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Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson is a 2-time Olympian, competing for the US in freestyle wrestling. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, but fell short of the medal round each time. He failed to qualify for the 2000 Olympics, but by that time had already fought and won in several pro MMA bouts.

In MMA Henderson won the UFC 17 middleweight tournament, was the Pride welterweight Grand Prix winner in 2005, Pride middleweight and welterweight champion, the Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, and now at UFC 204 in his last fight ever he has a chance to win the UFC middleweight championship. That is quite a list of accomplishments for Hendo.

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Ian is a MMA writer based out of Toronto, ON Canada. An avid mixed martial arts enthusiast and passionate fan since he was born, Ian has been writing about mixed martial arts for over 5 years.