Comments on: Thoughts On Dan Henderson Signing With Strikeforce

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:47:44 +0000

I’m in no hurry to see Silva fight Belfort. I would much rather Belfort fight Marquardt.

Jones/Cane would be great. I think Lil Nog is going to abuse Vera.

By: GG

GG — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:34:54 +0000

Who knows what Silva is doing now. Looks like they are going to have to move back his fight with Belfort again.

Also, I heard rumors about a Jones/Cain fight that you had mentioned you’d like to see.

Vera/Lil Nog is coming too.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:33:21 +0000

I’m not disagreeing with you in the sense that letting Hendo leave was a smart move.

In fact I think Dana should have paid him, and use Hendo’s pay increase as a chance to start increasing the share all fighters get, which in my opinion is too low.

By: GG

GG — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:24:53 +0000

In that sense, yes, but I’m not sure anyone thinks they aren’t already.

In the interview with Gross that I linked, he specifically says that they kept trying to set him up with Marquardt, which is what he didn’t want.

But a true contender was determined. He just didn’t want to fight him. Silva’s mentality may simply be that rematches aren’t right, especially because it wasn’t that competitive. But his instinct was probably wrong in this case being that Hendo was the third hottest fighter coming out of that show. It was easy money.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:09:27 +0000

I think it will at least make UFC fighters look superior since Hendo wasn’t even a Champion under the UFC at either weight classes, yet he could easily be both in Strikeforce by beating just one guy.

I recall an interview where Hendo said he would be willing to fight Nate if a title shot was a sure thing for the winner. I could be wrong though.

In regard to Silva, I think he wanted keep messing around at 205 while a true contender at 185 was determined. For some reason rematches just don’t seem appealing to him.

By: GG

GG — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:32:24 +0000

Actually, if he beats Mousasi and helps Strikeforce gain more eye balls, it probably makes White look worse.

But the Marquardt thing was something Henderson didn’t want. It looks like he wanted only Silva. And if they were going to pay him what he wanted, they couldn’t risk him with Marquardt anyway more than likely.

I don’t get Silva though. He’s seemingly all about the money, but makes such terrible business decisions. A second fight with Hendo, if pushed properly, makes him more money than any other fight, except probably his fight with Griffin. And this is over a guy he’s already beat. It seemed like such an easy decision.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:54 +0000

The only way this doesn’t make Dana look like a total fool is if Hendo fights and dominates Mousasi. That will at least make the UFC look like the stronger brand.

Other than that, this is a dumb move by UFC. Like you said, why let a guy who just scored perhaps the biggest knockout in the promotions history, set him up for a title shot in the near future, then let him walk? Even if he didn’t fight Anderson, set him up against Marquardt, which would be a great 3rd or 2nd fight on a card (maybe the weak-ass 108 card) and then that guy gets Silva-Belfort winner.