{"id":206652,"date":"2016-10-09T08:16:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206652"},"modified":"2016-10-09T08:16:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T15:16:32","slug":"pro-fighters-react-dan-hendersons-retirement-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-henderson\/pro-fighters-react-dan-hendersons-retirement-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Fighters React to Dan Henderson’s Retirement from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 204<\/a>, MMA legend Dan Henderson<\/a> stepped onto the canvas for a final time. The former Pride and Strikeforce titleholder did so against an old rival in Michael Bisping, in a bout that could have won him the UFC middleweight title.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, Henderson was not able to achieve his title-winning happy ending. Though he nearly finished his British foe in the first and second rounds, the larger fight saw him soundly out-hustled by a workmanlike Bisping.<\/p>\n

In the end, then, Bisping would win by unanimous decision<\/a>, depriving Henderson of a W in his final fight, and of the UFC gold that has eluded him his whole career.<\/p>\n

In the wake of this\u00a0hotly debated decision loss<\/a>, the retiring Henderson received props from many of the games top fighters, who thanked him for the years of entertainment and influence he has provided.<\/p>\n

Check out the best of those reactions below.<\/p>\n

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Congrats to @danhendo<\/a> regardless of the out come you are @ufc<\/a> #champ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2GltU6lRMM<\/a><\/p>\n

— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) October 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n