Dan Henderson puts an end to the speculation
Dan Henderson has put an end to speculation that he was about to jump ship and join Strikeforce after initially…
Dan Henderson has put an end to speculation that he was about to jump ship and join Strikeforce after initially failing to come to terms with the UFC over a new deal, adding that his next two fights will be against Nate Marquardt and Anderson Silva and it doesn’t matter to him in which order they come.
Speaking on this week’s edition of HD Net’s Inside MMA Henderson said:
I don’t plan on fighting anywhere else. It never even entered my mind that I’d be anywhere else. It’s just something myself, Dana and the other guys over there at the UFC, we need to sit down and figure it out for my next fight.
When asked whether he’d be squaring off with UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva next inside the octagon, Hendo said:
It doesn’t look like it’ll be him. But my guess is my next two fights will be Marquardt and Anderson Silva. It doesn’t matter to me which order they’re in.
The only thing left to do then is to thrash out a new contract with the promotion after weeks of negotiations. Henderson is said to be holding out for a better financial package, something that the UFC have not been keen on granting thus far.