{"id":195035,"date":"2016-05-24T10:03:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195035"},"modified":"2016-05-24T17:46:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T00:46:04","slug":"dan-henderson-almost-ready-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-henderson\/dan-henderson-almost-ready-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Henderson &#8220;almost ready&#8221; to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pride FC champion Dan Henderson undoubtably has one of the most <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/clip-of-the-day-dan-henderson-vs-wanderlei-silva-at-pride-33\/\">historic careers in the history of MMA.<\/a>  After winning the Pride welterweight championship in 2005, Henderson went on to win the Pride middleweight championship by knocking out Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33 in 2007. In addition, Henderson is a former Strikeforce champion, and has numerous <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/free-fight-video-dan-hendersons-infamous-h-bomb-k-o-over-bisping\/\">highlight reel knockouts<\/a> with his signature &#8216;H-Bomb&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, many wonder what the 45 year old has left to accomplish in the sport he helped evolve.  Ahead of his UFC 199 fight with Hector Lombard, Henderson has finally revealed that it could almost be time for him to retire given that he will be a free agent after his UFC 199 fight.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/05\/ufc-199s-dan-henderson-almost-ready-to-retire-but-contract-negotiations-play-factor\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m definitely capable of keeping on and still competing at a high level, but I\u2019m almost ready to retire, and depending on how things play out after this fight with negotiations, yeah, it could be my last,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cOr maybe I\u2019ll still fight. I don\u2019t know yet. I\u2019m at that point where I\u2019m about ready, but definitely, I know in my heart I\u2019m still capable of doing it and if I do decide to keep going on I\u2019ll make sure I do it well.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Only time will tell if Henderson is ready to hang the gloves up after his fight with Hector Lombard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive Videos | Just Scrap Hilo<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;c3a2hqMzE6lcZ85I1ZFqrrDlwms1Kc6G&#8221; player_id=&#8221;6cf1b78ab38b49439b60bacd50dd3af9&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221; width=&#8221;1920&#8243; height=&#8221;1080&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pride FC champion Dan Henderson undoubtably has one of the most historic careers in the history of MMA. After winning the Pride welterweight championship in 2005, Henderson went on to win the Pride middleweight championship by knocking out Wanderlei Silva at Pride 33 in 2007. 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