St. Carnal's Pub - Page 92

juanlawnmower · 10-11-2007, 04:00 PM

The HW forum is all "I lost respek for da natrull!!!!!1"

Stonebreaker · 10-11-2007, 04:01 PM

Poked my head into the HW's briefly myself. Opinions seem to be sharply devided. I, myself, am inclined to take Couture's resignation letter at face value: the one big thing that he had left to do in MMA is taking on Fedor, and the UFC couldn't provide that for him.

The money, respect, and "anciliary activities" stuff might have all played into it, but Couture came out of retirement and retook the championship to prove that he could do it, defended it to prove that it wasn't a fluke, and with Fedor going to M-1, there wasn't much left for him. A fight against a floundering Cro Cop, whupping up on Tim Sylvia again... or MY OWN PERSONAL DREAM FIGHT OF COUTURE VS. NOGUEIRA.

That one will never come to pass, now.

Pardon me while I go cry myself to sleep.

**mschatz** · 10-11-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juanlawnmower

The HW forum is all "I lost respek for da natrull!!!!!1"

haha

thethirddiaz · 10-11-2007, 04:04 PM

“I’m not surprised at all by Randy’s decision. I talked to Randy several weeks ago and he said that if he couldn’t fight Fedor, then he has nothing left to prove in the sport of mixed martial arts.

He has been doing a lot of acting, and I know he is in South Africa right now filming a movie. I think it’s a great move for Randy’s acting career to retire from fighting while he is on top.

As we all know, Randy retired before. The landscape in MMA changes every day. So when he is ready to come out of retirement again, he is still under contract with me, and I’m ready to promote him.”

Dana's quote on the UFC home page

Stonebreaker · 10-11-2007, 04:06 PM

Way to spin the first part of Couture's letter while ignoring the second there, Dana.

ARRRRGGHHH!

bacon · 10-11-2007, 04:06 PM

There's nothing stopping Randy from signing a one-fight deal with M-1. He might have to wait until his UFC contract is up, but the fight still might happen.

Randy is the man.

Stonebreaker · 10-11-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bacon

There's nothing stopping Randy from signing a one-fight deal with M-1. He might have to wait until his UFC contract is up, but the fight still might happen.

Randy is the man.

Yeah... the rest of the Sherdog article mentioned that he's in limbo for the next 9 months because of his current UFC contract. Maybe M-1 will risk a one fight deal to let him go after Fedor. Maybe Couture hasn't burnt his bridges and can "unretire" again to the UFC if he chooses to. Maybe.

Where the hell can you watch a ******* M-1 fight in the States? CAN you get an M-1 fight in the States?

Damn it all....

**mschatz** · 10-11-2007, 04:11 PM

A LOT of people talking shit about randy in the hvy wts. God, there's a lot of stupidity in there...be careful, it might be catching

juanlawnmower · 10-11-2007, 04:14 PM

I hate Dana White with a passion. He just embodies what is wrong with MMA.

I'm not a fan of UFC, or PRIDE, Hero's, anything. I'm a fan of MMA. I just want to see the best fighters in the world fight each other. I also hate that because of politics we aren't able to see these fights.

bacon · 10-11-2007, 04:14 PM

From what I read, M-1 is under new ownership. Now that they have a name like "FEDOR" to market with, I would imagine they could pull a PPV deal. No telling who he'll be fighting though.