Dana White: I Guarantee You 1,000 Percent That Dan Henderson is Signed By Strikeforce
Dan Henderson, a former PRIDE title-holder and current middleweight contender, has likely signed with Strikeforce, UFC President Dana White recently told Yahoo Sports.
According to the report, a source close to the situation confirmed Henderson had signed with Strikeforce and White echoed the news, though Strikeforce’s Scott Coker denied a deal is done.
“I guarantee you 1,000 percent that Dan Henderson is signed by Strikeforce,” said White. “Dan and I have been friends and we will continue to be friends, but it just didn’t work out and he went to Strikeforce.”
Coker says Henderson’s management informed him that he had declined the UFC’s offer and was ready to work on a deal with Strikeforce, but Coker but negotiations on hold temporarily due to his schedule for this weekend’s Strikeforce Challengers 4 and “Fedor vs. Rogers” events.
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r u serious!! noooo. i hope u are wrong dana, i would hate to see that happen. the only benefit for me as a huge hendo fan is seeing him and gegard go at it but in the MW div that are some interesting matchups that ill still pay to see but nothing elite…unless cung le gets of the hollywood bandwagon
Hendo v The Mousasi Man would be contested in the LHW weight class, and Strikeforce has a decent MW division, also with the “co promotion” with FEG (if) Dan has signed with Strikeforce than ofcourse the co promotion with DREAM and more fights in Japan for him, hell could even see Fedor v Hendo but that’s just silly
@ 39 does he have much time to out wait ZUFFA? He wanted (reportedly) a million dollar signing bonus and ZUFFA said “no thank you” it could be just that simple, Strikeforce can afford that and wouldn’t mind having a legand such as Hendo in their ranks…. O and the monies that CBS, Showtime, FEG bring in could help as well…
Fr, I heard that the signing bonus for Hendo was A lot more than 1 million. More ion the ballpark of 3-5. Thats just what I heard through the Vegas rumor mill.
BO, how is it going my friend welcome back….. If it is than soo be it I hear 1 you heard 3 ,its half a dozen of another ya know..
thank you for passing along the Vegas rumor mill much appreciated
Fr, everything has been well. Ran into a few minor issues in the recent past, but im back. I will keep everyone posted on what filters through the water in this wonderful town.
good stuff man, nice to have ya back
fr702, do you know if theres any truth to this?
I honestly don’t know, I’ve ask as well with everything going on in Chicago I doubt I will get an answer, and honestly Dana know quite a bit himself or this could simply be a “power play”… There had been a bit of buzz around the web that since all these injuries and/or sickness’ that Dan could ask and receive anything he wanted…. Anyways should be intresting if this is true possibly an announcement of this on Saturday, and if he (Dan) isn’t hunting rightnow I wouldn’t be suprised if he isn’t there just to corner Soku this is going to be fun to watch and see how it all unwinds….
Im officially sad now!
Why Lex?
probably wanted hendo to fight nate, than take out the spider like I wanted em to do… this sucks but i guess they have there new champion over at strikeforce
I wanted Hendo to fight for the title in the UFC, that’s all. Maybe make a run at Mousasi’s title?
well perhaps if this is true then you could go to San Jose and see Hendo fight in person, its kinda close to you huh that could make you happier no? And Lex he has fought for the title in the UFC twice……………………….
I’m joking, not picking on ya
No,no, your picking on me! Don’t deny it. I’d like to see Hendo fight in SJ, that’d purrdy sick! I think his home should be in the UFC but this creates interesting match ups for Strikeforce. Strikeforce needs bigger names anyhow, this should shake up MMA a little bit, why let UFC have all the fun?
This is in response to Bharris4
Strikeforce would just hand over the title won on Saturday by Mayhem or Shields over to Hendo man that is just jacked maybe they will just hand over the LHW title that Gergard currently holds, I don’t know but I wouldn’t mind seeing Hendo’s next three fights being against Mousasi, Mayhem or Shields, and most likely Jacare…. I would like to see Gergard v Hendo before Hendo v Nate, wouldn’t mind seeing Jacare fight Hendo but I agree that is no Anderson Silva v Hendo II, and if Shields wins on Saturday wouldn’t u enjoy seeing Hendo bisping the helll out of that kid, and with the “return” of Le slated for sping of ‘10 that would be fun too to solidify his (Hendo)legacy and hey he could even beat little Shammy Shamm into retirement maybe, people are so negative I guess owell
Really boss?
Hendo and Cung Le?
