Mark Cuban helping Couture?

coen9 · 02-15-2008, 04:44 AM

This just keeps getting better and better.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=11346

donlukosino · 02-15-2008, 04:55 AM

I don't know if that was really the correct thread title to post. It seems to me as though Cuban just wants to know where Couture stands in regards to being able to fight Fedor and how soon that will be able to happen. Had it said he was paying Randy's legal bills or something then the helping Randy thing would be appropriate. Anyways thanks for the link.

donlukosino · 02-15-2008, 04:57 AM

This is a fairly big deal, I don't know why this thread isn't getting more love.

adam888 · 02-15-2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by donlukosino

This is a fairly big deal, I don't know why this thread isn't getting more love.

BIG smooches will be forthcoming when the word spreads around.

We all talked about Cuban getting involved more with MMA.

I think CUBAN was laying off a bit........

......but now he can smell "blood in the water"

UFC Blood.

donlukosino · 02-15-2008, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by adam888

BIG smooches will be forthcoming when the word spreads around.

We all talked about Cuban getting involved more with MMA.

I think CUBAN was laying off a bit........

......but now he can smell "blood in the water"

UFC Blood.

No, he can smell money. HDNET fights is not even close to being able to compete with the UFC. The Randy/Fedor fight will bring him a nice payday and garner him some more fans of his promotion, but it is naive to think that it will do any kind of real damage to the UFC especially if Randy retires right after the fight.

Best case scenario for Cuban is that Fedor walks through Randy, thus bringing more US fans on board the HDNET/M1 bandwagon.

adam888 · 02-15-2008, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by donlukosino

No, he can smell money. HDNET fights is not even close to being able to compete with the UFC. The Randy/Fedor fight will bring him a nice payday and garner him some more fans of his promotion, but it is naive to think that it will do any kind of real damage to the UFC especially if Randy retires right after the fight.

Best case scenario for Cuban is that Fedor walks through Randy, thus bringing more US fans on board the HDNET/M1 bandwagon.

To elaborate.

Cuban is seeing what we are all seeing these past 4 months.

A ***** in UFC's once-untouchable armor.

From more and more disgruntled fighters to lackluster shows (not all).\

The formation of DREAM and WVR which are supposedly looking at HDNet to air their shows.
M-1 appears to be going the way of as a fighter brokerage house rather than full on MMA promotion.

The legal troubles across the board for UFC (Xyience, Couture, SEG, etc.)

While Cuban is about money, he can see UFC's grip loosening ever so slightly on MMA.

HDNet can begin to co-ordinate Elite XC, DREAM, WVR, etc.

He has always been pro-athlete too as opposed to total pro-org. Hell, he let Dennis Rodman live at his house (which NBA called "favoritism")

I am sure he discussed with his legal team the ramifications of UFC vs. Couture and what precedents might be set by the case.

If UFC contracts are deemed to be flagrantly one-sided and many parts are determined to be null and void or un-enforceable, it could open the fighter market up considerably?

Cheers. I can't believe we are actually discussing something on SHerdog? Oh shit the mods are probably gonna come down on us for being coherent and relevant