It looks increasingly likely that July 30th will see Dan Henderson take on Fedor Emelianenko in Chicago. The match has been rumored ever since Dan Henderson won the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Title back in March with the original idea having been Emelianenko move down in weight to challenge for Henderson’s newly won championship. With the legendary Russian having turned down the chance to drop weight it had been debated whether the fight would be made at a 220Ibs catchweight. However its now been confirmed by ESPN that the fight will take place at heavyweight.
I spoke to Dan Henderson last week, and he explained why he didn’t want to force Fedor Emelianenko to cut weight:
“It won’t be at a catch weight, I’ve never believed in those. If you’re going to fight somebody just fight them at their weight, don’t make them come halfway down. There’s no reason for me to make him cut 15 pounds as he’s going to weigh that much come fight night anyway.”
His wider thoughts on the fight and the potential of a Jon Jones can be found at Pro MMA Now
