Staying on the right side of .500 is of the utmost importance to Henry two months away from his 36th birthday. He knows he doesn’t exactly have time to waste sliding down the bantamweight ladder, so he has a particular statement to make on March 11.
“Even though I’m getting older, I don’t feel like I’m slowing down,” he said. “I still feel like I’m very capable, and I can keep up with these younger guys.”
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After a long career on the regional circuit, Henry opened 2022 by finally getting his shot at the mixed martial arts leader. Now that he’s here, he intends on cementing his place.
He completely understands what this platform provides, and although he appreciates competing in the Octagon, he knows, at the end of the day, March 11 is nothing more or less than another fight day.
“Fighting is fighting,” he said. “It doesn’t change the fact that somebody wants to sock you in the mouth. All the extracurriculars, like the attendance, the venue, the pay, the experience of the other person, all those things are ever-changing. I never really think about those things. I just think about, ‘Oh, somebody’s trying to beat my butt up,’ so I got to adjust to that.”
