Dan Henderson

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Dan Henderson

Statistics
Nickname	Hollywood, Dangerous,
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg/13.2 st) to 205 lb (93 kg/14.6 st)
Nationality	American
Born	August 24, 1970 (1970-08-24) (age 37)
Fighting out of	Temecula, California
Town of birth	Downey, California
Team/Association	Team Quest^[1]
Fighting style	Greco-Roman Wrestling, Collegiate Wrestling
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	22
By knockout	10
By submission	1
Losses	7
Draws	0

Daniel Jeffery Henderson (born August 24, 1970) is a former Olympic wrestler and current American mixed martial artist and was the last welterweight (183 lb) and middleweight (205 lb) champion of the PRIDE Fighting Championships. He is the only mixed martial artist to concurrently hold two titles in two different weight classes in a major MMA promotion. He holds notable victories over Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Murilo Bustamante, Renzo Gracie, Kazuo Misaki, Renato Sobral, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Carlos Newton, and currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

1 Biography
- 1.1 MMA career
2 Personal life
3 MMA record
4 Clinch Gear
5 References
6 External links
7 Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Biography

Henderson is originally from Apple Valley, California and went to Victor Valley High School in Victorville, California, where he twice earned medals at the California State Wrestling Chamionships. He went on to wrestle at Cal State Fullerton and Arizona State University, participating in the 1993 NCAA championships. After completing his collegiate eligibility, he moved to the international circuit, competing for the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics in Greco Roman wrestling.

[edit] MMA career

He began training in mixed martial arts in 1997, when he joined the Real American Wrestling team (RAW). In his first year of MMA competition, Henderson won the Brazil Open, a four-man heavyweight tournament. Just one year later, he won the UFC 17 tournament, defeating Allan Goes and Carlos Newton. In his next MMA foray, Henderson defeated five opponents over the course of two events to claim the 1999 RINGS King of Kings title. He won two fights on October 28, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan, to qualify for the finals, and then beat Gilbert Yvel, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Renato "Babulu" Sobral on the evening of February 26, 2000, to win the tournament.

Henderson later found a home with the PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing primarily in the middleweight (205 lbs.) and heavyweight divisions. In PRIDE, Henderson competed against many of the sports elite fighters including Wanderlei Silva, Renzo Gracie, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Ricardo Arona, Murilo Rua, Murilo Bustamante, Yuki Kondo, Ryo Chonan and Akihiro Gono.

When PRIDE began its Bushido brand, Henderson won their first welterweight (183 lb) tournament, defeating Ryo Chonan and Akihiro Gono by knockout, and then defeating Bustamante by split decision in the finals to capture the welterweight title. At PRIDE Bushido 10, Henderson defeated Kazuo Misaki by unanimous decision after hurting him with strikes on numerous occasions. Henderson later entered the second PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix, losing by decision in a rematch with Misaki.

Henderson's final PRIDE bout was a rematch with Wanderlei Silva at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas on February 24, 2007, where he scored a knockout victory to become middleweight champion, while still holding his welterweight title. Henderson is the first fighter to simultaneously hold titles in two different weight classes in a major organization.^[2]

On September 8, 2007, Henderson returned to the UFC to face light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 75 in London, England, losing by unanimous decision after five rounds.

On November 17, 2007, it was announced during the post fight at UFC 78, Henderson would fight UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva to unify the PRIDE welterweight (183 lbs.) and UFC middleweight (185 lbs.) championships. UFC 82 took take place on March 1, 2008 and was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Silva defeated Henderson via submission at 4:52 of the second round due to a rear naked choke.

[edit] Personal life

Dan Henderson is part English, French and Native American ^[3]^[4] He now lives in Temecula, California^[5] and is currently associated with Team Quest where he trains with fellow fighters Matt Lindland and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Henderson has also made guest appearances on television shows such as The King Of Queens,^[6] Best Damn Sports Show Period and Rome is Burning.

According to the March 2007 Confederated Umatilla Journal: "Henderson’s grandmother, Alice (Bergevin) LeJune, is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and owns land on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. From all accounts, Henderson is 1/16 Walla Walla Native American."^[7]

[edit] MMA record

Professional record breakdown
28 matches	22 wins	6 losses
By knockout	10	0
By submission	1	3
By decision	11	3

