Dan Henderson injured 3 weeks ago, but was still willing to fight Jones
Posted on August 25, 2012, 01:40 PM by Mike DrahotaNews surrounding the cancellation of UFC 151 continues to surface as time passes, and recently it came out that Dan Henderson did indeed injure his knee in training some time ago. According to his Muay Thai and striking coach Daniel Woirin, Henderson partially tore his MCL while defending a takedown in practice, but continued to push on in hopes of being able to fight. Woirin recently spoke to FightersOnlyMag.com about the precarious situation, stating the following:
“Dan Henderson got hurt three weeks ago during sparring when he went to defend a takedown and for a while he has to be away from training, for two to three weeks. It was very difficult for him to refuse the fight. All the team had to convince him not to do it. We did a final sparring yesterday to evaluate his condition and he really didn't have the chance to fight with Jones. It is so depressing for everybody. Many things are involved in a high-level fight like this one, but unfortunately, this happened. His fight has been called off and when he bounces back, he will be able to dispute the belt.”
This finding raises some interesting questions, such as the issue of finding a replacement had it been known that Henderson was unable to continue. Dan Henderson is an incredibly tough fighter and will be back in the mix. But will his title shot be there once he is able to return? It may seem that MMA training is becoming a bit too strenuous on the fighters , who feel the need to turn to TRT to withstand the punishment to their bodies. Even still, main events are being gravely affected by injuries on a seemingly daily basis. Where does MMA go from here? Obviously some changes have to be made, or more and more cards will be trashed by fighters being hurt. Does Dan Henderson deserve to receive an immdeiate title shot upon his return to the cage?
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If the UFC had known about this right away they could have kept the fight card and replaced Henderson with someone willing to fight on 3 weeks notice.
By the way, this definitely means that Chael had some inside info and knew it was a possibility that he could maybe fight Jon Jones, and he was likely a lot more prepared for it than some people think.
Guess none of that matter since Jones and Jackson were SCARED! lol
I agree Entity, they were scared shitless just like Anderson is scared of Weidman, JDS is scared of Overeem and Gsp is scared of Condit, thats y he blew his knee on purpose.
Funny that you're the only one that's laughing, can we put the blame on team Quest for 151 being cancelled. Chael being loud & trying to get over on the system to accomplish ABSOLUTELY ZERO is nothing new.
nobody is scared of having chael lay on top of them.
"Chael being loud & trying to get over on the system to accomplish ABSOLUTELY ZERO is nothing new." Lmao
Well said, HATE
Imagine that Hatey, I didnt even weak you and you excelled.
Ahhhh. So that's why Chael began shit talking Jones on Twitter out of the blue. The Ufc had to of known about this injury. Its a shame that 151 got canceled. This while thing has been a cluster eff in everyway possible...
so its both of their faults oh the plot thickens
This shows how smart Chael is in this business and explains some of his actions
does no one not understand that it was a title fight? Yeah the same fighters are fighting for the title in the division but seriously, why would you give up on that opportunity. Dan was the challenger, not the champion. Rashad had to wait over a year and fight 2 fights after his injury to regain his #1 contender spot. Call it selfish on Hendo's part but why does everyone blame him for the card being canceled....Go Vitor!!!!
Thats news to me I havent seen 1 person blame Hendo for this in the last 2 days
Like most places, just throw a bone and the dogs start barking.
I thought Jon Jones was supposed to be the selfish one, not Hendo. I am still wondering what made Jon Jones and Jackson "decide to cancel" UFC 151 (cough, cough..Dictator Dana and the UFC) when the mediocre card could have gone on. At some point, the entire truth will come out whether we like it or not. Plenty of blame to go around in my opinion.
I honestly can say that this incident has shown everyones true colors, Dana cancelling a card that without the main event was mediocre to say the least an blaming entirely JJ for it when he probably knew this 3 weeks ago, it showed how Dana can snap when someone is nor willing to bend over and take it in.the rear for him, it showed that JJ is not as confindent as he seems to take a challenge like the one he was offered also showing he has no heRt
first off dana wouldn't do something like this. if he knew 3 weeks ago he would have pulled hendo immediately. he wouldn't intentionally cost himself and the ufc money. this incident proves dan is to selfish to give up his shot. and jones is to selfish and scared to lose his belt by being an honorable champion
To answer the articles ending question: Might as well give Hendo an immediate title shot upon his return. They're giving title shots to middleweights now.
Yo dudes,you Guys wanna know who I saw doing
the River Dance last night at Hooters?Dan "The Fossil"Henderson.
There wasnt nothin wrong with his old hillbilly ass,he knew the fight
was only a few days away and pulled the f@&k out!!!BONEZ
Im guessing Lil Wayne is your idol?
Pretty safe to say we can put the blame on Henderson now and not Jones. Seeing as how he's willing to fight anybody (Chael and Machida, the 2 guys hes supposedly scared of included) on next months card I dont think 3 weeks notice would have been a big problem.
But then with that much notice Chael never would have had a chance of being the one called on to fight, coincidence, I think not...
Whew good thing you huggers saw this article. Gives your conscience a rest huh?
so he got injured 3 weeks ago and still continued to talk shit. this was just a white trick that try to fool a black man but jj was to on to it to go along with it ruiend the party cos he knows what was best for him u cant please every1bt fuk it theyl get ova it wen he puts an arse whipping on vitor an machida soon enough hel get bord an move to HW and probably become champ and those that hate hel be laughing at yous so rekonize greatness or be a broken arse wen u c him holding 2belts
A white trick to fool a black man?
You are by far the dumbest person at this site, now go bury your head in the sand little man.
What that English?
Toughest mofo in the business.
yous are the dum kunts that cant see greatness
I was just messin with ya brotha. Feel free to put the shizzle on your shnizzle anytimez yoos feelz likes it.
@entity how long have you been a retard?