Henderson A Free Agent?

September 9, 2009, at 10:48 pm

Lots of MMA news the past few days. Haven’t even gotten around to posting all of it but this story from Sports Illustrated caught my eye. Dan Henderson currently has no UFC contract and is technically a free agent. No wonder Henderson has been able to be so selective about what fights he will take. His refusal to fight anyone other then Silva or Machida makes a lot more sense now.

Now in the story Henderson indicates he’d like to say with the UFC because of the top level of competition and says he’s working on a new deal. However, if I’m Strikeforce right now I see an opportunity. Henderson is a big name and draw and stealing him away from the UFC would be a coup for Strikeforce. So what could Strikeforce offer Hendo that the UFC couldn’t?

Fedor.

That’s right I said it. Let’s be honest Strikeforce has no real fighters to challenge Fedor. Despite Henderson’s size he would be a legitimate threat to Fedor…well at least as legitimate a threat when your talking about someone fighting Fedor.

So there you have it Strikeforce. Continue to make your prescene known and steal away one of the UFC’s top fighters.