Date	Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Round	Time	Notes
3/1/2008	Loss	Anderson Silva	Submission (rear naked choke)	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	2	4:52	For UFC Middleweight Championship
9/8/2007	Loss	Quinton Jackson	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 75: Champion vs Champion	5	5:00	For UFC Light-Heavy Weight Championship
2/24/2007	Win	Wanderlei Silva	KO (Left hook)	PRIDE 33: The Second Coming	3	2:08	for the PRIDE Middleweight Championship
10/21/2006	Win	Vitor Belfort	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 32: The Real Deal	3	5:00
8/26/2006	Loss	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE Bushido 12	2	5:00
4/2/2006	Win	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE Bushido 10	2	5:00
12/31/2005	Win	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	PRIDE Shockwave 2005	2	5:00	Won 2005 PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Won PRIDE Welterweight Championship
9/25/2005	Win	Akihiro Gono	KO (Punch)	PRIDE Bushido 9	1	7:58
9/25/2005	Win	Ryo Chonan	KO (Punch)	PRIDE Bushido 9	1	0:22
4/23/2005	Loss	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE Total Elimination 2005	1	8:05
12/31/2004	Win	Yuki Kondo	Decision (Split)	PRIDE Shockwave 2004	3	5:00
10/31/2004	Win	Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (Injury)	PRIDE 28: High Octane	1	1:15
11/9/2003	Win	Murilo Bustamante	TKO (Strikes)	PRIDE Final Conflict 2003	1	0:53
3/16/2003	Win	Shungo Oyama	TKO (Strikes)	PRIDE 25: Body Blow	1	3:28
12/23/2002	Loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE 24: Cold Fury 3	3	1:49
4/28/2002	Loss	Ricardo Arona	Decision (Split)	PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready	3	5:00
11/3/2001	Win	Murilo Rua	Decision (Split)	PRIDE 17: Championship Chaos	3	5:00
5/27/2001	Win	Akira Shoji	TKO (Strikes)	PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans	3	3:18
3/25/2001	Win	Renzo Gracie	KO (Punch)	PRIDE 13: Collision Course	1	1:40
12/9/2000	Loss	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 12: Cold Fury	3	5:00
2/26/2000	Win	Renato Sobral	Decision (Split)	RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Final	2	5:00
2/26/2000	Win	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (Split)	RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Final	3	5:00
2/26/2000	Win	Gilbert Yvel	Decision (Unanimous)	RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Final	2	5:00
10/28/1999	Win	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision (Split)	RINGS: King of Kings Block A	2	5:00
10/28/1999	Win	Bakouri Gogitidze	TKO (Strikes)	RINGS: King of Kings Block A	1	2:17
5/15/1998	Win	Carlos Newton	Decision (Split)	UFC 17: Redemption	1	15:00	Won UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament
5/15/1998	Win	Allan Goes	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 17: Redemption	1	15:00
6/15/1997	Win	Eric Smith	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Brazil Open '97	1	0:30
6/15/1997	Win	Crezio de Souza	TKO (Strikes)	Brazil Open '97	1	5:25

[edit] Clinch Gear

Henderson also owns the Clinch Gear apparel brand, which he acquired in January 2007 after wearing Clinch Gear shorts in many of his fights in the preceding two years. He has grown the product line to include five colors of performance board shorts, including the Primo Hendo signature model. Clinch Gear also produces complementary apparel and is the exclusive distributor of Team Quest apparel and training products. In September 2007, Clinch Gear provided the uniforms for the U.S. National Grappling, Sambo and Beach Wrestling teams at the World Wrestling Games in Antalya, Turkey. ^[8]

[edit] References

^ Fight Finder: Dan Henderson. Sherdog (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
^ Wrestling Observer - headlines
^ [1]. He grew up on a ranch in Apple Valley California. He started wrestling at a young age and started being noticed as a relentless competitor. His close friends growing up were Blair Green, Rod (Bumper) Ludington, Ray Leonard, Greg (BO) Galvez, Charlie Irick and Bobby (Biff) Irick with whom he frequently managed to get in trouble. When he entered High School he placed on the wrestling team with his brother Tom at Victor Valley High, which was coached by their father Bill Henderson and Sam Gollmyer. Bill drove Dan all over the west coast in a yellow van with more than 200,000 miles on it. Bill also recored all of Dan's wrestling matches with a Betamax video camcorder strapped to a car battery. Dan was also coached by Bob Anderson, of the California Jets (now a defunct organization). He placed fifth at the California State Wrestling Championship in 1987, and Victor Valley won the team title. In 1988, he placed second in the state finals and several months later won national crowns in both freestyle and Greco Roman at the Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. He has three children with his wife Alison.<ref>[http://www.teamquestmma.com/staff.asp/ Team Quest MMA Fitness, Murrietta, CA]</li> <li id="cite_note-3">'''[[#cite_ref-3|^]]''' [http://www.clinchgear.com/athletes.php He lives in Temecula, Calif., with his wife, Alison, with their three children...] </li> <li id="cite_note-4">'''[[#cite_ref-4|^]]''' [http://www.teamquestmma.com/staff.asp Team Quest MMA Fitness Center]</li> <li id="cite_note-5">'''[[#cite_ref-5|^]]''' [http://www.lockflow.com/article_view.php?id=1237 www.lockflow.com]</li> <li id="cite_note-6">'''[[#cite_ref-6|^]]''' http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/march%2007%20cuj%2041.pdf</li> <li id="cite_note-7">'''[[#cite_ref-7|^]]''' [http://www.clinchgear.com Clinchgear.com Official Store]</li></ol></ref>