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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Mixed Martial Arts (MMA/UFC) => Topic started by: SinCitysmallGUY on December 20, 2007, 12:01:07 PM
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What the F*CK is this. UFC is all about the money and keeping it all to themselves.. I don't know why they wouldn't have done this deal. Here is the story.. FREAKING IDIOT DANA! WE WANNA SEE THIS FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, who recently resigned from the UFC and is awaiting for his fight and employment contracts to expire with the organization, made a last-ditch effort to organize a fight with former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.
However, UFC executives turned down the plan, which would have called for a co-promotion between the UFC and the upstart M-1 Global organization.
That’s the word from Couture, who spoke to our friend Steve Sievert over at the Houston Chronicle‘s Brawl Sports blog.
According to Couture, he didn’t sound terribly surprised that the deal was rejected.
As Randy Couture told Brawl Sports:
“We got an official offer from M-1 to the UFC to do a co-promotion for the Couture-Emelianenko fight, and they (UFC) rejected that offer. Really, the only thing standing in the way for that fight right now is Dana and the UFC. Obviously, M-1 is happy to do a co-promotion like that. It only serves to help them. I think the UFC is looking at it the other way, and it’s like why do we want to help out another organization? The fans want to see that fight. At some point, you have to put that first.“
M-1 Global was recently purchased from Emelianenko’s manager and restructured by a group of American investors. The company’s first order of business was signing Emelianenko to a long-term deal back in October.
As for Couture, he resigned from the UFC in October over what he perceived to be a lack of respect from the organization. He also cited the UFC’s inability to sign Emelianenko as a reason for the resignation. After all, a victory over Emelianenko is about all that Couture, a 44-year-old UFC hall-of-famer, says that he has left to accomplish in his decorated career.
So what’s next for the champ? MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported over the weekend that Couture is simply awaiting for his fight contract (July) and employment contract (October) to expire before he considers other opportunities, including a possible fight with Emelianenko outside of the UFC.
Couture told Sievert what he told us last weekend: that he and his lawyers are under the impression that he’s free to explore outside opportunities once his UFC contract expires in October — a point that UFC President Dana White claims isn’t true.
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I'm with Dana on this one. Why the fuck should they help an upstart federation that is direct competition to them? FUCK that shit!
I blame Fedor for this. He should have taken the UFC deal & stepped into the octagon. He would have solidified himself as the greatest MMA fighter of all time and made a shitload more money. Instead, he chose to go with some crap organization and is now relegated to fighting sideshow freaks like Hong-Man Choi. Pathetic ::)
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I'm with Dana on this one. Why the fuck should they help an upstart federation that is direct competition to them? FUCK that shit!
I blame Fedor for this. He should have taken the UFC deal & stepped into the octagon. He would have solidified himself as the greatest MMA fighter of all time and made a shitload more money. Instead, he chose to go with some crap organization and is now relegated to fighting sideshow freaks like Hong-Man Choi. Pathetic ::)
the ufc owes something it to the fans. dana should make this happen. sure it MAY help the other organization but it would help the ufc also. it would be a CO promotion...dana is just greedy plain and simple
bottom line is dana has made mma what it is today but he is also one of the worst things holding it back from what it could be
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the ufc owes something it to the fans. dana should make this happen. sure it MAY help the other organization but it would help the ufc also. it would be a CO promotion...dana is just greedy plain and simple
bottom line is dana has made mma what it is today but he is also one of the worst things holding it back from what it could be
I think Fedor owes it to the fans. He has nothing to lose and everything to gain by stepping into the octagon. The UFC has a lot to lose by helping a no name federation get established and not much to gain. Simple business...
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What the F*CK is this. UFC is all about the money and keeping it all to themselves.. I don't know why they wouldn't have done this deal. Here is the story.. FREAKING IDIOT DANA! WE WANNA SEE THIS FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, who recently resigned from the UFC and is awaiting for his fight and employment contracts to expire with the organization, made a last-ditch effort to organize a fight with former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.
However, UFC executives turned down the plan, which would have called for a co-promotion between the UFC and the upstart M-1 Global organization.
That’s the word from Couture, who spoke to our friend Steve Sievert over at the Houston Chronicle‘s Brawl Sports blog.
According to Couture, he didn’t sound terribly surprised that the deal was rejected.
As Randy Couture told Brawl Sports:
“We got an official offer from M-1 to the UFC to do a co-promotion for the Couture-Emelianenko fight, and they (UFC) rejected that offer. Really, the only thing standing in the way for that fight right now is Dana and the UFC. Obviously, M-1 is happy to do a co-promotion like that. It only serves to help them. I think the UFC is looking at it the other way, and it’s like why do we want to help out another organization? The fans want to see that fight. At some point, you have to put that first.“
M-1 Global was recently purchased from Emelianenko’s manager and restructured by a group of American investors. The company’s first order of business was signing Emelianenko to a long-term deal back in October.
As for Couture, he resigned from the UFC in October over what he perceived to be a lack of respect from the organization. He also cited the UFC’s inability to sign Emelianenko as a reason for the resignation. After all, a victory over Emelianenko is about all that Couture, a 44-year-old UFC hall-of-famer, says that he has left to accomplish in his decorated career.
So what’s next for the champ? MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported over the weekend that Couture is simply awaiting for his fight contract (July) and employment contract (October) to expire before he considers other opportunities, including a possible fight with Emelianenko outside of the UFC.
Couture told Sievert what he told us last weekend: that he and his lawyers are under the impression that he’s free to explore outside opportunities once his UFC contract expires in October — a point that UFC President Dana White claims isn’t true.
smart move by dana considering if Fedor Beats Randy,the UFC has a division of heavywieght fighters that's second to M-1 heavies for as long as fedor stays unbeaten and that could help kill his PPV numbers indirectly
it tells me Dana dos'nt think randy has much of a chance against fedor
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I thought UFC was about the sport?
Doesn't seem like it, otherwise they would let this fight happen.
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I thought UFC was about the sport?
Doesn't seem like it, otherwise they would let this fight happen.
What on earth made you think it was about the sport ??? It is a biz! And it's fedor who turned the opportunity down ::)
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Agreed that it is a business. No questions about it. If UFC was about the sport you wouldn't see bullshit $45 PPV's that suck horse cock! I think Dana is doing the smart thing as a business man, I honestly just thought about this. Fedor and Randy were the #1 and #2 no question in the world. If Randy loses then leaves UFC he could've been signed with M-1 for an ass load, just for the rematch. We all would've paid no question. Or if he wins he still signs with them and gets paid a grip. If dana holds out how much hype is the fight gonna loose. Sure he misses out on any of the money but by that time Randy is gonna have ring rust of at least a year and Fedor is gonna be fighting the bums... Makes sense for Dana and the Fertitia's pocket books. Just sucks for us fans. Hope you guys understand what I meant by all of that.
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The thing to keep in mind is that while the UFC may be the top dog now, they have a lot of competition brewing. They have invested A LOT of money into making it what it is today. It would be stupid of them to allow a start up organization to generate millions of dollars worth of publicity with what would undoubtedly be the biggest MMA fight ever.
What's best for the fans is to have undisputed title holders in one federation where all the best fighters fight. Right now that is the UFC. Fedor needs to man up, step into the Octagon and give the fans what they want...