I Need To See Marquardt vs. Henderson

by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 9, 2008 8:34 PM EDT in News Comment 4 comments

Basically because I can't see Franklin/Henderson at the moment...this is the next best match up. Marquardt just destroyed Martin Kampmann and Henderson danced by Rousimar Palhares...both fights took place at UFC 88. Anderson Silva is set to defend his MW title against undeserving Patrick Cote at UFC 90. Barring another upset, Silva will walk thru Cote leaving him without a worthy challenger at MW. Granted, Silva has defeated both Henderson and Marquardt relatively easily already...I'm not THAT positive he could do it so easily again. Then again he just might be THAT good.

Marquardt/Henderson needs to take place on the December New Year's Eve card as both came out of their bouts relatively unscathed. Which would set up as a possible main event on a March PPV card against Anderson Silva. Either they are gonna fight one another...or continue to wipe pretender...I mean contender after contender off before they even make it to Silva.

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I like Hendo and would hate to see Marquardt wipe the floor with him. But I’m afraid thats what will happen.

by Flyingknees on Sep 10, 2008 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Judging from the other night, seems like Marquardt would give Henderson a pretty good fight.
I agree that Henderson pretty much danced around Palhares the whole match, but at the same time he pretty much exposed Palhares as such a one dimensional fighter. You cant blame Henderson for not wanting to go to the ground with the guy either. Everyone, including Henderson, knew that if Dan did stay on the ground with Palhares for any lenght of time it would be over for Henderson.
I actually called a TKO by Marquardt in the UFC 88 predictions thread. I felt he was going to be too strong for Kampmann, and once I saw them both in the ring I knew he had this fight. Nate just looked to be a lot stronger and be in better condition physically. Plus you can never really count out anyone from Greg Jacksons camp, just ask Rashad Evans (and no, I didnt have Rashad winning at all).

by el_felix on Sep 10, 2008 10:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This would be a good fight to answer weather or not Henderson still has what it takes to be considered one of the top fighters in the world. A strong victory over Nate would say he is still one of the best in the world, but a loss would definitely put that into question. (I left this part out of my last post, my bad)

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