Dan Henderson | |
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Born | Daniel Jeffery Henderson August 24, 1970 Downey, California, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Division |
Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight Heavyweight |
Reach | 74.0 in (188 cm) |
Style | Boxing, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Muay Thai |
Fighting out of | Temecula, California, U.S. |
Team |
Team Quest (1999 – present) Dan Henderson Fitness Center |
Wrestling | Olympian Greco-Roman Wrestling NCAA Division I Wrestling |
Years active | 1997 – 2016 (MMA) |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 47 |
Wins | 32 |
By knockout | 16 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 14 |
Losses | 15 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 4 |
By decision | 8 |
University |
Cal State Fullerton Arizona State University |
Children | 3 |
Notable school(s) | Victor Valley High School |
Website | http://www.danhenderson.com/ |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dave Schultz Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bob Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Jeffery Henderson (born August 24, 1970) is an American former mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, who last competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight (80 kg (176.4 lb)) and Middleweight (95 kg (209.4 lb)) champion of Pride Fighting Championships. Additionally, Henderson was the Brazil Open '97 Tournament Champion, the UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament Champion, the Rings: King of Kings 1999 Tournament Champion and the Pride Weltwerweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion. During his career, Henderson also challenged for the UFC Middleweight Championship (2x), the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship. He was the first mixed martial artist to concurrently hold two titles in two different weight classes in a major MMA promotion. At the time of his retirement after UFC 204, he was the oldest fighter on the UFC roster. Known to be one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time having defeated a total of seventeen MMA world champions across four major MMA promotions (UFC, PRIDE FC, Strikeforce, and RINGS).