Rockhold admitted that he was ‘surprised’ to see the UFC grant Henderson the shot given the fact that he’s hell-bent on retiring:

“Yeah, I guess,” he said. “I was surprised, I thought that might deter them from making that choice, but he stood firm to what he was saying and they granted him the shot, so good for Dan.”

Rockhold is set to rematch Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza next month with a title shot potentially looming in the balance. If he can get by “Jacare” and earn a title shot, who do you expect him to face?

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Michael Bisping Predicts Weidman-Romero, Rockhold-Jacare

Newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is gearing up to defend his title for the very first time against longtime veteran Dan Henderson in the main event of next weekend’s (October 8, 2016) UFC 204 from Manchester, England. If he does indeed get by Henderson, multiple options will await him as two pivotal 185-pound

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Former titleholder Luke Rockhold, who Bisping knocked out last June, will face off with No. 3-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza next month, and No. 2-ranked Chris Weidman will battle with No. 4-ranked Yoel Romero, who’s coming off of a six month suspension, at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016.

Although it’s currently unclear which winner will receive the next title shot, Bisping has an idea of who he’d like to fight if he outlasts Henderson:

“I’ll tell you who I don’t think deserves it — Yoel Romero,” Bisping said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I don’t think he deserves it. There’s no smoke without fire. He got a reduced sentence, but the fact is, he still got a sentence. Even if you take performance enhancing drugs, the benefits of those stay in your system for a long, long time. So I don’t think Yoel Romero deserves it.”

“I would like Chris Weidman simply because, listen, for all the back and forth and the s— talking and because for all of that, I respect Chris Weidman,” Bisping said. “I like Chris Weidman and what he does. He’s got a little bit of a case of sour grapes and this and that, he’s talking a lot s— about me, but, you know, I respect this guy, the way carries himself and this and that, you know, he’s a likable guy. But he’s talking shit, so I’d like to fight him.”

Bisping also made his prediction for the two upcoming bouts:

“I beat Luke Rockhold, I knocked him out Yoel Romero I have no interest, Jacare is another guy, he’s nice as well. They’re all worthy, they’re all very very good, but of course Yoel is coming off a ban for performance enhancing drugs. But other than that, you know who I think wins? I think Weidman beats Romero and I think Jacare beats Rockhold.”
Do you agree with his predictions?

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