Hendo: I don’t know how good that was for Shogun’s head
Dan Henderson recent appearad on the Sherdog Radio Network’s Savage Dog Show” and discussed his fight of the century nominee…
Dan Henderson recent appearad on the Sherdog Radio Network’s Savage Dog Show” and discussed his fight of the century nominee fight vs. Shogun. While the fans were thrilled that the non-title fight went five rounds, Henderson offers a more personal view.
I was pretty tired,” Henderson said of the fifth round. “I don’t know. I had something going on. I just had a little trouble breathing in that fifth round. Growing up I always had exercise-induced asthma. I haven’t really had any problems in the last few years with it. I don’t know what the issue was, other than the fact that I threw quite a few more punches than he did. … I felt like I threw a lot of punches compared to him and did a lot of damage there. That could be just a reason why I was that much more tired.
Maybe,” Henderson said of five round non title fights. “It was a good one to watch, but I think the fans would have been talking quite a bit about it too if it ended after three rounds with him barely living through it. But yeah, I guess it made it more dramatic with him kind of coming back at the end of that fourth and fifth round. It could be good for the sport. I know there’s probably a lot more new fans that watched that fight that are hooked now.
It is what it is. I’m not really one to bitch about things like that. I just kind of go with the program and make the best of it. I was surprised with how well he stayed in there. He was in a lot better shape than what I thought he would be. Some of his past performances, he looked like he got pretty tired. Obviously he was in good shape for this one.
I think the ref could have stopped it and I don’t think anyone would have bitched … Honestly I don’t know how good that was for Shogun’s head, to take that much beating and still take more after that. That’s more of a question for the doctors and the people that are doing the head scans on him. Maybe that took a toll on his chin and he won’t be able to do that again.
