Comments on: Couture vs. Fedor could be wishful thinking

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:54:55 +0000

Maybe he could also spit out some green dust.

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By: dizzle

dizzle — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:56:56 +0000

All Randy has to do is legally change his name and fight with a mask on. BINGO! they would never be able to say it is randy.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:23:30 +0000

lol….woops!

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By: Mr. Takedown

Mr. Takedown — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:22:08 +0000

you posted a bad link Evan. And its to your own site. tsk tsk.

Here is the press release:
http://www.mmahaven.com/2007/10/15/3-million-purse-for-randy-couture-vs-fedor-emelianenko/

To summarize: Some upstart org CFC (not to be confused with the soon to be defunk CFFC) is offering up $1 mil per fighter for Couture vs. Fedor. Plus another $1 mil to the winner.

Yawn.

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By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:12:48 +0000

check this out

$3 Million Purse For Randy Couture VS Fedor Emelianenko

http://www.mmahaven.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=387

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By: Mike Rome

Mike Rome — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:44:55 +0000

I think Matt Hughes’ pay is at the center of all this. He was on the same show as Randy, and his base is 100k lower, so if he made more total for his fight on that show, then that has to be what has pissed Randy off.

When asked if he makes a million dollars per fight earlier this year, Hughes suggested in his response that he makes even more. My guess is that he got paid his base + PPV percentage, and then got a massive extra bonus because he would not be fighting until the end of the year. In total, he probably made more than Randy for that one fight.

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By: nem0

nem0 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:08:28 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but even if he is still contracted to the UFC, it’s not like they can bring criminal charges against him for breaking contract, correct? The worst they can do is fine, sue, or (maybe, I could be wrong) have his license to fight in the US revoked. Breaking contract in that case could be extremely costly to Couture, but if he’s going to retire after fighting Fedor anyway, would it really matter?

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By: Five Ounces of Pain | Xtreme Couture fighters comment on Randy’s retirement (video)

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:21:25 +0000

[...] time you retire the more they offer you to come back. As I stated in my previous article “Couture vs. Fedor could be wishful thinking,” I don’t think Randy leaving the UFC is about an inability to sign Fedor. He’s [...]

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By: canuck

canuck — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:17:03 +0000

Thanks for the (as usual) great insight Sam.
I remember seeing Randy in an interview after his win against Tim Sylvia where he said that his contract was fight to fight with the UFC and that he’d take it one fight at a time. Hopefully he got a different contract than most. I think Dana’s done some great stuff for the sport, but I’d love to see Randy take out Fedor as his last fight (I don’t want to see him getting all Holyfield on us)

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By: Accomando

Accomando — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:01:49 +0000

I hope to see Couture again in the UFC, but only time will tell.

Pro-elite.com need to lose all of the “Pro-elite sperms” swimming around at the site.

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