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Henderson ready to fight Emelianenko at heavyweight

ESPN staff
April 13, 2011
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Dan Henderson's manager Aaron Crecy has revealed the Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion is prepared to move to heavyweight in order to take on Fedor Emelianenko.

Emelianenko's management, M-1 Global, recently confirmed that the Russian had agreed to fight Henderson, with the bout expected to happen this summer.

However, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker admitted Emelianenko was not prepared to drop to 205lbs, despite losing his last two fights, so Henderson has had to step outside of his comfort zone to make the fight a reality.

"Dan has indicated he'd love to have the fight and he hasn't shied away from that," Crecy told MMA Fighting.

"He'd love to have the fight, and have it at heavyweight. He's happy to challenge Fedor there.

"Dan admires the guy and feels it's a challenge he's wanted to take for a long time. He's embraced the possibility of it for a long time."

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