Ufc om de tafel met Hendo...

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Dana White reveals they’ll be sitting down with Dan Henderson shortly to see if they can bring him back to the UFC

August 4, 2011 All MMA News, Strikeforce, UFC 0 Comments
UFC President, Dana White has today revealed the promotion intends on sitting down with the hottest free-agent on the MMA market today and current Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, Dan Henderson to see if there’s a way they can bring him back to the octagon.

Speaking at the UFC 133 pre-fight press conference, Dana said:

“We’ll see what happens. ‘Hendo’ and I have had some history in dealings. We’ll see if we can figure something out and get him back in the UFC. It’s not that I’ve never been interested in Henderson. Listen, you can come to a deal with guys or you can’t.”

“What we said about Strikeforce is the thing has to run like a business. If we can run this thing, and the thing isn’t losing a ton of money, then Strikeforce will stay alive and be rebuilt, and we’ll see what happens.”

Henderson has already expressed an interest in meeting the winner of the Jon Jones vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson fight set for next month, something that will push out Rashad Evans once again who is set to fight this weekend in Philadelphia. Is this the fight you’d like to see or do you have another way of solving this conundrum? Tell us what you think…

By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)

[Kemal]

Beetje bij beetje wordt Strikeforce leeg geplukt..

Wel leuk voor Hendo

[Marchant]

Jon Jones vs. Hendo ,
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Hendo,
Rashad Evans vs. Hendo

fuck it !!!wil ze allemaal wel zien

[basblue]

Vergeet Tito - Hendo niet...

[Marchant]

Vergeet Tito - Hendo niet...
hahaha hell yeah! zelfs die!!! :lol:

[Kemal]

Dana White Says UFC Will Consider Re-Signing Free Agent Dan Henderson

PHILADELPHIA -- Fresh off his win over Fedor Emelianenko (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/fedor/emelianenko/705/) at last weekend's Strikeforce (http://www.mmafighting.com/strikeforce/)/M-1 Fedor vs. Henderson event, Dan Henderson (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/dan/henderson/129/) has the good fortune of becoming a free agent.

Well, maybe it's good fortune. Given the current MMA business landscape, that remains to be seen. But Henderson is likely to get interest and offers from several promotions in the coming days and weeks. And one call he can expect is from the UFC (http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc).

Company president Dana White confirmed that the organization would entertain the possibility of bringing Henderson back for his third go-round. He previously fought for the UFC in the 1990s, winning the UFC 17 middleweight tournament. He then fought exclusively for Japanese promotions until returning to the UFC in 2007. He competed five times, going 3-2, but signed with Strikeforce shortly after his highlight-reel knockout of Michael Bisping (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/michael/bisping/368/) at UFC 100.

"We'll see what happens," White said. "Hendo and I have had some history in dealing [together]. We'll see if we can figure something out and get him back in the UFC."

Henderson's four-fight deal with Strikeforce ran out after his win over Emelianenko, despite the fact that he is currently the light-heavyweight champion.

His money demands could prove an insurmountable object, as they were the last time he negotiated with UFC. While he got a nice raise out of Strikeforce, there isn't a competing organization to play offers against now that both Strikeforce and UFC are owned by the same company.

If Henderson does ink a deal with UFC, he will be one of many recent champs to depart Strikeforce or be otherwise unavailable to them. First, welterweight champ Nick Diaz (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/nick/diaz/506/) vacated the title to move to UFC. Then heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/alistair/overeem/808/) was cut. Meanwhile, women's featherweight champ Cris Cyborg remains unsigned and out of action, and just-defeated bantamweight champ Marloes Coenen (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/marloes/coenen/1429/) was cut.

What this means for Strikeforce's long-term viability is anyone's guess, but it won't be easy to replace so many headliners in short order. White added that Zuffa co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta is expected to travel to New York next week to meet with Showtime.

"What we've said about Strikeforce is this thing's got to run like a business," White said. "If we can run this thing and this thing isn't losing a ton of money, then Strikeforce will stay alive and be rebuilt. We'll see what happens."

[el bastardo]

Hoop dat Hendo ze allemaal sloopt daar!

[Petrosyan188]

kwestie van tijd dat bigfoot(als die toernooi wint, waar ik van uitga),henderson,jacare en melendez te zien zijn bij UFC... hopelijk vergeten ze mousasi niet want dat is de enige waar ik me zorgen om maak wat betreft de kwestie van de overname UFC-SF.... ik hoop echt mousasi te zien in de LHW van UFC, ben zo'n gruwelijke fan van hem!!

[GerbenV]

Zou graag zien hoe jones het tegen een extreem taaie Hendo doet!!!

Heb echt bewondering voor die gast, hoe die terugkomt na goed aangeslagen te zijn zoals tegen Fedor en Cavalcante in z'n laatste gevechten.

[maartenjackie]

Jacare molt iedereen, geloof me

[Mule-Kick]

Benieuwd wat Hendo gaat doen idd. Hij zal minder betaald gaan krijgen als in strikeforce denk ik. Hoop wel dat we hem terug gaan zien in UFC

[dirk5]

Jacare molt iedereen, geloof me

mee eens!

[MMAFAN-1122]

En terecht!

[Petrosyan188]

lol jacare vocht nog nooit een top10MW vechter, alleen een net wel of net niet top10 LHW vechter en verloor....

[dirk5]

lol jacare vocht nog nooit een top10MW vechter, alleen een net wel of net niet top10 LHW vechter en verloor....

lmao! kwaliteiten zijn van andere dingen afhankelijk dan het aantal top 10 gevechten :D

[El Bambino]

En vergeet niet ...King MO.! Een topworstelaar !!

[Sadix]

van mij part doeken ze heel strikeforce nu op. Gaat toch nergens meer over.

Laat ze de top 5 van elke gewicht klasse mee nemen naar de UFC en de UFC is weer leuk en spannend.

[amilster]

van mij part doeken ze heel strikeforce nu op. Gaat toch nergens meer over.

Laat ze de top 5 van elke gewicht klasse mee nemen naar de UFC en de UFC is weer leuk en spannend.

Daar zal het uiteindelijk wel op uitdraaien ja denk ik

[Asura]

Hendo gaat zoveel geld verliezen met zijn kledingmerk, zeker als SF verdwijnt.

[rollermanskunk]

Na de Fedor win zal die ipv gecut te worden 50 procent meer krijgen (for the time being)