Henderson challenges "Rampage" for UFC 205-pound title

Dan Henderson will face Quinton “Rampage” Jackson for Jackson’s newly won UFC 205-pound title at a future date, the UFC announced on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

UFC President Dana White revealed on Thursday that someone would be challenging the winner of Jackson-Liddell. Many speculated that PRIDE 2005 Grand Prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who White confirmed as being UFC-bound, would be the mystery challenger.

Jackson knocked out Liddell with a right hook at 1 minute and 53 seconds to win the UFC light heavyweight belt, a title held by Liddell since April 2005.

The bout will mark the first time a UFC champion will fight a PRIDE champion in what could be a unification bout.

Henderson is the only fighter to hold major titles in two different weight classes at the same time. Henderson added the PRIDE 205-pound title alongside his PRIDE 183-pound title last February when he knocked out Wanderlei Silva at PRIDE 33.