I had heard rumors to this effect yesterday but it sounds like there may be a little something to it:
Negotiations have apparently hit a sticking point, with Henderson reluctant to fight Nate Marquardt before getting a shot at Anderson Silva.The likely scenario is that the UFC either gives Henderson the next shot at Silva without having to go through Marquardt - which what he was promised pre-Bisping fight - or forces him into the Marquardt bout with some fiscal recompense to sweeten the deal.
Dan Henderson Continues to Hold Out For Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva seems genuinely uninterested in fighting Henderson or Marquardt and there is a lot of talk that the “elbow surgery” talk was just a way to delay either fight from happening.The UFC isn’t likely to let Dan get away and beef up Strikeforce’s roster and as such they’ll probably just give him a little something on the new contract to ease the pain of not getting the Silva fight right away. If the Hendo/Nate fight goes off then Anderson would basically be stuck either having to fight the winner or vacate his title.