The man with no ground game versus a 2 time Olympian?
Although if Hendo fights in San Jose, I may have to hit you up for hotel and restaurant recommendations…
Nick Diaz would whoop Hendo into retirement
Did he just say Nick Diaz would whoop Hendo into retirement?! Wowzers.
I believe he did, I have to think that he might have similar problems to Diaz with passing a drug test following that statement.
Hendo wasn’t in town yet, so the story goes.
However, if he signs with Stikeforce, well, I’ll be very happy. I’m a fan of competition and Henderson is just the man that could push Stirkeforce past the credible threashold and into success. Moussasi, Sokadjou, Fedor, Sheilds, Mayhem: many possible great fights already!
It’s WWF vs WCW all over again!!!!!!
“It’s WWF vs WCW all over again!!!!!!”
Which means we just have to wait it out for Strikeforce to fall…;)
I’m no expert in the pro wrestling biz, but didn’t Vince MacMahon wind up buying and then closing the old WCW company?
Does this mean you all think Zuffa will wind up acquiring Strikeforce, and closing its doors, sort of like they’ve done with PRIDE, and may do in the future with the WEC?
Just curious…
What I meant was WWF vs WCW during the begingin of the Monday Night Wars, when WCW was signing all the WWF wrestlers once their contracts were up. It was a good time to be a wrestling fan. Each program was putting on excellent shows every Monday night (then they went to Thursday nights with Thunder and Smackdown). WCW signed guys like Hogan, Hall, Nash, Bret Hart, etc. At that time WCW could have won the pro-wrestling wars, but instead let the “inmates run the asylum” as the books go.
My intentions were to point out that we may be on the verge of a new golden era in MMA.
I actually don’t care much about this, i felt like it was going to happen sooner or later. He was at a stand off in the middle weight division in the UFC anyway… He only wanted the fight with Anderson and didn’t take anything else
I know that he’s second to none in terms of representing MMA and an overall class act, but I understand his moves, at 39 he doesn’t have much left in him so he wants the best bang for his buck.
I suppose the short answer to this Hendo in Strikeforce thing, if legit, is:
“that’s what happens when you screw a man like Hendo out of a title shot and thereby publicly disrespect him”.
I think the longer answer is probably more complicated, but still easy to understand. Hendo is pushing 40, and probably only has a handful of fights at his fighting prime left to him. Dana White has made it pretty clear that he values Anderson Silva FAR more than he does Hendo, and I’m sure Scott Coker will be more than happy to have an MMA legend like Hendo on the roster.
The plain truth is, Hendo could probably retire in 18 months once again wearing gold at 185 and 205, and with that seven figure payout he’s been rumored to be looking for firmly in hand.
There is also the possibility of a farewell fight with Fedor, if it breaks down that way.
From Hendo’s POV, thats a pretty sweet deal all around.
Thats quite a legacy in MMA, don’t you all think?
Wearing simultaneous gold in 2 different weightclasses on 2 separate occasions?
Makes a pretty good case when the so-called MMA cognoscenti start kicking around best p4p MMA fighter, no?
What possible reason is there for Hendo NOT to sign with Strikeforce?
I’m sure they will do their level best to promote the Primo Hendo/Clinch Gear brand of walkoutwear that Hendo owns, and he more than likely won’t get d!cked around when it comes to title shots.
Dana may claim to be Hendo’s friend, but trust me, friends don’t let friends get swerved out of title shots because an employee’s manager makes some noise about matchamking.
Plus in Strikeforce Hendo pretty much knows who he’ll be facing, and honestly I don’t see him having much trouble beating the Shields-Mayhem winner at 185 and Mousasi at 205.
Thats not to disrespect any of those fighters, they just don’t have the skillsets or experience to beat Hendo at this stage of their careers.
Although I would have preferred Hendo to re-sign with the UFC, particularly in light of all the injuries and illness, I completely understand Hendo’s decision here, again if this story is legit…
jcohl,
I agree with you completely. Bottom-line is that Hendo was promised an immediate title shot then it was taken away from him faster than his second round knockout of Michael Bisping. That’s all that matters.
He’s pushing 40, had two impressive victories over top contenders Franklin and Bisping and as the winning coach from TUF (not his team but his fight) he earned his title shot. Friend’s don’t back-stab friends and that is exactly what Dana White did to him by promising him the shot and then taking it away. Also not acceptable on a professional level either. And then to give an immediate title shot to a new comer who’s only fought once in the UFC? Give me a break. That’s the icing on the cake.
