Dan Henderson: Prescription medication left me flat and zapped
Henderson has confirmed that he did indeed struggle with the weight cut for the Shields fight, but it had more…
Henderson has confirmed that he did indeed struggle with the weight cut for the Shields fight, but it had more to do with prescribed medication than not shedding the last few pounds the right way.
It was just some medication I had took for my back that kind of helped keep the weight on me, and it just has to do with the pain I guess, Henderson explained when appearing on MMAWeekly Radio. I was just real flat that fight, and the weight cut really zapped me.
Now off the medication, Henderson will return to 205 pounds where he’s also had a successful career, but the decision was based on Strikeforce asking him to take a fight against Sobral and not any kind of declaration that he won’t be going back to middleweight.
I never minded fighting at either weight, with the exception of my last fight, Henderson said.
I just think it’s funner to not have to cut weight, he said.