Watch: Henderson announces retirement after losing to Bisping at UFC 204
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— #UFC204 (@ufc) October 9, 2016
Fight fans have seen the last of Dan Henderson and his vaunted "H-Bomb."
Moments after losing his middleweight title fight against Michael Bisping at UFC 204 on Saturday, "Hendo" formally announced the fight would be the last of his illustrious career.
"That was the last time that anyone will see me fight live," Henderson said.
Henderson's swan song left him without a taste of UFC gold, but his 20-year career still boasts a bevy of enviable accomplishments. The 46-year-old competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games as a wrestler before taking his talents to Japan, where he held PRIDE FC's middleweight and welterweight crowns simultaneously. "Hendo" also owns a 2011 knockout of heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko and one of the sport's most thrilling fights: a bloody five-round war with Mauricio Rua at UFC 139.
Aside from his laundry list of accolades, Henderson will go down as a consummate professional with a granite right hand and an iron chin. He retires from the sport with a record of 32-15.