Benson Henderson With a number of big-name UFC fighters currently seeking their value on the open market – all of them represented by the Florida-based firm First Round Management – the firm’s CEO, Malki Kawa, admits he’s not sure if we’re seeing a new era in contract negotiations or simply an interesting anomaly. “I don’t know if this is necessarily going to be a wave of the future,” Kawa told MMAjunkie. “I can tell you I’ve been doing this in the UFC for about seven years, eight years now, and this is the first time I’ve been in a position where I’ve had four clients all in the same month just become free agents. If I told you that I planned this out, I’d be lying to you because that’s not what happened.” Nevertheless, Kawa and his firm are currently working with Benson Henderson , Aljamain Sterling , Alistair Overeem and Sarah Kaufman , all of whom fought out their UFC contracts within the past month.
See the rest here:
Free agent update: Henderson to meet with UFC this week, Sterling clear to seek offers – MMA Junkie