I’ve always been a big fan of Hendo and have followed him from Pride to UFC and will now follow him from UFC to Strikeforce. Best of luck Dan and you deserved better from the UFC.
I’ve already decided to order another pair of Primo Hendo board shorts from Clinch Gear when they announce that he’s signed with Strikeforce…
jcohl this is just a business descion and nothing else. Dana does not value a 7 figure contract, Hendo does, if you dont agree, move on to the next employer for hendo and next employee for Dana. Now who needs each other more, well dana has his hands full with a bunch of other young growing fighters, while hendo is getting up there in age and needs to go where the money is at. That being said good luck hendo, make that money, i know i will be following wherever you go!! Dana go tend to the rest of the peeps and i will be following you as well. End of that!
sweet
Dan Henderson’s manager (Aaron Crecy) has come forward with this statement…
just putting it outthere, Perhaps this statement by Dana White is false perhaps it is true, I dunno we shall find out pretty soon I believe..
Perhaps Dana is trying to hurt Dan’s chances of getting a big payday from Strikeforce by indicating that he is not willing to enter a bidding war for him.
I don’t know if this has been posted on these pages previously, so apologies if i’m telling people stuff they already know, but this weekends fedor/shields strikeforce event is being screened in the uk on bravo on sunday at 9pm
I’ve been saying this for a year now, strikeforce is gonna be huge. It’s free and in high def and has a big tv deal. Now they get hendo, other fighters see this move and realize there is two real promotions now. With the ufc fights being shared for free more and more with the slow economy, it’s just a matter of time before ufc has to fight for the fighters they want. Hendos division is stale at the ufc I think it’s great for hendo to be with stikeforce. Who’s Next?
Strikeforce isn’t necessarily free. This card Saturday is their first free card, the others require a subscription to a premium cable channel.
Yeah, but it’s “free-er” than $55 for a PPV…
Wow, I can honestly say, I didn’t see this coming. I guess I’m just use to Dana getting his own way. I guess though if Dana was willing to let a name like Fedor go, Hendo would be no problem. I know he “Fedor” was never signed by the UFC I’m just saying.
I really don’t mind seeing him “Dan” go else where. If guys want to be known as second tier fighters {at least in my book} let em. I mean all the nobody’s, OK I’m sorry the has beens are in Strikeforce. WHY? Cause the UFC was to much for them, or Dana really is a d!ck.
I’m sure to get some scrutiny for my post so lets hear it.
animosity,
Strikeforce has 3 of the best fighters in the heavyweight, welter-weight and light heavyweight divisions. Not just in Strikeforce, but in the world. These guys are NOT “UFC has-beens” either. To say Strikeforce has no talent and is just a home for UFC leftovers is very far from the truth. No they don’t have the amount of talent or the star-studded UFC made fighters, that you are use to watching but anyone of these guys would give the respective UFC champs from their division a serious run for their money.
The fact you assume you will get scrutiny from your post tells me one of two things. a) you made this post specifically to get a reaction from others or b) you haven’t watched MMA for that long and only know what’s going on inside the UFC. You should really watch more MMA if that is the case. The sport is much bigger than just the UFC.
who would the three best in the welter-weight division be?…..also i doubt any of there champs would give the ufc champs a run for there money at least imo
lesnar would destroy overeem
machida/shogun would beat mousasi
anderson would destroy shields/mayhem
gsp would destroy any welter weight they have
bj would destroy melendez and thompson both
now i do believe the rest of your statment but i dont believe those parts….strikeforce is a great organization and definitly deserves its credit animosity , you make alot of weird comments animosity?
Jake Shields vs Georges St. Pierre
Gegard Mousasi vs Lyoto Machida/Shogun Rua
Fedor Emelianenko vs Brock Lesnar
I think all 3 fights are an interesting matchup and wouldn’t be surprised at all to see 2 of the 3 UFC title holders fall in those fights.
PS…
“3 Best in the Welter-weight division”
1. Georges St Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
Keep Your Eyes on: Anthony Johnson
GSP would own Shields.
Machida/Rua vs. Mousasi would be a great fight, but I think that both Machida and Rua can beat Mousasi.
Fedor is not the Strikeforce champion, and I’m not convinced he can beat Lesnar.
Just to clarify, nowhere did I ever say anything about champions. I simply said Strikeforce had 3 fighters who I believe would give the UFC champions from their weight class a run for their money.
