After UFC 199, Dan Henderson will evaluate his options before any retirement decision

For 45-year-old Dan Henderson, UFC 199 was tough, but it sure was sweet, too. After nearly being stopped by heavy-handed Hector Lombard, the former Strikeforce and PRIDE champion found a way to hang on just long enough to put Lombard’s lights out completely. Not only was the win a come-from-behind victory, but Henderson becomes the first person to stop Lombard with strikes in the Cuban-Australian’s mixed martial arts career.

Henderson, however, will be the first to tell you the win didn’t come easy.

“It’s always nicer to not get hurt in that round. I know that I felt like I hurt him a little bit and came in. He popped me. Next thing you know I’m on the ground, but I was aware the whole time on the ground. Obviously, I said ‘s–t!’ So, I just knew I needed to recover and try to get back up,” Henderson told the media at the UFC 199 post-fight press conference.

“He kept on me. He didn’t hurt me to where I was not knowing what was going on, but he had me in trouble for a while,” Henderson confessed. “The second time I went down, I feel like I remember being on my hands still and he threw a knee on my head and knocked me down again. I just decided to hold onto him and recover and start in round two.”

That’s precisely what Henderson did before landing a head kick and back elbow that shut …

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