Couture files for dismissal of lawsuit by Zuffa
UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture filed a motion on Wednesday to have a lawsuit against him by Zuffa dismissed, according to Brian Knapp of The Fight Network:
Randy Couture – the first two-division champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history – filed a motion in a Las Vegas court on Wednesday requesting the dismissal of a pending lawsuit brought against him in January by Zuffa LLC, parent company of the UFC. The motion will be heard on Tuesday, March 25.
In the 13-page lawsuit, Zuffa contends Couture breached a non-compete term in the employment contract he signed in December 2006. His resignation last fall triggered a one-year “restricted period,” which the suit claims the UFC Hall-Of-Famer violated.
The lawsuit, however, does not refer to a separate four-fight contract Couture signed in late 2006. Couture has publicly stated his intentions to “wait out” that contract until its July expiration, at which point he plans to facilitate a fight with former Pride heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.
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Give it up DANA …….RANDY vs. FEDOR
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All this is gonna do is cause a back and forth battle between the UFC and Randy, with Cuban getting involved also.
All it is going to do is tie up Randy in the courts until he is too old to fight anymore….or unitl he runs out of money or someone to back him
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Everyday I hope to read that the lawsuits are over. But, everyday they seem to become more complicated.
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I don’t really care about the outcome either way, but i wish the courts would hurry up and get this resolved.
I like Randy, but I have to say, I am getting sick of all the out of ring news about him and his wife.
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It’s hard to determine what type of motion Couture filed. Presumably it’s a motion for summary judgment, which are fairly common in civil lawsuits like this. If so, Couture will have to argue that there is no dispute about the facts (who did what and when, for example), or that even if the facts are as alleged by Zuffa, he’s right and the claims should be dismissed as a matter of law. If there are disagreements about who did what and when, the motion will be denied, and the matter will have to go to trial unless it’s settled. Such motions are approached with caution by judges, and the party seeking dismissal has the laboring oar.
As I understand the story, the hearing on Zuffa’s motion for an injunction will occur before the hearing on the motion to dismiss. If the court issues the injunction, this would tend to suggest that the motion to dismiss will be denied. It would seem inconsistent to issue the injunction and then dismiss the lawsuit in which it was requested.
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here’s a thought…with all this nonsense about lawsuits, couture, fedor, zuffa, mark cuban, hdnet
for a second, let’s get beyond the obvious here…yes the fight will generate interest, a sellout, lots of marketing
but what if the fight sucks…think about it.
i think everyone is assuming this is guaranteed to be one of the best all time fights, or it will be a war
but what if the fight sucks…is boring,
or ends really quick…would make all this build up kinda of pointless in the end.
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