Dan Henderson has been in contract negotiations with the UFC since his last UFC victory against Micheal Bisping at UFC 100. That was his last fight on his UFC contract and to this point, both sides have not been able to agree on a new deal.“We have a good relationship with Henderson, and there are no hard feelings. He had a figure he believed he was worth, and we had our own figure, and we weren’t able to get together.”
Dana White said in a press statement.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker admitted to having met with Dan Henderson but would not ellaborate any further. Henderson's camp however made sure we would not get our hopes up too fast:
“We had a brief get-to-know-you session with (Strikeforce) and met them for coffee, but to say he’s close to signing would be a gross misrepresentation. Until something is signed, nothing is ever over.”
This whole situation really puts the UFC in a hot spot considering Dan Henderson is considered one of their elite superstars on top of the fact he is in title contension. Henderson has mentioned numerous times recently that his goal is to remain a UFC fighter but with Vitor Belfort — who lost to Hendo at PRIDE 32 back in Oct. 2006 - getting a title shot right away after Henderson was promised a title shot for his brutal knock out over Bisping, this was a big blow to Henderson’s bargaining power at the negotiating table.
Nothing has been confirmed yet as to which promotion Henderson will sign with but if we see him sign with Strikeforce, Gegard Moussassi vs Dan Henderson would surely be a fight of the year which I would pay to watch.
More to come as this develops
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