Dan Henderson: More than just a Fighters Only WMMA award winner

Ever the joker, Dana White has been ‘sparring’ with former UFC fighter Dan Henderson – the two have been trading good-natured insults via the Internet, that began when White posted a picture of Dan at the World MMA Awards on his Twitter, claiming he had won the ‘Ugliest Fighter’ award. Dana even had the picture spliced into his UFC 108 video blog so that it would flash up ‘Fight Club’ style. Dan responded by posting a picture on his website of Dana from his days as a Boxercise instructor – but not to worry, there was no real beef; it was all fun and games.

Santa brings Fedor a ‘Palace of Sport’

Fresh from being named 2009 Russian Athlete of the Year, Fedor had a nice surprise on Christmas morning when he woke up to a giant ‘Palace of Sport’, a massive sports facility built in his hometown of Stary Oskol. With a 5,500 square meters main auditorium that can accommodate up to 120 athletes and over 500 spectators, it has been built in the hope of developing a new generation of Russian MMA fighters.

Curse of UFC 108 strikes one last blow

UFC 108 suffered so many pullouts due to injury that some people jokingly said it had been placed under a curse. Only days before the event took place, one last injury struck: UFC matchmaker Joe Silva tore the ligaments in his knee while training and was left hobbling around at ringside. “Even the matchmaker’s down,” Dana White laughed prior to the event. “Everybody’s getting injured.”

Diego was SMASHED during his awards acceptance

We had to mention it – hands down, by far THE funniest moment of the World MMA Awards was when a very drunk Diego Sanchez went up to accept his trophy for being one half of Fight of the Year. Slurring his way through his thank you’s, he practically had to be dragged offstage by the presenters Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson, but not before promising, “Next year, more awards”!

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