At 43 years old, Dan Henderson needed to draw on all of his experience to deliver a stunning come-from-behind TKO of Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in Sunday night's UFC main event.
In UFC history, only one other fight has finished by TKO or KO with an older winner. Randy Couture, aged 44, defeated Gabriel Gonzaga by TKO at UFC 74.
Couture has three entries on the following list of the top 10 oldest fighters to win a UFC fight by T/KO:
Oldest UFC Winners by KO or TKO * |
# |
Date |
Event |
Winner |
Winner's Age |
Loser |
1 | Aug 25, 2007 | UFC 74 | Randy Couture | 44 years, 75 days | G. Gonzaga |
2 | Mar 23, 2014 | UFN 38 | Dan Henderson | 43 years, 211 days | M. Rua |
3 | Aug 21, 2004 | UFC 49 | Randy Couture | 41 years, 71 days | V. Belfort |
4 | Aug 3, 2013 | UFC 163 | Anthony Perosh | 40 years, 312 days | V. Magalhães |
5 | Nov 10, 2012 | UFC on Fuel 6 | Cung Le | 40 years, 179 days | R. Franklin |
6 | Jun 19, 2004 | UFC 48 | Ken Shamrock | 40 years, 139 days | K. Leopoldo |
7 | Apr 30, 2011 | UFC 129 | Vladimir Matyushenko | 40 years, 126 days | J. Brilz |
8 | Jun 6, 2003 | UFC 43 | Randy Couture | 39 years, 359 days | C. Liddell |
9 | Jan 19, 2012 | UFC on FX 1 | Jorge Rivera | 39 years, 335 days | E. Schafer |
10 | Nov 13, 2010 | UFC 122 | Vladimir Matyushenko | 39 years, 323 days | A. Ferreira |
* - As of March 24th, 2014
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