{"id":206656,"date":"2016-10-09T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206656"},"modified":"2016-10-09T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T16:05:41","slug":"video-dan-henderson-gets-emotional-backstage-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-henderson\/video-dan-henderson-gets-emotional-backstage-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Dan Henderson&#8217;s Backstage Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 204: Dan Henderson Backstage Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4l7ykKTZjcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, a 46-year-old Dan Henderson fought his last fight as a professional mixed martial artist. He did so against an old rival in England&#8217;s Michael Bisping, with the UFC middleweight title on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Though Henderson <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-highlights\/\">nearly stopped his foe<\/a> on punches in the first and second rounds, and found some success with his wrestling in the fifth frame, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-204-results-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson\/\">he ultimately came up short on the judges&#8217; scorecards<\/a>. That, unfortunately, meant that he would retire having never won a title in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>In the moments after <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/10\/twitter-reacts-to-michael-bisping-title-defense-vs-dan-henderson-in-ufc-204-rematch\">this competitive loss to Bisping<\/a>, Henderson spoke with the UFC&#8217;s Megan Olivi, weighing in on his career as a whole, and what\u00a0the\u00a0future holds now that competing is no longer a part of his life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m completely satisfied with everything I&#8217;ve done,&#8221; the MMA legend said of his career. &#8220;Going into this fight, win or lose, I was already feeling that [I&#8217;d retire]. My last fight in LA could have been my last fight, I was ready I was satisfied, but obviously given this opportunity, I was gonna do one more. I know I&#8217;ve accomplished a lot, and I really worked my ass off for this fight. For it to not go my way is a little frustrating.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that his fighting days are done, Henderson explained to Olivi that his focus will shift to coaching, and with a little luck, a desk job with the UFC.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I coach now, I have guys at my gym,&#8221; Henderson said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll obviously spend a lot more time doing that. Less time training myself and more time training them. And yeah, I already told Dana [White] I&#8217;ll be hitting him for a job pretty soon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Henderson deserved the win over Michael Bisping? What do you think of his legendary career? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, a 46-year-old Dan Henderson fought his last fight as a professional mixed martial artist. He did so against an old rival in England&#8217;s Michael Bisping, with the UFC middleweight title on the line. 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