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Dan Henderson Talks Smack About Lesnar’s Belt

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 20:05
This news item was posted in UFC, UFC Fighters category and has 15 Comments so far.

Dan Henderson doesn’t think Brock Lesnar deserves the Heavyweight belt he just won from Randy Couture at UFC 91.  In an audio interview from thefukerton.com, Dan Henderson is quoted as saying:

 

“To have a title fight with a record of 2 and 1 just doesn’t do the belt justice…It kind of diminishes the value of the belt a little bit.”

 

We can argue all day if he should have been given an opportunity to fight for the belt but at the end of the day he beat the champion.  I don’t think it diminishes the belt any.  If Lesnar was too green or inexperienced he would have easily been beat by Couture.  The fact was he won and won unanimously with a TKO in the second round.  That doesn’t diminish the belt at all.

 

I like Henderson a lot but I think he’s just mad he was given a title shot his first (Rampage Jackson at 205lbs) and second fights (Anderson Silva at 185lbs) for the UFC and lost both.  Should he have been given a title shot for his first bout ever in the UFC and then again for his second after he lost the first?  These were for different weight classes but UFC champs were obviously more dominant than the current Pride champ so why did Henderson not have to work his way up the UFC latter?  Simple: ratings.  Fans wanted to see Pride’s best vs. UFC’s best.  Those same fans, along with the UFC brass, wanted to see Couture take on Lesnar. 

 

Lesnar was a Division One amateur wrestling champion with a 106-5 record in college.  He isn’t a circus side show turned WWE super star.  This is one of the most athletic big guys in the world.  If anything, the belts value just went up a little bit.   

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15 Responses to “Dan Henderson Talks Smack About Lesnar’s Belt”

  1. Al725 said on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 22:35

    Sounds like we need Lesnar vs. Henderson.

  2. Mat Houchens said on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 23:48

    Hendo should focus on his own career right now.

  3. smirnhoff said on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 3:07

    This interview was done by The Fukerton.com not Fightline. Please give the proper reference. Thank you. The Direct link to the interview with Dan Henderson is below.

    http://www.thefukerton.com/the-fukertons-interview-with-the-ufcs-dan-hendo-henderson

  4. Mat said on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 8:05

    You should contact Fight Line, they gave no reference. How are we supposed to know if they don’t reference it.

  5. sprawler said on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 10:42

    I referenced it now. Good interview smirnhoff.

  6. smirnhoff said on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 11:40

    I am just a rep for the site, all the credit should go to Chad Dukes, who did the interview. Check out http://www.thefukerton.com for more MMA related interviews and more.

  7. Mat said on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 14:47

    No problem. I would still contact Fight Line so they give credit where credit is due.

  8. Lesnar said on Friday, December 5, 2008, 1:26

    he’s right, and I got a dick on my chest

  9. Lgh said on Friday, December 5, 2008, 1:31

    GeT OFF LESNARs DICK

  10. mattm615 said on Saturday, December 6, 2008, 16:09

    i dont think that there are enough stand out heavyweights to put up against lesnar i mean im sure were going to have a lot of title defenses if he beats the winner of noguiera and mir but they most likley will look like reruns of that god awful sylvia/monson fight from UFC 65 the other guy gets his ass beat over and over and over and over and over……

  11. chris said on Monday, December 8, 2008, 20:37

    i think hendo deserved TWO title fights especially since he had TWO titles from pride they were unifying the titles with those fights!!!!

  12. jim said on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 12:22

    the fact that a guy with 2 fights is capable of winning the belt diminishes it.

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