Dan Henderson not looking to rely on the “H-Bomb”, thinks the first round will be crucial to how the fight will turn out

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, Dan Henderson has been giving his thoughts on his fight this weekend in Chicago, Illinois against formerly ranked number one fighter on the planet, Fedor Emelianenko, explaining the entire fight could be won or lost in the first five minutes.
Speaking via ESPN.co.uk, Henderson said:

“Obviously Fedor is real dangerous whether he’s in shape or out of shape – I’ve seen him where he’s really out of shape and he still knocks guys out or pulls through and win the fights. As far as his two losses, it might diminish it a little bit, but it probably re-motivated him to where he’s going to come in in shape and that’s the Fedor I want to fight.”

“He’s going to be a little more mobile bouncing around and a little more offensive that first round. I just need to implement my gameplan and wear him out at the same time, especially in that first round … that first round is going to be crucial.”

Henderson recently won the promotions light heavyweight title, defeating Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante via TKO as the fight wore on. As for Fedor, he’s looking to rebound from the first back-to-back defeats of his MMA career, losing out to Fabricio Werdum and Antonio “Big Foot” Silva.