“I believe I’ve shut [Michael Bisping] up for a little while, but I don’t know if he’ll ever shut his mouth completely…He circles to the right in every fight, I’ve been watching him. He tended to circle out to my right hand — I didn’t think that’d be a smart thing to do against me…Normally I’m not that way in fights…I know if the guy’s out, I tend to stop. I hit him hard but I got that last blow in just to shut him up a little bit…I’ll do whatever the UFC want me to do but I believe I’ve earned the right to face [Anderson Silva] again after winning my last three fights.”
—Dan Henderson in his UFC 100 post-fight interview with Joe Rogan commenting on the fight and proclaiming he deserves another crack at Anderson Silva’s middleweight title
What do you guys think? Since he knew Bisping was out, was Henderson out of line for landing that final blow? Was the knockout and third straight win enough to earn him another crack at Anderson Silva, or do you need to wait and see what happens with the Maia-Marquardt fight and Vitor Belfort first?
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You fight until the ref stops it. Hendo kept it going until then, so no foul.
i would like to see him fight silva again and it was fine like OT said you fight untill the ref pulls your ass off the fighter no foul – bisping talked alot of shit and didn’t back any of it up !
I agree fight until the fight is stopped i would like to see what happens with vitor but couldn’t care less about maia and marquart silva will run through both of them with ease
Don’t stop till they pull you off. Period.
I agree. You fight until the ref stops you. Also he better get that title shot. I want to see Hendo be a UFC champion.
I think we’re all tired of this question being asked. YOU FIGHT UNTIL THE REF STOPS THE FIGHT!! PERIOD. Seriously, what’s with the wimpy squeamishness at seeing a guy get hit? It was ONE strike after Bisping went down, and then the fight was over. The adrenaline and momentum of a fight will make this a common occurrence. It happens, and nothing is going to change it. These guys wouldn’t be much in the way of fighters if they are standing in the Octagon, in the middle of a fight, reluctant to hit their opponents. YOU FIGHT UNTIL THE REF STOPS THE FIGHT.
Hopefully, we’ll stop seeing this “question” on MMA websites. It’s not really a controversial issue to many fans.
Do you continue to hit someone when you know they are unconscious? Too many armchair warriors who’ve watched too much WWE.
I’m no fan of Bisping, but I wish Henderson would have refrained from the final hit. After taking the high road for the most part from the beginning, he kind of spoiled it a bit. I got the impression from what he said, he knew Bisping was out.
“You fight until the ref stops you”. What if the ref is too slow or just bad.
There is such a thing called sportmanship. Afterall Hendo told that he knew that he knock him out with that single punch. By the way I was chearing for Hendo
Hell Yeah Hendo!
You fight until the ref stops. period. their are no bad refs in the UFC. its all intict to get that last punch in, watch back some fights you’ll see that it happens all the time. especially in emotional fights like this one. no big deal
Hendos the man, bisbing should never have said things to wake the sleeping dragon, Dan is a warrior and that’s that. I too want to see a belt around dans waist but is he the man to take it from the spider? I hope so cause like him or not you got to admit hendos got style!!
Bisping talked too much crap, he deserved it. Maybe bisping will learn to shut the hell up. If you constantly push dan hendersons buttons just for the hell of it cuz you think your the man, you better be prepared for the consequences…period. It’s a rough sport, you better be prepared to get hit. I’ve seen worst after blows than that, so who cares.