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Dan Henderson: Tim Boetsch KO proved to myself 'that I'm still able to compete'

Sometimes even legends need a little validation. When Dan Henderson headed into his UFC Fight Night 68 bout earlier this month against Tim Boetsch, he did so as a loser of five of his previous six fights, including an ominous 70-second loss to Gegard Mousasi this past January which set a new mark as the shortest loss of Henderson's career.

At 44 years old, the calls for Henderson's retirement were growing louder and clearer going into the Boetsch fight. But it was nothing a little 28-second knockout couldn't fix. Henderson blasted Boetsch with his patented H-bomb in the opening stages of the fight, and just like that, ‘Hendo' found himself back in the proverbial mix of top UFC middleweights.