Will Henderson Follow Couture?
Former champion Dan Henderson has one fight left on his Pride contract and has not signed a new contract with the UFC yet. Reported in the Houston Chronicle, Henderson shunned the UFC contract extension offer. He thought the offer was low and chose to take the fight against Quinton Jackson at UFC 75 under the terms of his Pride contract, which left him with no opportunity for a fight bonus.
“It seems like guys could be happier,” Henderson said. “Part of the problem is that they had a couple, three bad shows and got killed in Ireland (at UFC 72) on the money. And, possibly the fact that they spent a boatload of money buying Pride and didn’t do anything with it; they are trying to make some cutbacks, and the fighters aren’t overly happy about that.”
“He was telling me that, ‘We haven’t had guys leaving. We take care of the guys, that’s why they’re happy. We don’t want guys that are unhappy,’ ” Henderson said about initial negotiations with White. “I haven’t seen that.”
Hendo says he likes the UFC and wants to give the them a chance to bring a better offer to the table.
