Comments on: UFC 77 Video: Dana White on ESPN commenting about Randy Couture’s resignation

By: Fightlinker » Blog Archive » The two sides to this story

Fightlinker » Blog Archive » The two sides to this story — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:47:45 +0000

[...] if Randy’s overall contract wasn’t #2 like Dana said. However, you might notice that when ESPN asked Dana if Randy was the 2nd highest paid fighter, he dodged the question. [...]

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By: Fightlinker » Blog Archive » Cut Throat Business Tactics 201

Fightlinker » Blog Archive » Cut Throat Business Tactics 201 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:32:27 +0000

[...] Invite Randy back to the negotiating table, and say things like you’ve “never said no to Randy Couture”. This sidesteps the issues of respect and dishonesty. In fact, it makes people forget that the only [...]

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By: Five Ounces of Pain | A flicker of hope?

Five Ounces of Pain | A flicker of hope? — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:28:23 +0000

[...] thinking, seeing as Dana White inferred he’d be open to such an idea on the EPSN interview previously posted on here by Sam [...]

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By: Sam Cupitt

Sam Cupitt — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:06:47 +0000

Ok, so Fedor doesn’t get signed and Randy resigns because they didn’t sign him and he’s not getting respected because all the new Pride talent is getting more money.

But if Fedor does sign, the UFC HAS to pay him more money and make more allowances and Randy probably gets even more upset and feels more disrespected.

So from Randys perspective, the UFC was damned if they did and damned if they didn’t signed Fedor.

Thats not to put Randy down or to say the UFC doesn’t need him, they do, I’m just saying even if they signed Fedor, they’d have a whole new problem regarding fighter salaries and exlusivity clauses. HOWEVER if Dana White didn’t constanly call Fedor’s management team mental they might have been more likely to compromise.

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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:30:16 +0000

Oh, well, boooh hooo.

It’s all very easy. It spells c o n t r a c t.

No matter who you like or dislike, a contract still is a contract. I ‘ve always respected both of them, or rather how they appear to be, but now, well it feels a bit like kindergarten. I guess that’s what money and greed do to people…

Nick: Booo hoo. They do know what they get in to right? So why whine about it, if they’re not satisfied let them negotiate or not sign, they could always go back to their former profession – right?

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By: dudewithface

dudewithface — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:36:56 +0000

yah man totaly agree hopefully m-1 is better on their fighters imagine for their HW fedor, randy, josh barnett, minotoro that be sick

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By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:57:52 +0000

Dana is full of shit. He doesn’t pay fighters enough money(14,000 to Jardine last fight with Chuck!) He also mentioned in another interview that many fighters are multimillionaires. Who? Chuck? Maybe he has 3-4 millions, but that’s about it. Randy isn’t a multimillionaire… Neither are GSP, Silva, or Rampage!!! They fight 2-3 times a year and earn maybe~$600,000 in total(and remember that they have to pay coaches, training partners, doctors, etc…) And we’re talking about the best fighters in the world!!!!!!!!!The only multimillionaires are White and his business partners!!! Fucking snobs!!! I think there needs to be a new organization which will actually take care of its fighters and not of themselves.

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By: yenny

yenny — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:15:45 +0000

All this talk of money… anybody want to bet he makes more in this movie than his last fight (including these invisible bonuses)?

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:52:40 +0000

Dana comes off good here and then today in the Dayton Daily News he says he wants to “headbutt” Dan Henderson. Ok Dana.

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By: jsn9333

jsn9333 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:50:43 +0000

You can’t “resign” from a contract. Dana is right, whether you like him personally or not. No one can force Randy to fight, but UFC can certainly sue his as and win damages for all the revenue they will lose by not having Randy fight two more times. So I guess we’ll see how bad Randy really wants to break his word (his contract). People talk about what a great Christian, nice guy Randy Couture is. How many of these people know him well if at all personally? The man gave his word (contract) and then broke it. Did the UFC break their word? No. They never promised they would get Fedor. That would be ridiculous… in that case Fedor could ask for 5 billion dollars and they’d have to give it to him b/c they promised Randy they would sign him no matter what. They fact is, Fedor is asking for too much and that just shows he doesn’t really want to fight in the UFC right now. Maybe in a year or two. But the UFC can’t force Fedor to do anything he doesn’t want to do, and Randy Couture is being a lying prick right now. Period.

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