{"id":199531,"date":"2016-07-24T23:12:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T06:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=199531"},"modified":"2016-07-24T23:12:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T06:12:18","slug":"dan-henderson-win-lose-im-ready-mentally-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-henderson\/dan-henderson-win-lose-im-ready-mentally-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Henderson: &#8216;Win or lose I\u2019m ready mentally to retire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dan-henderson-fires-back-at-michael-bisping\/\">Dan Henderson<\/a> had all the stars align for him at UFC 199.<\/p>\n<p>On the main card of UFC 199 leading up to the middleweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping, &#8220;Hendo&#8221; delivered another <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/hector-lombard\/video-dan-henderson-destroys-hector-lombard-at-ufc-199\/\">signature knockout<\/a> over the tough contender Hector Lombard. <\/p>\n<p>Then, when Bisping shocked the world and knocked Rockhold out in the first round of their bout, there was an automatic attraction built up for Bisping vs. Henderson 2 with &#8220;Hendo&#8217;s&#8221; devastating knockout over Bisping still one of the most talked about KO victories till today.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Henderson is on the tail end of his career and ready for retirement, he is getting one more shot at UFC gold and says this will be his last chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will definitely happen and I\u2019m excited to get in there and hopefully do the same thing I did to him the last time,\u201d Henderson said to the &#8220;Talking Brawls&#8221; podcast (transcribed by <a href=\"http:\/\/severemma.com\/2016\/07\/dan-henderson-confirms-will-retire-win-lose-bisping-ufc-204\/\" target=\"_blank\">Severe MMA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure it will be a pay-per-view and I\u2019d expect that it happens relatively soon, possibly in the next couple of days. We should be able to get it figured out. I\u2019m waiting to hear the exact date, and where but I\u2019m almost positive it will happen, there\u2019s no reason why it shouldn\u2019t at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-announces-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson\/\">announced after UFC 200<\/a> that they were looking to put Bisping vs. Henderson on in Manchester soon and &#8220;Hendo&#8221; has no problem fighting in the champion&#8217;s backyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is my plan, win or lose I\u2019m ready mentally to retire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend Dan Henderson had all the stars align for him at UFC 199. On the main card of UFC 199 leading up to the middleweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping, &#8220;Hendo&#8221; delivered another signature knockout over the tough contender Hector Lombard. 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