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The Clinch

United States of America “Hendo” 1997-2016 · 95 rounds on file

Dan Henderson

27-15-0 W-L-D in this database

Dan Henderson, photograph by East718 at English Wikipedia
Strike accuracy 1,152/2,424
Takedown accuracy 50/90
Sig. strikes / round 12.1
Control / round 0:25
Inside the distance 63% 17 of 27 wins
Height
5′11″180.3 cm
Reach
74″188 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5624 AUG 1970
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 42 fights - 2.8 takedown attempts and 15% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 17 12-5-0 vs 1586 avg
Submission Grappler 10 8-2-0
Positional Controller 7 4-3-0
Hybrid 13 8-5-0 vs 1609 avg
Well-Rounded 13 8-5-0
Striking 10 5-5-0 vs 1595 avg
Pressure Striker 10 5-5-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 17 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

15 JUN 1997 - beat Crezio de Souza · Technical Knockout 15 JUN 1997 - beat Eric Smith · Submission 15 MAY 1998 - beat Carlos Newton · Decision (Split) 15 MAY 1998 - beat Allan Goes · Decision (Unanimous) 09 DEC 2000 - lost to Wanderlei Silva · Decision (Unanimous) 25 MAR 2001 - beat Renzo Gracie · Technical Knockout 27 MAY 2001 - beat Akira Shoji · Technical Knockout 03 NOV 2001 - beat Murilo Rua · Decision (Split) 28 APR 2002 - lost to Ricardo Arona · Decision (Split) 23 DEC 2002 - lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Submission 16 MAR 2003 - beat Shungo Oyama · Technical Knockout 09 NOV 2003 - beat Murilo Bustamante · Technical Knockout 31 OCT 2004 - beat Kazuhiro Nakamura · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2004 - beat Yuki Kondo · Decision (Split) 23 APR 2005 - lost to Rogerio Nogueira · Submission 25 SEP 2005 - beat Akihiro Gono · Technical Knockout 25 SEP 2005 - beat Ryo Chonan · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2005 - beat Murilo Bustamante · Decision (Split) 02 APR 2006 - beat Kazuo Misaki · Decision (Unanimous) 27 AUG 2006 - lost to Kazuo Misaki · Decision (Unanimous) 21 OCT 2006 - beat Vitor Belfort · Decision (Unanimous) 24 FEB 2007 - beat Wanderlei Silva · Technical Knockout 08 SEP 2007 - lost to Quinton Jackson · Decision (Unanimous) 01 MAR 2008 - lost to Anderson Silva · Submission 06 SEP 2008 - beat Rousimar Palhares · Decision (Unanimous) 17 JAN 2009 - beat Rich Franklin · Decision (Split) 11 JUL 2009 - beat Michael Bisping · Technical Knockout 17 APR 2010 - lost to Jake Shields · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2010 - beat Renato Sobral · Technical Knockout 05 MAR 2011 - beat Rafael Cavalcante · Technical Knockout 30 JUL 2011 - beat Fedor Emelianenko · Technical Knockout 19 NOV 2011 - beat Mauricio Rua · Decision (Unanimous) 23 FEB 2013 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Decision (Split) 15 JUN 2013 - lost to Rashad Evans · Decision (Split) 09 NOV 2013 - lost to Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 23 MAR 2014 - beat Mauricio Rua · Technical Knockout 24 MAY 2014 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Submission 24 JAN 2015 - lost to Gegard Mousasi · Technical Knockout 06 JUN 2015 - beat Tim Boetsch · Technical Knockout 07 NOV 2015 - lost to Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 04 JUN 2016 - beat Hector Lombard · Technical Knockout 08 OCT 2016 - lost to Michael Bisping · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 95 rounds across 42 of 42 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.2
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:25 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 1,152/2,424
Takedowns 56% 50/90
Opponents’ accuracy 49% 1,255/2,572

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 755
Body 16% 182
Leg 19% 215

And from where

At distance 46% 533
In the clinch 26% 300
On the ground 28% 319

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 16 won Technical Knockout · 16-3
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-4
Decision 10 won Decision (Unanimous) · 5-5 Decision (Split) · 5-3

