8. Lack of Contenders for Henderson’s Title
Whether we want to admit it or not, he truth is that, at the moment, there simply isn’t a logical No. 1 contender for Dan Henderson’s 205-pound light heavyweight championship.
With “King Mo” Lawal coming off of an injury, he is obviously not ready to be competing for a title yet. It may come with again with time, but he will need to get back to the fighter that we saw before he lost his title. Not to mention, he is already scheduled to fight Roger Gracie in September.
Speaking of Gracie, he is also a potential future title contender, but doesn’t have that top level win that he needs to be an acceptable challenger for Henderson quite yet.
Gegard Mousasi was in line for another title shot, but had an extremely lackluster performance against Keith Jardine, who took the fight on very short notice.
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante seems like the best possible candidate, but selling a rematch between these two fighters this soon just wouldn’t make for a very exciting main event.
“Right now at light heavyweight, in Strikeforce, there’s not really a clear opponent for me,” Henderson said on Inside MMA.