Dan Henderson: Whatever Vitor Belfort was doing to change his body, 'it wasn’t the same thing I was

[Wild]

Dan Henderson only has two fights left on his UFC contract, and at 44 years old, he wants to make those two fights count.

"The two guys I'd like to fight would be Vitor (Belfort) and (Gegard) Mousasi," Henderson said Monday on The MMA Hour. "Mousasi, not for any other reason than I felt like I didn't get to fight him. And Vitor, you know, it'd be nice to fight him in the States, without his doctor as the head of the athletic commission."

Henderson snapped out of his recent funk to score a devastating 28-second knockout over Tim Boetsch at UFC Fight Night 68. The win saved Henderson from facing another round of calls for his retirement after the legend lost five of his six prior fights, including a pair of under two-minute losses to Mousasi and Belfort.

The Belfort loss, in particular, has never sat well with Henderson. "Hendo" was among the trio of fighters who suffered brutal head kick losses during Belfort's stunning career revival in 2013. All three of those fights took place in Brazil under the watch of the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission, and at times Belfort's physique approached comic book proportions.

Coincidentally, the commission's medial director, Marcio Tannure, doubles as the same doctor who during that time penned Belfort a prescription for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the controversial practice of injecting synthetic testosterone that is now largely banned in mixed martial arts competition.

A two-time drug test failure, Belfort recently fought without TRT for the first time in several years at UFC 187, losing to UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in less than three minutes and doing so with a dramatically slimmer physique.

Henderson, too, was an admitted user of TRT before the practice was banned, however he has his doubts whether Belfort's usage was ever on the level.

"Physically he looked quite a bit different," Henderson said. "His stamina went away pretty quick as well. I'm sure he works hard. So do I. But I don't know, my body hasn't changed in 10 years. So I'm not exactly sure what was making his body change like that, but it wasn't the same thing I was doing."

LINK: Dan Henderson: Whatever Vitor Belfort was doing to change his body, 'it wasn’t the same thing I was doing’ - MMA Fighting

 

[sparkuri]

"I think he took better stuff than I did"

 

[Jonny Quest]

Id like to see that rematch as well.

 

[Narcosynthesis]

I agree with what Dan is saying. Vitor was abusing TRT not just using it to boost his T back up to the levels of a younger man. The physical change after he got off of it told the story.

 

[Wild]

Dan was likely using in properly, and keeping his levels in the "normal range" 300-1000. Vitor on the other hand....

 

[easedel]

Dan was likely using in properly, and keeping his levels in the "normal range" 300-1000. Vitor on the other hand....

most doctors won't even have it that high, they will keep you around 700. Vitor was popping at what? 1100 lol

 

[Pitbull9]

Vitor was not on trt plain and simple. He was cycling high doses that is just it. Dan is right sometimes body changes can tell the story and with Vitor it has been that way since his career started. Legend or not the guy is a cheat let's just be honest. I am a fan of mma and yes I am a fan of certain fighters but when anyone whether I am a fan or not either gets caught using or says stupid shit I am the first to blast them and not be a nut hugger. I am a big weidman fan you all know that but when he first won the belt and was talking super fight with jones even I was like ok chill man defend the belt a bunch of times first then talk super fight.

 

[teamquestnorth]

I want the Vitor stuff

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

I miss TRT Vitor. He would have kicked Weidman's head off his shoulders. TRT Vitor was an unstoppable wrecking machine. Hendo has a good shot at beating the deflated Vitor.


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[Ryann Von Doom]

"I think he took better stuff than I did"

meaning it wasnt TRT, it was actual roids.

 

[Kinosis]

Vitor did seem to take it to another level but I don't buy what Dan is saying, he lost about 10lbs after he stopped taking TRT and he was a lot more buff looking in the Fedor fight even though he was only 207lbs or so.

 

[Wild]

Vitor did seem to take it to another level but I don't buy what Dan is saying, he lost about 10lbs after he stopped taking TRT and he was a lot more buff looking in the Fedor fight even though he was only 207lbs or so.

TRT will put 10 lbs on you. Trust me, I know from experience. It causes a bit of bloating from water retention, etc. Not difficult at all to increase weight by 5-10 lbs on normal TRT dosage. Cycling on the other hand...one can put on 20-30 pounds of lean muscle mass, on a 16 week cycle of 500-750 mg of Test + one other compound like Deca, Masterone, Equipose, Tren, etc. Meaning, one could go from 10-12% body fat...to 6-7% body fat while gaining 20-30 pounds. While someone on TRT might gain 8-10 pounds, but you wouldn't see any definition from it. Big difference.