Can’t blame Hendo for leaving if the money’s at Strikeforce. However, winning a belt at 185 at Strikeforce means nothing to me. A championship belt should signify the best in the world. Hendo is NOT the best. He had his chance to beat Silva and LOST.
This will be PURELY a financial move for an aging fighter. He will have his last few fights for big pay-days and retire. I can’t blame him, it’s an amazing opportunity to make 7 digits as a 39 year old athlete. It’s exacly what I would do.
But all of this bandwagon jumping on Hendo is too over the top. He came to the UFC with two PRIDE belts, and lost them both. HE beat Franklin (to his credit!) and beat Bisbing, who I believe we ALL think is over rated. If he fought Silva again does anyone honestly think he’d win? There’s a chance, sure, but there’s also a CHANCE that on a good day ANY figher could win. (Serra being the obvious example)
I love the WCW references because they are totally accurate.
Fedor = Goldberg
Hendo (+ whoever comes next) = the N.W.O. (Hogan, Macho Man, etc.)
Dana White = Vince McMahon
Eventually the wrestling fan realized that the more exciting product was the WWF and WCW failed. Even Goldberg was a WWF disaster.
Lesnar = Stone Cold? (or should Lesnar = Lesnar?)
GarRule,
I agree with you and HAVE to answer your “If he fought Silva again does anyone honestly think he’d win?” question.
First, if it’s about money, and honor maybe…?then i agree. He’s definately at the final stages of his remarkable career and is likely looking for a big payday that imo he deserves having appeard as a coach on tuf and making all of our dreams come true by putting bisping to sleep. He also might want to stick to his guns and demand a big check because of the dishonorable thing that dana did by taking back his promised title shot against anderson. Who knows. Whatever the reason i am upset if there’s truth to his signing with strikeforce. One of the reason being my answer to your question.
“If he fought silva again does anyone honestly thing he’d win? I have to go with a big YES>
We all know that silva choked him out in the second round yada yada yada…BUT let me break it down and help you see that fight from a different angle.
Going into the fight everyone knew hendo was going to be a dangerous fight for silva not only because of the power in his hands but because of his awesome wrestling and grappling abilities. The first round lived up to what everyone thought would happen…hendo took him down(easily btw) and kept him there while blocking his breathing and pounding on his face. RND 1 Hendo. Taking him to the mat was obviously his game plan from the moment the fight was official and he executed his game plan that many thought would be the only one that would work, perfectly in the first round. RND 2…he comes out and does what a lot of fighters who end up losing do and that is make the mistake of NOT STICKING to YOUT ORIGINAL GAME PLAN. So he decides to trade with the sports most dangerous striker, gets rocked and choked out.
My point is that hendo KNOWS he ****ed up and therfor is aching just as bad as i am for that rematch so he can do everything the way he did in that first round again. Not taking anything away from silva. But i honesly believe that silva is ducking hendo and that he knows hendo is a dangerous rematch for him and his beautfiul excuse for not fighting him is that he’s already beaten him. Well then why did he say he was interested in a rematch with NATE after nate kod maia? Why did GSP get a rematch against hughes and against serra? Why was there rematches in the chuck tito saga and the chuck randy saga? and the arlovski sylvia saga?????
So again my answer is yes hendo would beat silva but i guess we arent going to see that and that sucks dude!!!!
does anyone agree with me?
i agree dude
I find it hard to see Hendo taking Silva down for 5 rounds straight for a decision win, Silva’s to good to be taken down all 5 rounds and not pop off 1 of those knee’s like he did to rock Hendo before.
I like this card Strikeforce has put together, but I find there organization to be kind of a mess with not alot of control. Overeem hasn’t fought in a while (Strikeforce Heavyweight Champ)
Cung Lee didn’t defeat his belt for almost 2 years? Fedor gets half of the money on any card he’s on. No welter weight champ. Josh Thomson hasn’t defeated his title yet, he won it on 6/27/2008 so almost a year and a half ago. Then you have Title holders fighting in there same weight class in a non title fight? (Gegard Mousasi vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou) how does this make sense, everyone give Sokoudjou a big round of applause because very if he wins he’s not the new champ. This is where Hendo wants to retire, to bad that would be a $hitty with to end your career.
I respectfully disagree. I love Hendo just as much as the next guy, but he, by no means, dominated Silva in their fight. I re-watched it when Henderson’s drama began to unfold a few months ago.
