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Originally Posted by CJRockstar  The thing the UFC is really banking on is that they haven't really built Dan Henderson into a Huge USA star yet. He's been in the UFC for a little bit now and is only (3 - 2)(of which, I really felt like he lost to Franklin). He's been choked out, had 3 decisions, and knocked Bispings face clean off his body. Those are hardly bargaining chips for 500k guaranteed pay. I can see the UFC offering him the 200 or 300k with no win bonus pay, but he can't headline a UFC event and guarantee 700k buys, so why pay him like a Randy Couture? |
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Originally Posted by rodzilla1988 Yeah that is pretty outlandish. I agree with whoever said Hendo doesn't really warrant a big raise, def. no more than 300K a fight for sure. |
I think you are both right. Sure, in terms of his talent and accomplishments and what he has meant to the sport, he is definitely worth 500K. However, in terms of how many PPV's he would sell, probably not worth that much. I often beleive that you can't ONLY look at the short-term economic gains in making a decision, as the UFC has done lately; I think this is definitely a case where, as much as I hate to say it, Dan seems to be asking for too much.
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Originally Posted by CJRockstar I think right now at this time in his career, Dan is more about the money than the championship, even though he is making a big deal about Vitor getting the initial nod. |
I don't completely agree with this. I feel that if Dan had been offered the title shot outright, he would have signed for whatever the UFC is currently offering. I'm not saying the UFC has SCREWED him over, but they have asked him to do alot, and yanked him around a bit.
I think once he realized he wasn't getting what he (and I) thought he deserved professionally, he sought to make up for it by getting what he thinks he deserves financially.
Basically I think he would settle for less money if he got his fights, and would settle for not getting his fights if he got his money. He just doesn't want to give up BOTH without a fight, so to speak.
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Originally Posted by Rhino too bad Mousasi has already made reference to heading to UFC "to fight the best in the world".... UFC hopefully signs King Mo soon too |
Shields also said he would sign with the UFC, and is still with Strikeforce. Sure, Mousasi has said that, and probably meant it, and could very well end up in the UFC. Still, you can't take it as a foregone conclusion that he will be in the UFC in the near future based simply on that. Things change. If Strikeforce signed a few good matchups for him and made him a good offer I could easily see him staying there. He's young and has plenty of time.
Keep fighting the good fight though.