Who's is most important to re-sign? Bendo, Sterling, Overeem
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I say Overeem, because the heavyweight division needs him as a contender. Miocic and Rothwell are the only other contenders right now. In bantamweight, they have Faber for the grudge match, Assuncao, Almeida, and Lineker. And Bendo is in a bit of a limbo at the moment, while lightweight and welterweight have a huge mass of contenders. So they need Overeem more at the moment.
The least important is definitely Alistair, because even though he's on a bit of a winning streak, and although he's in one of the most confusing divisions to rank and or create depth in, the testosterone issues a few years back, followed by the losing streak he went on for a bit kinda made him difficult to care about.
First and Second Most Important is a little more difficult to pick though...
On one hand, the UFC needs to build new stars in order to continue growing as a promotion. Aljamain Sterling shows a lot of potential to become a main event player in the Bantamweight division. Now that Dominick Cruz is both champion again, and injured again, and because Urijah Faber's next title shot will likely be his last, and because Cruz, Faber, and Dillashaw have kinda wiped out everyone in the division, Bantamweight needs a new main event player, and Sterling could very well become that guy.
On the other hand, Benson Henderson has proven himself to be a fight fan's fighter. He steps up, brings his A-game every time, the fact that he keeps fighting with toothpicks is hilarious and a great way to get the media talking, he's been looking pretty good as a Welterweight, and he draws... But he's said it himself that he's also reaching the end of his career, hence why he's testing the market.
So, do you go with the young up-and-comer who wants to prove that he can be somebody great, or the guy who has already proven himself to be great but wants one last memorable run (and the proper compensation for it) before he calls it a career?
Overeem's stock is sky high right now. He likely could be the next HW Champ of the World.
Looking at the other side of the coin...
If he can get
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, it signifies that the UFC's gravitational pull is not quite as strong as previously thought.
Overeem is a kingmaker. Overeem vs Fyodor would be huge.
Benson, at WW, is just another guy at this point (a top guy, but has yet to distinguish himself). Al Jermaine is a top prospect, potential future Champ, but he's such a relative 'unknown' that I still spell his name wrong (always having to *backspace* --
Al Jer... Aljamain
).
None of them seem that important.
Alaman Sturjeon was so far down the prelims the last fight, that while he probably has a lot of yes men around him, he's the least relevant of any of them.
Overeem can make money anywhere in the world because he is already a big name.