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
08 OCT 2016 Michael Bisping Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 81 119 UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson
04 JUN 2016 Hector Lombard Won Technical Knockout R2 1:27 13 23 UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
07 NOV 2015 Vitor Belfort Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:07 3 6 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3
06 JUN 2015 Tim Boetsch Won Technical Knockout R1 0:28 12 3 UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson
24 JAN 2015 Gegard Mousasi Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:10 4 4 UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson
24 MAY 2014 Daniel Cormier Lost Submission R3 3:53 6 50 UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw
23 MAR 2014 Mauricio Rua Won Technical Knockout R3 1:31 23 48 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2
09 NOV 2013 Vitor Belfort Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:17 1 12 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2
15 JUN 2013 Rashad Evans Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 40 39 UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson
23 FEB 2013 Lyoto Machida Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 20 27 UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche
19 NOV 2011 Mauricio Rua Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 77 96 UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
30 JUL 2011 Fedor Emelianenko Won Technical Knockout R1 4:12 22 7 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Henderson
05 MAR 2011 Rafael Cavalcante Won Technical Knockout R3 0:50 24 11 Strikeforce - Feijao vs. Henderson
04 DEC 2010 Renato Sobral Won Technical Knockout R1 1:53 13 3 Strikeforce - Henderson vs. Babalu
17 APR 2010 Jake Shields Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 29 73 Strikeforce - Nashville
11 JUL 2009 Michael Bisping Won Technical Knockout R2 3:20 29 22 UFC 100
17 JAN 2009 Rich Franklin Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 36 39 UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson
06 SEP 2008 Rousimar Palhares Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 27 UFC 88: Breakthrough
01 MAR 2008 Anderson Silva Lost Submission R2 4:52 20 47 UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
08 SEP 2007 Quinton Jackson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 60 74 UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
24 FEB 2007 Wanderlei Silva Won Technical Knockout R3 2:00 35 22 PRIDE 33: The Second Coming
21 OCT 2006 Vitor Belfort Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 39 10 PRIDE 32: The Real Deal
27 AUG 2006 Kazuo Misaki Lost Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 57 91 PRIDE Bushido 12
02 APR 2006 Kazuo Misaki Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 48 31 PRIDE Bushido 10
31 DEC 2005 Murilo Bustamante Won Decision (Split) R2 5:00 34 26 PRIDE Shockwave 2005
25 SEP 2005 Ryo Chonan Won Technical Knockout R1 0:22 5 1 PRIDE Bushido 9: The Tournament
25 SEP 2005 Akihiro Gono Won Technical Knockout R1 7:58 23 9 PRIDE Bushido 9: The Tournament
23 APR 2005 Rogerio Nogueira Lost Submission R1 8:05 18 12 PRIDE Total Elimination 2005
31 DEC 2004 Yuki Kondo Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 45 41 PRIDE Shockwave 2004
31 OCT 2004 Kazuhiro Nakamura Won Technical Knockout R1 1:15 7 4 PRIDE 28: High Octane
09 NOV 2003 Murilo Bustamante Won Technical Knockout R1 0:53 7 0 PRIDE Final Conflict 2003
16 MAR 2003 Shungo Oyama Won Technical Knockout R1 3:28 21 6 PRIDE 25: Body Blow
23 DEC 2002 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Lost Submission R3 1:49 18 30 PRIDE 24: Cold Fury 3
28 APR 2002 Ricardo Arona Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 20 34 PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready
03 NOV 2001 Murilo Rua Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 34 56 PRIDE 17: Championship Chaos
27 MAY 2001 Akira Shoji Won Technical Knockout R3 3:18 82 16 PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans
25 MAR 2001 Renzo Gracie Won Technical Knockout R1 1:40 9 6 PRIDE 13: Collision Course
09 DEC 2000 Wanderlei Silva Lost Decision (Unanimous) R2 10:00 25 70 PRIDE 12: Cold Fury
15 MAY 1998 Allan Goes Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 3:00 31 36 UFC 17: Redemption
15 MAY 1998 Carlos Newton Won Decision (Split) R2 3:00 28 20 UFC 17: Redemption
15 JUN 1997 Eric Smith Won Submission R1 0:30 1 1 Brazil Open '97
15 JUN 1997 Crezio de Souza Won Technical Knockout R1 5:25 10 3 Brazil Open '97

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