Now onto the huge fights for the UFC 100 card. First up is a showdown between the coaches from The Ultimate Fighter: USA vs. U.K., Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping.
When you throw around the notion of the greatest fighters of all time, a few of the names that come to mind are Fedor, Couture, Liddell, Sakuraba, Matt Hughes, Wanderlei and Anderson Silva, and I find it hard not to put Dan Henderson in this list. He has a laundry list of accomplishments both away from and inside the ring/octagon. The most impressive is probably his stint as the middleweight and welterweight champion of Pride. His list of opponents is filled with an allstar cast of Pride and UFC veterans alike. He's going to want to stick to the same strategy he's employed in his last two fights and the first round of his fight with Anderson Silva. He'll want to get this fight to the ground so he can work some vicious ground and pound. If he doesn't do that, he'll need to stay in clinch range and try to land one of those hooks that Wanderlei knows all too well. If he doesn't do this, he'll find himself chasing Bisping around the octagon.
Michael is looking to be one of a handful of fighters to put a loss on Dan Henderson's record. Bisping has stated that he'll be the first to ever knock out Dan. Bisping has tko accuracy and speed but lacks the knockout power that he'll NEED in order to knock Hendo out. He'll need to stick and move and keep Henderson at bay with his jab. The only way I see Bisping winning this fight is to outpoint him standing.
I see this fight being similar to the fight between Leben and Bisping, but Henderson is also an olympic wrestler that can get the fight to the ground in a heartbeat. I think Henderson is too good to let Bisping dance and throw jabs. I see him getting this fight to the ground early and often and dominating the fight with ground and pound. This will put him one step closer to a rematch with middleweight king Anderson Silva.
Result: Dan Henderson by Unanimous Decision.
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