Dan Henderson

Dana White has stated that he’s offered Dan Henderson multiple fights, but Henderson wants to wait for a title shot. That normally doesn’t fly with the UFC, but when you’re a fighter who has taken his lumps like Henderson he’s earned the right to wait. White has said that Henderson will get the next shot at light heavyweight or middleweight, so which weight gives him his best shot to get the title he’s waited so long for? For those who don’t remember Henderson’s Pride days he was an absolute beast. He held the 205 and 185 pound belt and when [...]

Strikeforce: Nashville takes place this weekend and will be nationally televised on CBS. The main card is a championship triple-header that will see the middleweight, lightweight, and light-heavyweight titles on the line. Saturday’s event will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and will be Strikeforce’s Tennessee debut. The night’s main event features a middleweight title match between current champion Jake Shields and Strikeforce newcomer Dan Henderson. Shields is a natural 170-pounder, so he will be facing the toughest challenge of his career against the former UFC and PRIDE legend. Shields has slick jiu-jitsu, but Henderson has the world [...]

Strikeforce: Nashville takes place this weekend and will be nationally televised on CBS. The main card is a championship triple-header that will see the middleweight, lightweight, and light-heavyweight titles on the line. Here are the official weigh-in results: Main Card Jake Shields (184.75) vs. Dan Henderson (185) Gilbert Melendez (154.5) vs. Shinya Aoki (154.5) Gegard Mousasi (204.5) vs. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (204.25) Undercard Jason “Mayhem” Miller (185) vs. Tim Stout (186) Chris Hawk (205.75) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (205.5) Dustin West (169.5) vs. Andy Uhrich (171.5) Josh Shockman (205.25) vs. Cale Yarbrough (203.75) Zach Underwood (179.5) vs. Hunter Worsham [...]

Reports circulated earlier today that Rich “Ace” Franklin would be headlining UFC 115 in Montreal against Chuck Liddell. MMAjunkie.com had reported that Tito Ortiz, who was set to face Liddell after season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter, was forced to leave taping of the show before it ended. As a result, Franklin stepped in to finish coaching and that is where the Liddell-Franklin talks started. The rumored Liddell vs. Franklin match is false. Dana White took to his Twitter account to make sure fans new the true story. “Not true,” said White. “We are doing Couture vs. Franklin, not Chuckl.” [...]

In a stacked card that will already feature two championship bouts, reports are indicating that Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez will face off against DREAM lightweight champ Shinya Aoki. The match would join Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson for the middleweight title and Gegard Mousasi vs. “King Mo” Lawal for the light-heavyweight title on the night’s fight card. Melendez (17-2) earned unified the Strikeforce lightweight title when he defeated Josh Thomson at Strikeforce: Evolution in late December. The win extended “El Nino’s” win streak to three. Aoki (23-4) is also riding a three-fight win streak and earned the DREAM lightweight [...]

Strikeforce will be heading to the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee on April 17th. The event will be headlined by a middleweight title match between current champion and former PRIDE and UFC star Dan Henderson — who is making his promotional debut. The Nashville event will become the second fight card to air live on CBS under the Strikeforce banner. Strikeforce officials said that they will announce the full roster of fighters who will appear on the card next week. Shields vs. Henderson is the only official bout at this point. Another rumored bout is a light-heavyweight title fight between [...]

It was only a matter of time until Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields put title on the line and since the signing of former PRIDE and UFC champion Dan Henderson signed with the organization, he was expected to be the opponent. It is now official. Dan Henderson will make his promotional debut in April in a title match with Shields. There is no word on the exact date or venue, but the match will be taking place. “It’s a go now. We finally worked it out a few days ago,” Shields told MMAWeekly Radio Tuesday night. “It’s a done deal, [...]