Hendo “fairly surprised” at low UFC® contract offer
source | MMAFighting.com
Henderson appeared on the latest edition of The MMA Hour, with Arield Helwani, and discussed the current contract negotiation. He said he felt the offer at present was not fair.
“I was fairly surprised that it’s as far away as what I thought I fair offer would have been,” said Henderson. “I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say I was insulted, but I know what they’re trying to accomplish and trying to get everybody for as cheap as they can. That’s what they like to do. I don’t take it personally, but it was a lot lower than I expected.
“What I was asking for is a decent pay cut from what I was making, which I thought was fair.”
Henderson was asked if the offer was a 50% cut from his current contract?
“I think that they’re trying to slash it quit a bit more than that,” said Henderson. “So, I just feel that that’s not realistic from where it should be. But we’re working on it.”
“I’m pretty sure we’ll get it figured out in the next week or two.”