{"id":147917,"date":"2015-06-06T11:39:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147917"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:09:01","slug":"boestch-id-be-honored-to-retire-hendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/boestch-id-be-honored-to-retire-hendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Boestch: ‘I’d be honored to retire Hendo’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC middleweight Tim Boetsch will go to battle with MMA legend Dan Henderson tonight at UFC Fight Night: New Orleans in the main event.<\/p>\n

‘The Barbarian’ recently talked to UFC.COM about fighting Hendo and what it means to go against someone he looks up to, especially considering this could be his last fight, maybe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought about that, and somebody has to do it, and if anybody had to do it, I wouldn\u2019t mind because I\u2019m fighting Dan Henderson with one hundred percent respect. I respect everything he\u2019s done throughout his career, I respect the inspiration that he\u2019s been to me and many other fighters. He\u2019s done everything a young fighter could ever hope to do and he\u2019s a legend for a reason. So if I were to be the guy that retires Dan Henderson, what an honor that would be for me and I would send him out on a high note. I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s what\u2019s gonna happen, but it would be nothing but respect from me towards Dan Henderson.\u201d
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that he\u2019s getting towards the end of his fighting career, just because he\u2019s up there in age, but if you take Dan Henderson lightly, you\u2019re setting yourself up for failure, because if he\u2019s anything, he\u2019s tough. He\u2019s always been tough and he always will be tough and that\u2019s one of the things I really looked up to him for, is his ability to get hurt and come back and win fights. And for me to go in there and think that I\u2019m just gonna take advantage of this guy would be a big error on my part. So I\u2019m preparing for Dan Henderson in his prime.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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