Ben Henderson Supports Mark Hunt’s Attempt To Unionize Fighters

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Ben Henderson said that he supports Mark Hunt’s comments about putting together a union for MMA fighters. Here are highlights:

On Hunt wanting to unionize fighters: “I 100 percent support Mark Hunt, everything he’s doing and talking about. I think it’s a long time coming, it should have been here a long time ago.”

On other fighters who have talked about it: “There are a lot of other guys, Cung Le, Jon Fitch, there have been guys who have talked about it for a long time. I show my support and solidarity with those guys. As a mixed martial artist, I definitely support them.”

On fighters getting what they deserve: “MMA is such a young sport. The NFL has been established, it’s been around a long time, boxing has been around a long time, Major League Baseball has been around a long time, but MMA as a sport is so young, that a lot of guys who do MMA, the fighters of MMA, don’t really know what it is like to be a professional athlete. So as a professional athlete you think, oh, I should get this. There are certain things, for actors, it’s the same way. They get to enjoy the Screen Actors Guild, they’re, ‘this is what you should get.’ It’s not an extra thing, it’s not something nice. If you go on the set, and you’re there for a 10-hour shoot, you’re supposed to get lunch, they’re supposed to provide lunch for you. It’s not ‘oh my god! They gave us lunch and sandwiches, awesome, this is great!’ No, you’re supposed to get that, you should get that.”