TORRANCE, Calif. -- The history of mixed martial arts is written in the scars on Dan Hendersons rugged face and in the swollen creases of his cauliflower ears.The 46-year-old former Olympic wrestler has been fighting in a cage professionally for nearly two decades. He has spent almost every month of his adult life in a perpetual state of recovery, nursing a training injury or a physical breakdown. These days, hes usually just battling the cumulative weariness of a lengthy athletic career entering early middle age.I dont even notice anymore, he said before a recent workout in his native Southern California. Happens every training camp. I get cuts and bruises. Its part of the job.Henderson is tired of getting hit in the face, and he longs for a life without daily cardiovascular training. He plans to retire after one last bout this weekend in Manchester, England, and he is determined to finish his fighting life on his feet -- with a belt around his waist.Over 16 years and 42 fights after Henderson participated in a four-man, one-night tournament at UFC 17, he will meet middleweight champion Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 204.Henderson (32-14) relishes the chance to finish his lifelong climb at the summit of his sport. He has held titles in the Strikeforce and Pride promotions, but he never claimed a UFC belt, losing back-to-back title fights nine years ago.Ive had title shots before, and I know that for whatever reason, I didnt do well in them, Henderson said. Especially the UFC title shots that Ive had. Yeah, I want to make sure that I make the most of this opportunity.Henderson has lost six of his last nine fights, and he is only getting this title shot at the insistence of the UFC and Bisping, who wants revenge.At UFC 100 in 2009, Henderson knocked Bisping out cold with an astonishing overhand right to the jaw. Henderson punctuated one of the most spectacular knockouts in MMA history with a flying elbow to Bispings defenseless head as he fell.Henderson wont apologize for taking the spot of a more deserving contender against the 37-year-old Bisping (29-7), who claimed the title in similarly stunning fashion this summer by knocking out Luke Rockhold.Obviously, its the last goal Ive set for myself in the sport, Henderson said. Its definitely going to rank right up there with everything Ive done.Bisping has called Henderson a cheat for his past use of testosterone replacement therapy. A loophole in UFC regulations allowed fighters to legally compete on steroids, but Henderson dropped his TRT use when the practice was outlawed.Henderson said he plans to return to TRT use after his fighting career ends, saying his body felt a little better back then. Obviously Im still able to compete without it, though.He could have walked into that future in June after his stoppage victory over Hector Lombard at UFC 199 in Inglewood, his wife and four children in attendance. His UFC contract was up, and he owns a thriving gym in Temecula, where 300 of his closest friends and family are waiting to hold their annual Labor Day pig roast until after his title shot.But Henderson is fighting on. He wants one more shot to land one of his heavy right hands, dubbed the H-Bomb by his fans many years ago.Every day, I try to learn things and improve, Henderson said. Over the years, I wouldnt have been able to compete at the level Ive competed on if I hadnt improved, because this sport has evolved, and its still evolving. Everybody is getting better every year.So Henderson has vowed this will be his last fight -- but even he knows fighters cant be trusted to stick to these declarations.His children wont make the trip to England because of school, and he would hate to end his career without them. He has also said he would definitely consider fighting again, particularly as the UFC champion, when he knows his body would keep going for another half-decade.He needs only one more brilliant performance to take this two-decade career to a new pinnacle.I guess everybody has a price, you know, he said. If they really had to have me back, I suppose they could make me smile. Ozzie Newsome Womens Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Sione Takitaki Youth Jersey . 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The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months.Russian may evade a total ban on its athletes competing at the Rio Olympics by proposing a compromise that would allow some track-and-field competitors to enter the Games even if the Russian Athletics Federation remains excluded from international competition. Sky News understands that the potential compromise has been discussed at a senior level by government and sporting officials in Moscow.Officials at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have also been studying their rule books to see how a compromise might work. The Russian athletics federation (ARAF) was suspended by world athletics governing body in November last year following the revelation of state-supported doping.The IAAF will meet to decide whether to lift the ban in time for Rio on June 17.The Russian Government has denied involvement, but further allegations of doping at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and the obstruction of drug testers currently working in Russia, has made a return in time for Rio harder to justify.There is concern however within the IOC, and among some members of the IAAF Council, at the impact of a total ban on clean athletes. Some consider it a blunt instrument that would punish those who had done nothing wrong. Australian athlete Jared Tallent will be awarded his rightful London 2012 gold medal next month after he was denied it by a Russian competitor who turned out to be doping IOC president Thomas Bach appeared to open the door to a compromise in a series of statements earlier this month, suggesting that even athletes from banned federations could compete in Rio.High-profile athletes including pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva have said they will pursue legal action to allow them to compete in Rio.The counter-argument is that the institutionalised doping revealed in the last year deserves the harshest punishment. Russias Yelena Isinbayeva called on the IAAF to rescind their ban on clean Russian athletes at the annual meeting on 26 November.dddddddddddd A compromise may be possible because the Olympics are overseen by the IOC, rather than sporting federations such as the IAAF, and teams are selected and entered by national Olympic committees.So athletes who are demonstrably clean, to the satisfaction of the IOC, could be selected by the Russian Olympic Committee and compete even if ARAF remains banned.Defining clean is fearsomely difficult however. Athletes may be required to have passed independent tests, but recent re-testing of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics - which have uncovered more than 20 Russians suspected of doping - demonstrate that testing has its limits.Russians would not compete under an Olympic flag, as some stateless athletes have in the past. Russia would be unlikely to accept such a condition, and the risk to the IOC of athletes turning out to be cheats would be enormous. Lord Sebastian Coe rejected claims that London 2012 may have been the dirtiest Olympic Games in history One potential barrier to the compromise is that the athletics events at the Olympics, while under the IOC umbrella, are sanctioned and run by the IAAF. Officials are examining whether this would give the athletics body a second and final veto over Russian participation.The compromise proposal comes with the stakes high for all concerned in the gravest crisis to hit the Olympic movement in years.Sebastian Coe, the IAAF President, is under pressure to demonstrate he is reforming the organisation, and extending the ban on Russia would represent a powerful statement of intent. Coe has described the decision as a come-to-Jesus moment for the sport.Bach has much at stake too. He developed a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who invested an estimated $50m (£34.6m) in staging the Sochi Winter Olympics and sees sport as a crucial plank of Russian identity.A solution that allowed all three to save face could have attractions, certainly for Putin, who in a sign of the importance he places on Olympic participation has avoided lashing out at the external forces he traditionally cites as enemies of Russia as he seeks a way back for his athletes. Also See: Rio go-ahead for pro boxers Johnson-Thompson going to Rio Gatlin hits form ahead of Rio Eight Russians fail 2012 retests ' ' '