Dan Henderson: Jon Jones would be fun
“I hope not,” Dan Henderson said when asked by MMAFighting.com whether the fight with Emelianenko would be his last in…
“I hope not,” Dan Henderson said when asked by MMAFighting.com whether the fight with Emelianenko would be his last in Strikeforce. “It’s the last one on my contract (but) I like Strikeforce, and I do like fighting on Showtime. … I don’t have any plans of leaving. I don’t want to leave.”
“I’d like to defend that (Strikeforce) belt and then possibly have a match with whoever’s the UFC champ. I think that’s where the potential to both make a lot more money and have a lot more fans watch both Strikeforce and the UFC.”
“As soon as Zuffa bought Strikeforce, Jon Jones fought right after that and everybody was blowing up my Twitter about fighting Jon Jones.That would be fun for me because he’s so unorthodox. But it’s something that probably needs to be built up after I defend the belt once or twice.”
Strikeforce President Scott Coker wants to see champion vs. champion fights only after the two promotions’ champions have separated themselves from the rest of their divisions.
“(Dan Henderson) is our light heavyweight champion, so we’ll have more fights for him. Strikeforce has a good light heavyweight division. King Mo is going to come back at some point, Roger Gracie is rising, Gegard is still in the mix, Mike Kyle — people underestimate Mike Kyle.”
“It’s a good possibility that (Henderson vs. whoever owns the UFC light heavyweight belt) will happen and it’s something I would like to happen as a fan,” Coker said. “These are fights that can be big pay-per-views, big business.”
Fedor Emelianenko fights Dan Henderson in a heavyweight bout that takes place in Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson on July 30 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The event will air live on Showtime.