Basically nothing happens for the first two or three minutes, then Dan scores a takedown and does virtually nothing with it. He really does not punish Silva at all, however, it is probably Silva’s most vulnerable moment in his UFC career to date. Before the round is over, Anderson gets himself back to his feet. Everyone scores that round for Henderson because of the take down, but I think it has more to do with the fact that Silva barely showed up for it.
In the second round the champion decides to show up and the fight is over shortly there after.
Silva’s next few fights show everyone that he is a slow starter that sometimes never really gets started (Leites, Cote). With that in mind, I am even more willing to believe that Henderson didn’t really ‘win’ the first round, it was more like Silva just didn’t work for it and just gave it away.
I’d like to see a re-match just as much as anyone else, and I’d be cheering for Dan, just like most people, but I wouldn’t expect anything different from the first fight.
If Hendo and Anderson Silva fought again, I wold have liked to see it go of at 205.
I know there was the whole title thing at stake, but we’ve already seen Hendo-Spider at 185, and IMO things might go differently at the higher weightclass…
I agree Jazz and I’ve felt this way about it for a long time. Dan Henderson is the greatest threat to he Spider’s reign as champion at 185 and has been for quite some time. Anderson Silva would rather finish his career moving up and fighting at 205 just to hold onto both his belt and status as greatest P4P fighter in the world. He knows Hendo is dangerous and he knows he is coming in with the most effective game plan possible to neutralize and nullify Anderson’s strengths. Thus why he has publicly stated he doesn’t feel Dan deserves a rematch at this time and he also thinks Dan should have to beat Nate first.
Instead the UFC, to keep the Spider’s legacy intact, feed him opponents like James Irvin and Forrest Griffin. Two guys they know will stand with him. Two guy’s they know don’t have as good of stand-up as him. Finally, two sheeps being led to the slaughter, would be the best way to describe it. Sacrificial lambs and nothing more.
Ok, well the reason that Anderson fought James Irvin was to give a “free” card to us fans and they needed a Main Event at the last minute so the UFC asked Anderson If he would move up for one bout… The reason that Anderson fought Forrest @ UFC 101 was because “fans” were saying that Silva was ducking real competition and that he needed to fight someone that would bring the fight to him, the UFC set the match up to give the fans what they wanted and Silva destroyed Griffin bottom, and no former champion just off a loss of his belt is a lamb by anymeans and to mold the story into what you want it to say to attempt to prove your point is well…….interesting…
Champions don’t make mistakes
I agree Jazz and not just cause me, you and Marvel are from SF! Haha
SFIITB!
Great point GarRule,
That’s exactly what i’m saying. Just like GSP learned from his first fight against hughes and serra, and just like lidell learned from his fight against couture…henderson realized the mistake he made and is now ready to go in there and settle the score.
The only difference is that HUghes, Serra, Lidell, Couture,Arlovski,Sylvia etc…have given rematches. Silva and his camp are clearly above rematches and fighting well deserved #1 contenders
Jazz,
I actually agree with everything you said…except…You’re saying that Hendo learned from his mistake after the fight. Silva learned from his mistake DURING the fight. That’s why he won. Did Hendo choose to stand up in the second, or did Silva deny him the chance to shoot? (via angles, etc.)
Actually, I’m no fighter and don’t know the answer to that…
That said, Hendo probably is the best opponent for Silva. Goes to show how good Silva is.
If Dan Henderson has indeed signed with StrikeForce than good luck to him. I thknk it’s a bad move considering his age and his status and the fact that he was in line for a title shot because sure he can have some decent fights in StrikeForce but there are only so many guys that would make good fights with with, after that there are mostly unknowns and nobodies. He should have tried to work out a deal with the UFC because he’s not getting any younger and someone of his caliber should finish their career in the biggest stage which by far is the UFC but hey if he’s about the money than more power to him.
Even though he has signed with StrikeForce i feel that he will ultimately regret making this decision and will come back to the UFC in the future when he’s all washed up and old. I just hope he doesn’t end up losing to a lesser name and lesser fighter the way Arlovski did to Rogers, that would be sad because Henderson deserves better than that but that’s his choice.
I honestly feel that he could have worked out a decent deal which would have resulted in some kind of guarantee for a title shot but we’ll never know. Regardless of this i am still and always will be a dan Henderson fan but this IMO was a bad move for his career, maybe right now he might reep the rewards and get the money he wants but in the long run this will prove to no be beneficial ot his career and status as a legend.
With that said i would like to see Dan Henderson fight Gergard Mousasi assuming he’ll fight againat 205, at 185 he would make a good match-up with jakes Shields assuming Shields will stay at 185.
