Dan “Hollywood” Henderson was born August 24th, 1970. He has been wrestling since he was five years old . His dedication to the sport through the years helped win him spots on both the 1992 and 1996 USA Olympic Wrestling Teams. In 1997 he was invited by friend, Randy Couture, to join the Rico Chiapparelli Real American Wrestling Team and train in martial arts. This training would prepare him for the Brazil Open 97 in June where he would defeat both Crezio De Souza and Eric Smith in the first round.
The following year Henderson would make an appearance at UFC 17. While his opponents Allen Goes and Carlos Newton would both survive the 15 minute round, Henderson would win by decision in each case. Despite his victories in UFC, he would decline future invites and head to Japan to appear in the Rings: King of Kings championship in 1999. The second half of the championship would occur 4 months later in 2000, and Henderson would go on to defeat each finalist, winning this open weight tournament.
From here it was only a short hop to PRIDE where Henderson fights today. In his six year history with PRIDE, he has faced some of the best in the ring including Wanderlei Silva and Murilo Bustamante. During their second fight, that occured on December 31st, 2005, Bustamante was defending his Welterweight title. Though Henderson was able to defeat Bustamente with a knockout during their first match two years previous, Bustamente managed to keep up with Henderson for the entire length of the match. However, Henderson would be crowned the new champion after a split decision.
Dan Henderson is set to face returning fighter Vitor Belfort in Las Vegas on October 21st, 2006 at PRIDE 32: The Real Deal.
Fight Record - 22-5-0
- 02-24-2007 - Defeats Wanderlei Silva, PRIDE 33, KO Round 3, 2:08
- 10-21-2006 - Defeats Vitor Belfort, PRIDE 32, Unanimous Decision
- 08-26-2006 - Lost to Kazuo Misaki, PRIDE B 12, Unanimous Decision
- 04-02-2006 - Defeats Kazuo Misaki, PRIDE B 10, Unanimous Decision
- 12-31-2005 - Defeats Murilo Bustamante, PRIDE SW 2005, Split Decision
- 09-25-2005 - Defeats Akihiro Gono, PRIDE B 9, KO Round 1, 7:58
- 09-25-2005 - Defeats Ryo Chonan, PRIDE B 9, KO Round 1, 0:22
- 04-23-2005 - Lost to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, PRIDE TE 2005, Submission Rd 1, 8:05
- 12-31-2004 - Defeats Yuki Kondo, PRIDE SW 2004, Split Decision
- 10-31-2004 - Defeats Kazuhiro Nakamura, PRIDE 28, TKO Round 1, 1:15
- 11-09-2003 - Defeats Murilo Bustamante, PRIDE FC 2003, KO Round 1, 0:53
- 03-16-2003 - Defeats Shungo Oyama, PRIDE 25, TKO Round 1, 3:28
- 12-23-2002 - Lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, PRIDE 24, Submission Round 3, 1:49
- 04-28-2002 - Lost to Ricardo Arona, PRIDE 20, Split Decision
- 11-03-2001 - Defeats Murilo Rua, PRIDE 17, Split Decision
- 05-27-2001 - Defeats Akira Shoji, PRIDE 14, TKO Round 3, 3:18
- 03-25-2001 - Defeats Renzo Gracie, PRIDE 13, KO Round 1, 1:40
- 12-09-2000 - Lost to Wanderlei Silva, PRIDE 12, Unanimous Decision
- 02-26-2000 - Defeats Renato Sobral, Rings KoK 1999, Split Decision
- 02-26-2000 - Defeats Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Rings KoK 1999, Split Decision
- 02-26-2000 - Defeats Gilbert Yvel, Rings KoK 1999, Unanimous Decision
- 10-28-1999 - Defeats Hiromitsu Kanehara, Rings KoK A, Split Decision
- 10-28-1999 - Defeats Bakouri Gogitidze, Rings KoK A, TKO Round 1, 2:17
- 05-15-1998 - Defeats Carlos Newton, UFC 17, Split Decision
- 05-15-1998 - Defeats Allan Goes, UFC 17, Unanimous Decision
- 06-15-1997 - Defeats Eric Smith, Brazil Open '97, Submission Round 1, 0:30
- 06-15-1997 - Defeats Crezio de Souza, Brazil Open '97, TKO Round 1, 5:25
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