Danny Henry

Early career

Henry began his MMA career in 2011. Before joining the UFC, Henry amassed a record of 10-2. Henry fought the majority of his fights in South Africa with EFC Worldwide and in his final fight for their promotion beat Igeu Kabesa for their featherweight championship.^[2]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Henry made his promotional debut on 16 July 2017 at UFC Fight Night 113 against Daniel Teymur.^[3] He won the fight by unanimous decision earning Fight of the Night honors.^[4][5]

Henry faced Hakeem Dawodu on 17 March 2018 at UFC Fight Night 127.^[6][7] He won his fight against the sizable favourite Dawodu via guillotine 39 seconds into the first round.^[8][9]

Henry faced Dan Ige at UFC Fight Night 147 on 16 March 2019.^[10][11] He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the first round.^[12]

Henry was briefly linked to a bout with Mike Davis on 26 September 2019 at UFC Fight Night 160.^[13] However, Henry pulled out of the bout for undisclosed reasons in mid-September. In turn, Davis was pulled from the card and is expected to be rescheduled for a future event.^[14]

Henry was expected to face promotional newcomer Peter Barrett on 25 April 2020.^[15] However, on 9 April, Dana White, the president of UFC, announced that this event would be postponed to a future date^[16]

Henry faced Makwan Amirkhani on 12 July 2020 at UFC 251.^[17] He lost the fight via a submission in round one.^[18]

Henry was expected to face Ricardo Ramos on 3 September 2022 at UFC Fight Night 209.^[19] However, the bout was cancelled after Henry withdrew for unknown reasons.^[20]

On 16 April 2024, it was announced that Henry was no longer on the UFC roster.^[21]