As for Henderson vs Fedor, that would be huge and would be a very cool fight to see but at this stage in his career i feel that Henderson would get submitted IMO. Either way i wish the dude the best and i hope that this is just a rumor but hey……..
Great points MK4 and Markus J. I couldn’t agree more dudes!
Andrew,
Champions don’t make mistakes? Might want to run that by GSP,Matt Hughes,Hendo,Rampage, Lidell and Couture, who have made many mistakes and are considered some of the best champions ever…
Now, that, I agree with, Jazz!
This is great news if it happens for Strikeforce. Great competition for the amount of fights Dan probably has before he retires.
For all the people that are saying Machida/Shogun over Mousasi….have you guys seen Mousasi fight?!? Mousasi easily takes out either of these guys.
I also think Anthony Johnson could be the WW champ in Strikeforce today.
In response to the WWF/WCW stuff….the WWF actually bought the WCW, JCohl was right…they didnt fail, and in fact were doing pretty well (even winning the ratings war for a good period of time) but Ted Turner wanted out of the the wrestling business and Vince wanted to take over the world.
The parallels between these two businesses are pretty funny too…If only we could get Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan out and throw in some Mean Gene Okerland and Jesse Ventura.
Markus,
Sacraficial lamb?? Forrest?? I’m very curious, if we went back to the old posts about this fight, what the splits were on who everyone thought would win. I don’t remember anyone saying Forrest Griffin was a lay up.
GarRule,
Stylistically Forrest is the absolute worst person to be stepping in the cage with Anderson Silva. I’ve always been a huge Forrest Griffin fan but this was as clear as night and day. Forrest likes to stand-up and bang. He’s a big guy and he’s not quick at all. He had the single worst game-plan coming into a fight with Anderson Silva that I have ever seen. Did he really think he was going to out box him? This fight ended exactly as I had feared.
Markus,
Re-read my post…hope I wasn’t coming off as confrontational.
Anywho, I thought Forrest was gonna win…HAHA. nope!
-Gary
Gary,
No worries at all, man! I hated having to sit through that fight. I would have loved to see Forrest pull off the victory, but I had put my money on Silva lol! =)
I’m usually great at picking fights…I thought of betting a few times, but I couldn’t tell you how they do those whacky spreads.
We call it greed. Athletes call it respect.
I call it business. I’m 34 years old and make a pretty good living. If I could make 3 or 4 times what I’m making, just for another company…I’m doing it! WHy is that hard to understand? Sure, loyalty is important…but loyalty goes both ways.
I think that Dana should give a TUF coach extension to fighters when they coach the show. UFC invests a lot of face time on these fighters…
I love UFC but i cant stand dana white, he is a ego maniac, i only watched strikeforce a couple of times due to lack of talent, but you know what iam gona go for strikeforce, i think they are ready to make a big splash, think about it if they get good talent put shows on showtime and cbs for free instaed of paying 60 bucks for lackluster cards everyone will be pro strikeforce and give dana what he deserves then maybe he will pay his fighters what they desreve,
i bet brock really isnt sick hes talking to strikeforce trying to get a deal in the future! we will see brock vs fedor on CBS! can you imagin the ratings! UFC WOULD BE DONE
You do realize that Brock Lesnar made something in the neighborhood for $3 million dollars from his last fight, right?
And as much as I want to see Strikeforce succeed, there is no way in He11 they could afford to pay Lesnar 3 extra large [minimum], plus Fedor, plus M-1 Global’s cut, and not end the night in the red.
And FYI, the UFC was the sport’s premiere MMA organization before Lesnar made the scene, and they’ll be the sport’s premiere org long after Lesnar retires.
Maybe you should consider thinking things thru before posting sh!t like the “i bet brock isn’t sick” or “UFC WOULD BE DONE” at a high quality site like the frenZy…
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I think it laughable that you actually believe that Strikeforce pays better (top to bottom) than the UFC.
Hendo looked super-comfortable backstage at Strikeforce (that’s right, I snuck backstage). Stay tuned to The Eldiablo Chronicles for more info.
If anything if Dana’s statement about Dan is false he is making it more likely he will get what he wants with Strikeforce.. because MMA fans everywhere have lit up the internet stating they will follow Dan wherever he goes.. and for a new organization that draw power is a must have.
I think Dana may be releasing Dan just as he has started to get that mainstream draw power for casual MMA fans that never knew pride existed and probably don’t watch the Olympics