Dana White: I Guarantee Dan Henderson Has Been Signed by Strikeforce

[Badluck_33]

Jake Shields mentioned on his Facebook that there was a big announcement on Friday.

Could this be it????

[KillahKimbo]

king mo is fighting in december and needs a opponent, hendo would work.

[JadedX]

Originally Posted by ripitupog

DO NOT BE SURPRISED, if dana is just being as slippery as ever. He probably made a deal with henderson to PRETEND like he was turning down the ufc's offer, just so strikeforce will sign him for big bucks, and put themselves into financial trouble. Doesn't anyone find it odd that dana is mentioning SO many "potential matchups" that strikeforce could do.
Dana is brilliant, but the problem is he thinks he's way smarter than he actually is. Scott Coker will probably fall for this and sign henderson for one or two fights, pay him too much, and go down under. CHECK AND MATE STRIKEFORCE. game over

Lol, love it. Far fetched, but not that far fetched. I'm quite sure Coker isn't a dumb ass much like that Affliction MMA clown Atencio. I hope so, anyway.

Best of luck to Dan Henderson where ever he ends up, though, for sure.

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by jukon

Strikeforce is slowly building a decent roster. Might soon be worth watching the full events instead of just downloading/streaming one or two fights.

too bad Mousasi has already made reference to heading to UFC "to fight the best in the world".... UFC hopefully signs King Mo soon too

[slvrdragon]

Originally Posted by Tyreas

Would be a poor business move for Strikeforce if they sign him for anymore than a few fights(2-3).

After the outcomes of those fights he won't look as attractive to headline things. Of course thats me assuming he goes .500 against Shields and Mousasi. Nobody wants to see him fight Shamrock.

Wih Hendo's experience how can you not think if he went to SF he couldn't fight either Shields or Mousasi and not beat them both? Hendo has fought mostly top tier fighters since he began. Can either Shields or Mousasi say that?

[SWIFTboy]

Originally Posted by CJRockstar

The thing the UFC is really banking on is that they haven't really built Dan Henderson into a Huge USA star yet. He's been in the UFC for a little bit now and is only (3 - 2)(of which, I really felt like he lost to Franklin). He's been choked out, had 3 decisions, and knocked Bispings face clean off his body. Those are hardly bargaining chips for 500k guaranteed pay. I can see the UFC offering him the 200 or 300k with no win bonus pay, but he can't headline a UFC event and guarantee 700k buys, so why pay him like a Randy Couture?

Originally Posted by rodzilla1988

Yeah that is pretty outlandish. I agree with whoever said Hendo doesn't really warrant a big raise, def. no more than 300K a fight for sure.

I think you are both right. Sure, in terms of his talent and accomplishments and what he has meant to the sport, he is definitely worth 500K. However, in terms of how many PPV's he would sell, probably not worth that much. I often beleive that you can't ONLY look at the short-term economic gains in making a decision, as the UFC has done lately; I think this is definitely a case where, as much as I hate to say it, Dan seems to be asking for too much.

Originally Posted by CJRockstar

I think right now at this time in his career, Dan is more about the money than the championship, even though he is making a big deal about Vitor getting the initial nod.

I don't completely agree with this. I feel that if Dan had been offered the title shot outright, he would have signed for whatever the UFC is currently offering. I'm not saying the UFC has SCREWED him over, but they have asked him to do alot, and yanked him around a bit.
I think once he realized he wasn't getting what he (and I) thought he deserved professionally, he sought to make up for it by getting what he thinks he deserves financially.
Basically I think he would settle for less money if he got his fights, and would settle for not getting his fights if he got his money. He just doesn't want to give up BOTH without a fight, so to speak.

Originally Posted by Rhino

too bad Mousasi has already made reference to heading to UFC "to fight the best in the world".... UFC hopefully signs King Mo soon too

Shields also said he would sign with the UFC, and is still with Strikeforce. Sure, Mousasi has said that, and probably meant it, and could very well end up in the UFC. Still, you can't take it as a foregone conclusion that he will be in the UFC in the near future based simply on that. Things change. If Strikeforce signed a few good matchups for him and made him a good offer I could easily see him staying there. He's young and has plenty of time.

Keep fighting the good fight though.

[Viper2076]

I think Dan would run the table at Strikeforce. Don't really see anyone that can take him out.

[macewen]

Lastnight on "fight news" on the fight network, they made reference to this, and to expect a gegard/Hendo stare down after the Soko fight if Gegard wins. Obviously because Henderson trains with Soko, and hell, maybe he did sign? It makes me sad though, I really wanted to see him rematch spider, I think he woulda taken the re-match

[-assassin-]

Originally Posted by Kimuras"R"Us

Is Hendo the worst matchup type for Shields? A great wrestler with solid standup...

Yeah he really is. Though I thought Lawler was going to beat him to dust and look what happended to him. I think Shields can submit anyone. I'm a striker so I could care less about jiu jitsu guys but you have to respect how dangerous shields is. If he takes you down your fucking history!

[FFFRpickup]

Originally Posted by macewen

Lastnight on "fight news" on the fight network, they made reference to this, and to expect a gegard/Hendo stare down after the Soko fight if Gegard wins. Obviously because Henderson trains with Soko, and hell, maybe he did sign? It makes me sad though, I really wanted to see him rematch spider, I think he woulda taken the re-match

The Spider has influenced Dana and his #1 contender decision making. The Spider has also turned the MW division upside down by playing politics instead of fighting. He has been critisized for his last two fights wwhich were lackluster performances He doesn't want to fight Hendo Or belfort...he wasnts the Leites...the sandmans and the forrests. He is avoiding the Hendos and the belforts.


Now Hendo going to strikeforce really makes things interesting. Mousasi has trained with fedor and has skills anywhere the fight goes. imagine the staredown...damn.