{"id":185794,"date":"2016-02-11T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=185794"},"modified":"2016-02-11T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:36:42","slug":"benson-henderson-ufc-wear-dance-like-us-dance-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/benson-henderson\/benson-henderson-ufc-wear-dance-like-us-dance-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Benson Henderson on UFC: &#8216;You have to wear this, you have to do this, you have to dance like this for us, dance like that for us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been big news in the world of MMA when former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson announced his recent decision to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/benson-henderson\/breaking-benson-henderson-announces-move-bellator-mma\/\">sign with Bellator MMA<\/a> over the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/mixed-martial-arts\/benson-henderson-talks-bellator-ufc-contractual-freedom-and-more-mma-1.11459736\" target=\"_blank\">News Day<\/a> about his decision and the factors that played a role in signing with the growing MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was a lot of the intangibles they brought to the table, intangibles the UFC just can\u2019t match. Stuff the UFC doesn\u2019t have the ability to match. Free cable television with the network deal they have with Spike, Bellator being open to me having kickboxing matches or boxing matches they can co-promote, so them being open to that idea, I loved that also. I\u2019m one of those individuals who likes to test myself and find out how good I really am, no matter what it is. I would love to test myself in boxing and kickboxing, I think I can go pretty high in the kickboxing world, and Bellator is open to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In regards to sponsors and Reebok&#8217;s exclusive deal with the UFC, &#8220;Smooth&#8221; says that he would be losing an amount in the six-figure mark with the pay from Reebok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat made a huge, huge impact on the deal. I\u2019d be lying if I said it didn\u2019t play into the deal. Reebok deal, we\u2019ll see how it plays out, it\u2019s playing out to mediocre fanfare so far. For me, I\u2019m one of the fighters who lost out on a lot of money, a lot of money, when the rumors of the Reebok deal came out, and when it went into effect, I lost out on a lot of money. Being told I have to wear this, then being compensated with a few pennies, I\u2019m not a big fan of. Being told I have to do this and being compensated with nothing, I\u2019m not a big fan of. I\u2019m not an employee, I\u2019m an independent contractor, and if you\u2019re an independent contractor, you don\u2019t have to do certain things. So being told what to wear, you have to wear this, you have to do this, you have to dance like this for us, dance like that for us, I wasn\u2019t a big fan of that. So again, that\u2019s something Bellator brought to the table that UFC can\u2019t, you\u2019re not allowed. I was in the top tier, you can look it up in public records, the top tier for the Reebok deal is $20,000, so if I were to fight four times in a year at $20,000 is $80,000 in sponsorship money. So for a whole year I get 80K for wearing Reebok and that would\u2019ve been over $100,000 I would\u2019ve lost in that one year from the Reebok deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did Benson Henderson make the right choice signing with Bellator MMA? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been big news in the world of MMA when former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson announced his recent decision to sign with Bellator MMA over the UFC. 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