I remember this topic way back before Henderson was on a roll that he is currently in. Sonnen was fresh off of almost beating anderson silva. The numbers were shocking and in favor of sonnen. However now that Henderson has two massive victory in the bag who would win this match up?
Sonnen, it would be a good fight though. Chael has a great chin on him, he's faster, younger, and more dominant wrestler. Dan's got that one punch power and he can hit it anywhere.
I think Henderson/Evan's is a better fight for Dan than Sonnen.
That is the thing that gets me the dominant wrestling part. I know Henderson has the credential and is one hell of a wrestler. But as a mma fighter he never seems to use it, he always like to strike and land that H bomb.
Say if henderson goes in there with the mind set of only wrestling and nothing else. Is sonnen still the better wrestler? Don't get me wrong chael is a fantastic wrestler but when he is not looking to take you down he has been taking down before ie Maia. Same with Henderson when he is looking to strike he does get taking down also.
I know he does, but say henderson only focuses on his wrestling and nothing else. Just from a wrestling stand point, if henderson were to use his wrestling would chael still dominate him in that category.
Are they fighting at MW or LHW? Hendo barely has 1 round of cardio at MW. Sonnen probably wins either way but the chance of seeing him laid out from an H-Bomb is very enticing.
Before the Shogun fight I picked Dan but watching how easily Shogun got Dan down (gassed or not), it is quite clear in my mind that Sonnen would literally manhandle him to a decision.
Hard to say, Henderson might be able to catch Sonnen with the H bomb early and put him away. But I think if the fight last a little while Sonnen would eventually overwhelm Henderson with his wrestling and win the fight
Wow. Tough fight to call. I lean toward Sonnen due to being younger and bigger but would not shock me if Hendo won. I think Sonnen would be able to take Hendo down but I do not think Hendo could take Sonnen down.
I think Sonnen has the better ground game.
When thinking about this the Sheilds fight just sticks in my head. I know Hendo had issues for that fight as far as his back and the weight cut but Sonnen is a far better wrestler than Sheilds and has good cardio.
Sonnen would probably UD him. But in my mind I see hendo coming out wearing this:
'merica **** yea! And h-bombing sonnen in .2sec, herb says go hendo is flying across the ring slow-mo kinda scenario.
Bah probably sonnen wins
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