But everyone else that we've wanted we got

For additional information, visitAberdeen http:// or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn moreabout Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http:// 2008 Aberdeen Group, Inc., a Harte-Hanks Company451 D Street, Suite 710Boston, Massachusetts 02210-1928Telephone: (617) 854-5200Fax: (617) 723-7897 Contact:David HatchAberdeen Harte-Hanks(617) Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. I am grateful to (Strikeforce Founder and CEO) Scott Coker for the opportunity to help make this happen and for treating me with the utmost respect “I’d also like to thank Dana (White) and the UFC for the opportunities they provided me andthroughout our negotiations.I wish them ongoing success. I’ll continue to watch their events, and I hope they’ll tune in to my fights in Strikeforce. After all, I’m a true fan of our fantastic sport and would love only to see MMA continue to grow.”Now let’s compare these remarks to those spit out by UFC President Dana White according to mma.fanhouse :"He's happy, but the reality is that I pushed him into signing that deal. I told people over the weekend that he'd sign within the next week I wanted him to st or get off the pot. He was in this limbo forever, and he needed more motivation to make a decision."Do you think that there's any guy we can't get that I want Other than Fedor Emelianenko So far, he's been the one guy we can't get.

But everyone else that we've wanted, we got.""If I wanted Dan Henderson, I could've signed him For the money he wanted, he's not worth it. He wants way too much and he doesn't bring anything to the table Here's the reality: If I wanted him, he'd be in the UFC It's not like, 'F, Strikeforce beat me out He's been a free agent for a long time. If I wanted him, I would have signed him by now."Based on White’s comments, how would you feel if you were an aspiring (or veteran) fighter looking to do business with either the UFC or StrikeforceNow maybe I have a tendency to read a bit too much into things, but I am sensing that White is sounding slightly bitter over the fact thatHenderson has moved over to Strikeforce (the UFC’s only real rival).Oh well, too bad.White has been running a monopoly for so long that he has completely forgotten how to be civil, fair and respectful to those “employees” who have helped him to make a ton of cash.In my opinion, it would serve the UFC well if all of their fighters (yes, even Rampage) followed Henderson over to Strikeforce.Or anywhere for that matter just so long as it isn’t the UFC.Maybe White should take more responsibility when his fighters are feeling unappreciatedIt’s not just about the money and at the end of the day, this is a business for both of the men involved.Maybe White should have been more “respectful” of Henderson by giving him the title shot that he deserved instead of allowing Vitor Belfort to “jump the line”That certainly seems like it would have been the fairest thing to do.Personally, I think that Henderson is one of the classiest fighters in the world, and the UFC was quite fortunate to have him on their roster.If the PPV numbers were low, maybe they should have been looking more closely at their marketing strategies or undercard bouts instead of trying to pin their financial woes (ya right!) on a single fighter during contract negotiations.Classy.One last comment by Henderson according to Sherdog :“The decision was based on a number of things It wasn’t just a financial thing. It was the fact that I felt I wasn’t getting the fight that I wanted in the UFC. That was a big part of that that I wasn’t and that it got yanked away from me. I think I stepped up for the UFC a number of times and had earned that right again for a title fight.

And the fact that publicity-wise, CBS offers quite a bit more than a pay-per-view and Spike TV.”The UFC needs a guy like Henderson a lot more than he needs the UFC.Best of luck at Strikeforce, Hendo.Hopefully the UFC learns something from your departure, although I highly doubt it. These are my opinions.If you don’t like them…I have others. Check them out at "This reportwill look at the influences driving customer need for more personalizedassortments, what tools are available for retailers to meet this need,and how best to bring Precision Merchandising into their overallmerchandising strategy," said Benjamin Ream, Retail Analyst at Aberdeen.To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit: http:// report will show how today net-savvy customers want and expectmerchandise to them to be far more personalized, and better suited totheir needs and lifestyle across all selling channels. Best-in-Classcompanies are leveraging business analytics to derive "PrecisionAssortments" to achieve this. By tailoring assortments to specific andalso "clustered" customers' needs, Best-in-Class retailers are providingthe customer greater value while distancing themselves from theircompetition.Key benefits to retailers using Precision Merchandising include: Greater customer loyalty and brand affinity More UPTs (Units per transaction) at a higher margin "Locking in" the lifetime value of these customersA complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part bythe following underwriters: Quantivo and Professional Advantage. Toobtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit: http:// additional access to complimentary Retail Research, please visit Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks CompanyAberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and marketintelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked morethan 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquelypositioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creatingdemand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investmentanalysis.