Comments on: Dan Henderson vs Rousimar Palhares UFC 88 fight set for Atlanta

By: larry T. Holman

larry T. Holman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:14:51 +0000

In my opinion Palhares embodies the epitome of Brazilian Jiujitsu,pure unadulterated,unmitigated,whoop-ass. Here you see what all the Great Masters have attempted to impart to their most gifted students come together in the presence of One man and that Man is Rousimar Toquinho Palhares. If Henderson couldn’t get pass Silva why would anyone think he can defeat Palhares ,for as much I love and respect Anderson he too has met his match in Rousimar Palhares!

By: farang

farang — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:20:34 +0000

Well, this is interesting matchup, although I too would have preferred to see Franklin get whupped by Dan, just to shut Silva’s mouth.

And nest time, Dan, grapple Silva and wear him down first, then trade with him, catch a leg, and G&P him. He can be beat, no doubt, just don’t stand squared up and trade with him, he is too quick with too much reach for most M.W’s. Dan squared up to trade with Silva in the second round, and caught a leg kick that stunned him. That was how he got choked out.

While Rich is made to order for Hendo, Palhares, now, that is much different.

Why? Well, Dan has never been tko’d or ko’d, but all his losses have come from submissions.

And Palhares? 9 fights, 6 submissions, so that is his strength. Someone knew that, and matched it that way.

So, it could be interesting. I like Dan in 3:00 of the first round.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:34:33 +0000

Rousimar FTW. He has the build to take it to the ground fairly easy, even if he ends up in a bad position once he’s there, it wont matter. Heel Hook will finish Henderson and hopefully not his career, because from the looks of it Rousimar snapped a few knees on purpose. BRAZILIAN TOP TEAM !!!

By: RoB

RoB — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:12:35 +0000

I agree with you Sandman.. but only if they go to the ground Rousimar will indeed finish Dan but the standup has to go to Dan, the question is can Rousimar get Dan to the ground cause if he does Dan will lose.

By: Sandman

Sandman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:17:05 +0000

Not disappointed whatsoever! To the ones who think this is gonna be easy for Henderson, read my words: Rousimar will finish him so fast and so spectacularly that Hendo will believe it was Truck.
Toquinho is a phenomenon and he´ll show it to the world September, 6. Any bets?

By: cmon_chokehim

cmon_chokehim — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:41:54 +0000

UFCAddict or just addicted to some other crap??? cause that was the worse “request-list” i’ve ever read on this site?

Forget Alves or Filho, give him Mark Hunt or Jens Pulver? Why not Dracula or The Incredible Hulk?

By: halljam2

halljam2 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:46:53 +0000

No way, not even in the UFC. Middleweight is probably the most stagnant division but they still have Silva, Henderson, Franklin, Okami, Marquardt, Bisping, J. Mcdonald, Leben, Cote, Meia, Letes. All of which would beat Quarry my friend.

By: masters

masters — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:34:40 +0000

This is just a jump fight. You see the UFC do this all the time. They’ll see a new guy come off of a big win (”big” meaning the actual way that the guy won, not neccessarily the oponent) and then they throw them up against a world class fighter who needs a win. They did it with Anderson Silva, but look what happend. Sometimes it back fires in the UFC’s face, but most of the time it works out. I see Henderson winning this fight. In no way do I see his UFC career in jepordy, but he’s a top fighter. He knows he needs it. Bisping is in the future of either Heno or Franklin. But I don’t see them pushing another Franklin vs Silva fight…it just wouldn’t market well. And the ratings they’ll get with Silva in LHW now, I doubt UFC will do anything but beat around the bush in MW…just how things go.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:03:55 +0000

i agree that franklin is a gate keeper but i think dan had an off night…i think dan would take him or have a lot better fight the second time around

By: chefdaddy

chefdaddy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:32 +0000

If Bisping knocks out Leben, I won’t say another bad word about him.