Dan Henderson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	CMichael BispingTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson	Oct 8, 2016
W	#8Hector Lombard Middleweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head In Clinch	R2	1:27	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
L	#4Vitor Belfort Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	2:07	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	Nov 7, 2015
W	#13Tim Boetsch Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	0:28	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
L	#8Gegard Mousasi Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:10	UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015
L	#4Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission	R3	3:53	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
W	#7Mauricio Rua Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014
L	Vitor Belfort Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	1:17	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
L	#4Rashad Evans Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson	Jun 15, 2013
L	#2Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche	Feb 23, 2013
W	Mauricio Rua Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson	Nov 19, 2011
W	Michael Bisping Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:20	UFC 100	Jul 11, 2009
W	Rich Franklin Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009
W	Rousimar Palhares Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 88: Breakthrough	Sep 6, 2008
L	Anderson SilvaTitle Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:52	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	Mar 1, 2008
L	Quinton JacksonTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	Sep 8, 2007
W	Allan Goes Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R2	3:00	UFC 17: Redemption	May 15, 1998
W	Carlos NewtonTitle Middleweight	Decision	Split	R2	3:00	UFC 17: Redemption	May 15, 1998

Outside the UFC

23-6across 29 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 13 KO · 1 sub · 9 decPRIDE · Rings · Strikeforce · Brazil Open

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Fedor Emelianenko40-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:12	Strikeforce	Jul 30, 2011
W	Rafael Cavalcante13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:50	Strikeforce	Mar 5, 2011
W	Renato Sobral37-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:53	Strikeforce	Dec 4, 2010
L	Jake Shields33-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Apr 17, 2010
W	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:08	PRIDE	Feb 24, 2007
W	Vitor Belfort26-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Oct 21, 2006
L	Kazuo Misaki25-11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Aug 26, 2006
W	Kazuo Misaki25-11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Apr 2, 2006
W	Murilo Bustamante15-8-1	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2005
W	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	7:58	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
W	Ryo Chonan22-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:22	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
L	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira23-10	Submission	Armbar	R1	8:05	PRIDE	Apr 23, 2005
W	Yuki Kondo67-41-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2004
W	Kazuhiro Nakamura21-13	KO/TKO	Shoulder Injury	R1	1:15	PRIDE	Oct 31, 2004
W	Murilo Bustamante15-8-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	0:53	PRIDE	Nov 9, 2003
W	Shungo Oyama14-19	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:27	PRIDE	Mar 16, 2003
L	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:49	PRIDE	Dec 23, 2002
L	Ricardo Arona14-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Apr 28, 2002
W	Murilo Rua20-13-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Nov 3, 2001
W	Akira Shoji14-18-5	KO/TKO	Punches and Knees	R3	3:18	PRIDE	May 27, 2001
W	Renzo Gracie14-7-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:40	PRIDE	Mar 25, 2001
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	10:00	PRIDE	Dec 23, 2000
W	Renato Sobral37-12	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Rings	Feb 26, 2000
W	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Rings	Feb 26, 2000
W	Gilbert Yvel40-16-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Rings	Feb 26, 2000
W	Hiromitsu Kanehara19-27-5	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Rings	Oct 28, 1999
W	Bakouri Gogitidze2-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Knee to the Body	R1	2:17	Rings	Oct 28, 1999
W	Eric Smith1-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:30	Brazil Open	Jun 15, 1997
W	Crezio de Souza1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	5:25	Brazil Open	Jun 15, 1997

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

17 wins, 3 losses

W17

L3

Submission

1 win, 4 losses

W1

L4

Decision

14 wins, 8 losses

W14

L8

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.28

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Dan Henderson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

22%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

9

2.75 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

11

2.34 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Dan Henderson

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 2 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–2

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 60%

2W1L

Split2 decisions · 40%

1W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC51st

47%526 / 1,155

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.26 differential

Landed2.44

Absorbed2.70

54%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head62%44th327
Body16%37th86
Leg21%66th113

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

50%Standing

Standing50%265
Clinch29%150
Ground21%111

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dan Henderson

Landed per 15

Head

C

42nd

23.8

42nd

Body

D

33rd

6.3

33rd

Leg

B

66th

8.2

66th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

37th

34.3

37th

Body

C

44th

9.4

44th

Leg

C

52nd

6.7

52nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.8	327	915	36%
Body	6.3	86	103	83%
Leg	8.2	113	137	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.3	471	1,185	40%
Body	9.4	129	163	79%
Leg	6.7	92	111	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Dan Henderson

43%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.2 min net

On top2.1

On bottom3.3

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

1.1

49th

TD accuracy

C

57th

43%

57th

Sub attempts

C

51st

0.4

51st

Control

D

41st

2.1 min

41st

Defense

TD defense

C

50th

63%

50th

Controlled

3.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	15 / 35
Submission attempts	5
Control time	29:13

Defense

TDs defended	31 / 49
Control absorbed	45:31

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (206min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dan Henderson

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 206 min

79%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Henderson holds steady (-2% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Henderson drops to 79% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Henderson — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Hendersonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Hendersonattempts / min

Control time

Henderson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.2	2.7	0.15	13%	18
R2	3.3	2.2	3.6	0.16	15%	14
R3	3.3	2.3	3.6	0.15	14%	9
R4	3.0	2.1	3.9	0.13	13%	3
R5	4.0	2.0	4.6	0.40	20%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dan Henderson

18 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

67/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

97th

78%

97th

Win quality

D

36th

35%

36th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

6

3

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	1-3	25%
Top-5	6	2-4	33%
Top-15	3	2-1	67%
Title-fight challenger	2	1-1	50%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Michael BispingCHAMP	Champion	100	Oct 8, 2016
W	Hector Lombard#8	Top-15	72	Jun 4, 2016
L	Vitor Belfort#4	Top-5	85	Nov 7, 2015
W	Tim Boetsch#13	Top-15	68	Jun 6, 2015
L	Gegard Mousasi#8	Top-5	78	Jan 24, 2015
L	Daniel Cormier#4	Champion	93	May 24, 2014
W	Mauricio Rua#7	Top-5	78	Mar 23, 2014
L	Vitor Belfort	Top-15	59	Nov 9, 2013
L	Rashad Evans#4	Top-5	85	Jun 15, 2013
L	Lyoto Machida#2	Top-5	89	Feb 23, 2013
W	Mauricio Rua	Top-5	59	Nov 19, 2011
W	Michael Bisping	Champion	76	Jul 11, 2009
W	Rich Franklin	Long-tenured vet	55	Jan 17, 2009
W	Rousimar Palhares	Contender-level	32	Sep 6, 2008
L	Anderson Silva	Champion	83	Mar 1, 2008
L	Quinton Jackson	Title-fight challenger	50	Sep 8, 2007
W	Allan Goes	Unproven	8	May 15, 1998
W	Carlos Newton	Title-fight challenger	50	May 15, 1998

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

18 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-5

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-3

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-4

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-5

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-3

4 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-2

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-2

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dan Henderson

Extended layoff

9y 9mosince last bout

vs Michael Bisping · Oct 8, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-0As underdog 4-8

52.4

DK avg

62.6

Median

87.3

Ceiling

3.7

Floor

22%

Boom

28%

Bust

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