Dan Henderson Denies That He Declined UFC Offer Of Lyoto Machida
by Nate Wilcox on Feb 18, 2012 1:00 PM EST
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Former Pride and Strikeforce multi-division champ Dan Henderson has yet to be booked for a second UFC fight after beating Mauricio Rua at UFC 139. The 42-year-old Henderson is eager to get back in the cage, but only against the right opponent.
Henderson initially declined a rematch against Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera, choosing instead to wait for a title shot against either light heavyweight champ Jon Jones or middleweight champ Anderson Silva. Dana White expressed his frustration recently since Henderson is in line behind Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen, respectively for each of those title shots.
White claimed that Henderson also turned down a LHW bout against ex-champ Lyoto Machida.
Henderson took to Twitter to contest that claim:
Was never offered machida. And even though he has lost 3 out of his last 4, I'm sure it would be entertaining. RT @Shawn91111: @danhendo Dana said this "He doesn't want to fight Machida He doesn't want to wait. He's going to have to wait. Who does he want to fight
What should Dana White and UFC matchmaker Joe Silva do with Henderson?
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As much as machida needs a rebound fight, I wouldn’t want to see Dan get knocked off the contenders list. This is a brutal style match up for Dan.
by Armleglegarm Head on Feb 18, 2012 7:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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this would be a fun fight
I think Hendo vs Phil Davis would be a good match also, though I think Davis would win
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I disagree, Hendo wouldn’t try to fight at range like Rashad, he’d walk right through Davis’s strikes and KO him, only way Phil wins that if he lays on him ala the Shields fight.
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yeah I'd say Davis takes Hendo down and gasses him
maybe gets a tap in a later round if the fight is a main event but you can’t count out an H-bomb landing
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not that it matters
because the UFC doesn’t pair losers with winners. Davis vs Shogun is more likely
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not often anyway
To have a Cannae you must have a Varo
-George Patton
"The complete man must work, study and wrestle."
-Aristotle
He should wait. Machida doesn’t deserve the fight at this point.
by In My Opinion on Feb 18, 2012 1:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This is something i can't help but comment on
The way MMA-“fans” care more about the politics and virtual rankings than a good fight. One thing that the fighters do it (considering the financial aspect of it all).
As a fan though I would LOVE to see Machida and Henderson go at it because i know it’d be a good fight everyone would enjoy and the clash of styles is extremely exciting to me.
If i lost a braincell for every time i saw someone acting like discussion about MMA-rankings and politics were favored over a good scrap i’d probably be just like you.
by sanfrecce on Feb 18, 2012 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
I agree with both of you guys, in a way.
I definitely love a good fight, and yes the clash of styles is interesting. But if you make fights just because they’d be entertaining you end up with Pride-style freakshows and make the sport seem somewhat illegitimate. At a time when the UFC is going more mainstream, I think it’s important it be seen as “who’s better”. It also gives the fighters a reason to win. If you’re winning all your fights but someone else gets a title shot because their style would make a more interesting fight, that could be somewhat discouraging to legitimate fighters. Just something to think about.
Also, maybe try not to be so rude to the guy?
I'd rather be trollin'.
I agree with you to a point, but in this case Hendo is in the twilight of his career and has a case to be given a title fight. Due to that I think the rankings should be taken into consideration. Machida is on a pretty bad streak and Dan is on the best streak of his career, I don’t think they should be paired up right now, but I do think it would be an awesome fight regardless. It would make more sense to me to have them go at it if Hendo loses his next one.
"My days they are the highway kind, they only come to leave."
It'd be a good fight, but you have to remember there are fans. Fans of specific fighters. Like Henderson.
I’m not going say, you know what, I want my favorite football team to not have a bye in the playoffs. I’d rather watch them play one of the wild card teams. Hell no, I want Hendo to get his shot when he can get it.
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the only fight that seems to make sense is shogun vs hendo 2
although id like to see hendo challenge for that strap.
Who the hell is jones going to fight if he beats rashad and hendo? Never thought the LHW division would be sweeped so badly, one big shark cleared out the tank.
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
Totally disagree.
Hendo vs Shogun 2 shouldnt happen. There really isn’t any point at all. It won’t live up to the first one, it doesn’t help move the division in much of a meaningful way, and right now you can match up both Dan and Shogun as if they’re coming off wins. That doesnt happen often. Instead you have to kill off one of those if you have them fight again. I’d love Hendo/Machida sometime this summer and Shogun/Rampage II after Rampage fights Bader. Or you can have Hendo/Rampage II and have Shogun fight the Lil Nog vs Gustafsson winner. There are so many better fights than Shogun/Hendo II.
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by Tim Bernier on Feb 18, 2012 2:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Agree with all of this
I’ve no desire to see Shogun vs Hendo II. Given how few fights he likely has left in his career, Hendo should fight Rampage, Machida, Jones or Anderson.
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 18, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely
I wouldn’t mind if they did Dan vs the Gustafsson/Lil Nog winner (because he hasn’t fought the Nogueira brothers enough ;) ), but it’s not something I’d really like to do. I think Rampage or Machida are perfect fights because it’d be really difficult for him to sit until Anderson or Jon Jones is ready. I’m really giddy at the thought of a Hendo/Rampage rematch. There are just too many good fights to want to do a Shogun/Henderson rematch.
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Machida needs some wins before hes facing #1 contenders…Only one hes been able to beat is old man Couture lately.
I’d like to see Rampage vs Hendo 2, and bring in Mousasi to face Machida.
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by Tats16 on Feb 18, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
He’s gonna have to take a fight against some top tier LHW, we know that much. If Jones wins and is injury free, Hendo would still have to wait until at least mid summer for a shot. I wanna see him vs the winner of Rampage/Bader or the winner of Gustafsson/Lil’ Nog. To be perfectly honest though, I think that Gustafsson, Lil’ Nog, and Rampage all would have a great shot at derailing Hendo at this point.
"Henderson initially declined a rematch against Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera,"
Henderson turned down a fight with Little Nog, and it’s not I before E!
Like I said before, Machida has lost 3 out of his last 4. He shouldn’t be given the opportunity to fight a guy who is the next contender for Jones. If Machida wins, what the hell happens to the division? I don’t want Jones-Machida 2. I don’t really want to see Gustaffson fight Jones right now.
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If they do need a fight for Hendo, I would honestly be really hyped for Hendo vs. Munoz at franklinweight, with the winner getting a title shot in their respective division.
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by Jeffrey McCrum on Feb 18, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t think Machida deserves it – I also don’t think it’s a very good idea ranking-wise. If Machida wins, who’s next in line for Jones/Rashad? Even w/ a win, neither Gustaffson or Lil’ Nog deserve the shot. I’d love to see Henderson/Mousasi but I doubt that’ll happen – Mousasi just signed a new contract w/ Strikeforce…he also doesn’t like to be tied down to one organization. The winner of Rampage/Bader is probably best bet for Henderson…unless Rashad or Jones get injured. Machida should be fighting someone like Bonnar or Franklin or Matyushenko. Shogun should fight Davis….etc…
even though he has lost 3 out of his last 4, I’m sure it would be entertaining
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by Cunny on Feb 18, 2012 2:06 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Jardine-esque?
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by wonderfulspam on Feb 18, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Actually
I agree. If machida had stayed on his bicycle a bit more he has a good style to beat jones.
by Armleglegarm Head on Feb 18, 2012 7:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
someone needs to make a promo poster for this fight
and many possible dream matches. Anyone out there with sweet grapics skills? A fun dream match is Rousimar Palhares vs Jon Jones! could Palhares break one of Jon Jones skinny legs and take the belt?
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