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Daniel Henderson vs Frank Shamrock

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Daniel Henderson and Frank Shamrock met once (1997). Frank Shamrock won in 1997 by submission.

SOURCE·Dan Henderson and Frank Shamrock — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Daniel HendersonFrank Shamrock
74″ (188 cm)Reach71″ (180.3 cm)
71″ (180.3 cm)Height70″ (177.8 cm)
+4.27%Reach advantage+1.41%
32–15Record23–9
56%Finish rate78%
6Longest unbeaten run8
50Recorded bouts34
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentDaniel HendersonFrank Shamrock
Renzo Gracie W L
Yuki Kondo W L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Daniel Henderson

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Eric Smith, 1997, submissionloss v Frank Shamrock, 1997, submissionwin v Carlos Newton, 1998, decisionwin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 1999, decisionloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2000, decisionwin v Renato Sobral, 2000, decisionwin v Murilo Rua, 2001, decisionwin v Akira Shoji, 2001, kowin v Renzo Gracie, 2001, koloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2002, submissionloss v Ricardo Arona, 2002, decisionwin v Murilo Bustamante, 2003, kowin v Shungo Oyama, 2003, kowin v Yuki Kondo, 2004, decisionwin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2004, kowin v Murilo Bustamante, 2005, decisionwin v Akihiro Gono, 2005, koloss v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2005, submissionwin v Vitor Belfort, 2006, decisionloss v Kazuo Misaki, 2006, decisionloss v Quinton Jackson, 2007, decisionwin v Wanderlei Silva, 2007, kowin v Rousimar Palhares, 2008, decisionloss v Anderson Silva, 2008, submissionwin v Michael Bisping, 2009, kowin v Rich Franklin, 2009, decisionwin v Renato Sobral, 2010, koloss v Jake Shields, 2010, decisionwin v Maurício Rua, 2011, decisionwin v Fedor Emelianenko, 2011, kowin v Rafael Cavalcante, 2011, koloss v Vitor Belfort, 2013, koloss v Rashad Evans, 2013, decisionloss v Lyoto Machida, 2013, decisionloss v Daniel Cormier, 2014, submissionwin v Maurício Rua, 2014, koloss v Vitor Belfort, 2015, kowin v Tim Boetsch, 2015, koloss v Gegard Mousasi, 2015, koloss v Michael Bisping, 2016, decisionwin v Héctor Lombard, 2016, koloss v Jon Jones, 2016, submissionwin v Ryo Chonan, no date on recordwin v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, no date on recordwin v Gilbert Yvel, no date on recordwin v Bakouri Gogitidze, no date on recordwin v Allan Goes, no date on recordwin v Crezio de Souza, no date on recordresult not stated v Role, no date on recordresult not stated v Beating Police Officer, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1997–2016 · 8 UNDATED
2000 2010 win vs Eric Smith (1997)loss vs Frank Shamrock (1997)win vs Carlos Newton (1998)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (1999)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2000)win vs Renato Sobral (2000)win vs Murilo Rua (2001)win vs Akira Shoji (2001)win vs Renzo Gracie (2001)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2002)loss vs Ricardo Arona (2002)win vs Murilo Bustamante (2003)win vs Shungo Oyama (2003)win vs Yuki Kondo (2004)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2004)win vs Murilo Bustamante (2005)win vs Akihiro Gono (2005)loss vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2005)win vs Vitor Belfort (2006)loss vs Kazuo Misaki (2006)loss vs Quinton Jackson (2007)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2007)win vs Rousimar Palhares (2008)loss vs Anderson Silva (2008)win vs Michael Bisping (2009)win vs Rich Franklin (2009)win vs Renato Sobral (2010)loss vs Jake Shields (2010)win vs Maurício Rua (2011)win vs Fedor Emelianenko (2011)win vs Rafael Cavalcante (2011)loss vs Vitor Belfort (2013)loss vs Rashad Evans (2013)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2013)loss vs Daniel Cormier (2014)win vs Maurício Rua (2014)loss vs Vitor Belfort (2015)win vs Tim Boetsch (2015)loss vs Gegard Mousasi (2015)loss vs Michael Bisping (2016)win vs Héctor Lombard (2016)loss vs Jon Jones (2016)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2016

Frank Shamrock

19902000UNFILEDloss v Manabu Yamada, 1994, submissionwin v Vernon White, 1995, submissionwin v Masakatsu Funaki, 1995, submissionwin v Takafumi Ito, 1995, submissionloss v Bas Rutten, 1995, decisionwin v Takaku Fuke, 1995, submissiondraw v Allan Goes, 1995, drawwin v Minoru Suzuki, 1995, submissionwin v Katsuomi Inagaki, 1995, submissionloss v Kiuma Kunioku, 1996, decisionloss v Yuki Kondo, 1996, kowin v Manabu Yamada, 1996, submissionloss v Bas Rutten, 1996, kowin v Osami Shibuya, 1996, decisionwin v Ryushi Yanagisawa, 1996, decisionwin v Minoru Suzuki, 1996, submissionwin v Kevin Jackson, 1997, submissionwin v Enson Inoue, 1997, dqwin v Wes Gassaway, 1997, dqwin v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 1997, decisionloss v John Lober, 1997, decisionwin v John Lober, 1998, submissionwin v Jeremy Horn, 1998, submissionwin v Igor Zinoviev, 1998, kowin v Tito Ortiz, 1999, submissiondraw v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1999, drawwin v Elvis Sinosic, 2000, decisionwin v Bryan Pardoe, 2003, submissionwin v Cesar Gracie, 2006, kowin v Phil Baroni, 2007, submissionloss v Renzo Gracie, 2007, dqloss v Cung Le, 2008, koloss v Nick Diaz, 2009, kowin v Bas Rutten, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1994–2009 · 1 UNDATED
2000 loss vs Manabu Yamada (1994)win vs Vernon White (1995)win vs Masakatsu Funaki (1995)win vs Takafumi Ito (1995)loss vs Bas Rutten (1995)win vs Takaku Fuke (1995)draw vs Allan Goes (1995)win vs Minoru Suzuki (1995)win vs Katsuomi Inagaki (1995)loss vs Kiuma Kunioku (1996)loss vs Yuki Kondo (1996)win vs Manabu Yamada (1996)loss vs Bas Rutten (1996)win vs Osami Shibuya (1996)win vs Ryushi Yanagisawa (1996)win vs Minoru Suzuki (1996)win vs Kevin Jackson (1997)win vs Enson Inoue (1997)win vs Wes Gassaway (1997)win vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (1997)loss vs John Lober (1997)win vs John Lober (1998)win vs Jeremy Horn (1998)win vs Igor Zinoviev (1998)win vs Tito Ortiz (1999)draw vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1999)win vs Elvis Sinosic (2000)win vs Bryan Pardoe (2003)win vs Cesar Gracie (2006)win vs Phil Baroni (2007)loss vs Renzo Gracie (2007)loss vs Cung Le (2008)loss vs Nick Diaz (2009)
winlossdraw / NC1994–2009
Cross-references
Daniel Henderson

The full ledger: 50 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

32–15 Frank Shamrock

The same, from the other corner — 34 bouts and the cohort Shamrock is ranked inside.

23–9 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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