UPDATE: More details to come.
- Dana White: Brock vs. Couture will be "the biggest fight in UFC history".
- Dana White on competitors and co-promotion: ": These guys are dying on the vine. You’re not under contract if the company’s not in business anymore.
- Dana White: "I would be horrified if Affliction's still in business in January."
- Couture: would rather fight Fedor, but fight with Brock "a step in the right direction"
- Couture says UFC and he have "cleared the air"; "comfortable with way things stand right now"
- Couture says he'll weigh approximately 225lbs for this fight.
- Dana White says he doesn't know if Couture is the richest fighter in the UFC.
- Dana White: Nogueira is probably thrilled Couture is back.
- Dana White: research was done and proves Brock vs. Couture will be biggest fight in UFC history.
- Couture: re-signing with the UFC to get Fedor is "path of least resistance"
- Dana White: the heavyweight division "is looking pretty damn good now"
- Couture: MMA is the combative sport for this generation
- Couture: how can you overlook a guy [Brock Lesnar] that size?
- Dana White: over the next year we are going to see some really great heavyweight fights.
- Randy and Dana: feels good to have this problem resolved; "to see a little sunshine for a change is pretty nice"
- Dana White: "I like fighting with Tito"
- Dana White suggests Fedor might have to be not under contract for the UFC to sign a fight with him. He didn't say it was required, but he alluded to it.
- Dana White: Affliction is losing "shitloads" of money.
- Couture: biggest part of my decision was communicating with Lorenzo and Dana that I was feeling. Second was frustration with legal system. Tired of throwing money with lawyers with no end in sight. Best place for me to fight is a cage, not a court room.
- Dana White: "I'm like a giddy little girl right now"
- Dana White: "It drives me insane when Fedor is called the best p4p fighter in the world." If Fedor is the best, he has to come to the UFC eventually.
- Dana White: people don't know this, but there was bad blood between Brock and Herring. Herring was insulted he had to fight him.
- Brock Lesnar: "not a lot of people get this opportunity".
- Brock Lesnar: "who gives a shit about Fedor Emelianenko?" I'm sick and tired of sitting on the phone listening about Fedor. "Who fucking gives a shit?"
- Dana White: "UFC Countdown" for this fight could be two or three part series.
- Dana White: this is where all the best heavyweights are. Randy Couture is relevant; Fedor is not.
- Couture: I can't spend any time worrying about losing to Lesnar and losing luster on a fight with Fedor.
- Dana White: rivals can have whichever fighters we cut.
- Dana White: Werdum is still in the mix.
- Dana White: expecting 1million to 1.5 million PPV buys for this fight. It's a new deal: 3-fight deal.
- Dana White: I would not sign a one-fight deal with Fedor.
- Dana White: all court action is dead.
- Dana White: Randy Couture is the guy everyone wants to fight. Fedor is completely irrelevant.
- Couture: Mark Cuban wants what's best for me. He just wanted to facilitiate what I wanted. Now the best path is to make the fight with Fedor happen in the UFC.
