Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson is, for my money, one of the toughest men the sport has produced. An Olympic wrestler who became the only double champion in Pride history, then a Strikeforce title holder, he fought everyone and feared no one. That fabled right hand, the H-Bomb, turned him into must-watch television well into his forties. What I respect most is the refusal to fade quietly; he kept marching forward against bigger, younger opponents. The fact that he later moved into business leadership only underscores the discipline beneath the violence. He is a throwback warrior I will always have time for.

Name (English)

Dan Henderson

Name (Japanese)

ダン・ヘンダーソン

Reading

だん・へんだーそん

Born

August 24, 1970 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Downey, California, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

amateur wrestler / mixed martial arts fighter / business executive

High school

Victor Valley High School

University

California State University, Fullerton

• Official sitehttps://www.danhenderson.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danhendo/
• Xhttps://x.com/danhendo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Henderson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548861

Tags

• California
• amateur wrestler
• mixed martial arts fighter
• business executive

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.