Comments on: UFC Chatter: Couture Says “It’s Not a Retirement”

By: Leland Roling

Leland Roling — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:44:14 +0000

Someone needs to tell Kevin Iole to read statements better. He’s had the same article up for over a week without any correction stating that Couture has retired.

By: gipper

gipper — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:15:42 +0000

couture is one of if not my favorite fighter in mma and i honestly thought he would beat tim and gabe. i think he’ll find himself in trouble with fedor though. everyone seems to forget how good fedor is. not sure why he’s never been beatin. i think it would be best for randy to just end it now. everyone already thinks he would beat fedor anyways. i still think fedor is the top dog in mma.

By: Ojibwe Assassin

Ojibwe Assassin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:44:51 +0000

I agree with MMA_Mind to a point. People burned Tito for sitting out for more money, but when Courture ends his stay in UFC, as heavyweight champ, because of money, that’s not right. While I do agree he and all fighters need to be paid more, especially when UFC is drawing in the money that they are, it’s kinda of childish to do what Courture did too. He stuck it to UFC and it’s funny and some one needed to, because these guys need to be paid WAY more, but he should of waited for his contract to end and then held out on his next contract for more money, especially if he was still champ.

Also, i think Randy will follow Fedor over to M1 but he needs to also watch what he does. Randy going for broke and just chasing Fedor around will make him look better and make Fedor look like he’s dodging him, yeah, and we all get to laugh. What happens when Fedor finally gets annoyed and fights Randy. Courture is awesome, no doubt, but Fedor is a monster. I respect what randy can do and he could very possibly beat Fedor. On the other hand, Fedor could very easily maul Randy. I mean, destroy him. So, Randy may not want to piss off the Russian Experiment just yet.

By: Billy Gamble

Billy Gamble — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:25:06 +0000

Randy left so he could go and get it on with Fedor for sure. He only wants to fight the best with his few fights he has left in him. It is the same thing Dan Henderson said this past satudsay. He only has a few fights left to.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:00:45 +0000

I read the statments about Couture having two fights left on his contract, but contracts are like rules they are made to be broken. Specially with a talented lawyer, I’m sure Randy can find a loop hole in his two remaining fights with the UFC. Hell I’ll even help buy his contract out if it means I can see Fedor and Randy go at it.

By: ravine

ravine — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:18:34 +0000

jlayne3 is totally right…his legacy is gonna go on through his fighters…however how is he gonna have time to train fighters when he wants to be a movie star…that schedule is worse then the path of a fighter…its gonna be fun to see randy being a movie star acting like hes not a fighter no more….dont count randy out jus yet guys hes gonna get his fight wit fedor win that fight and become even more of an international star jus for the fact that he beat the #1 guy at 44 even possibly 45 years old

By: jlayne3

jlayne3 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:12:34 +0000

Its time for Randy to get all Apollo Creed on Fedor’s ass and be the bad guy and call him out! Embarrass and taunt him…anything to make this fight happen and then crush that big Russian bastard!

By: jlayne3

jlayne3 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:55:54 +0000

Even if Randy never fights again, his legacy will live on through the fighters he is and will be training. Team Couture has been dominating with well trained fighters and perfect game plans (see Forrest Griffin). Randy does have a 16-8 record, but he has fought the who’s who of MMA and all in their prime. Fedor can’t say that. His wins especially as of late, have come over out of their prime fighters and fighters from much lower weight class. Randy has gotten not just better with age, but he has gotten much smarter. I see a fight between these two ending with Randy getting his hand raised due to an awesome game plan and cardio to spare. He is the man and we will see continuing evidence of this in the fighters he trains.

By: Red

Red — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:44:25 +0000

Couture is the man and I am happy that he is sticking up for himself and his fellow fighters in the UFC. If the Couture vs. Fedor fight does happen, it would be great to see Dana White’s heartbroken face, when he hears that Couture will fight Fedor at M-1.

By: MMA_MIND

MMA_MIND — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:38:23 +0000

Everyone need to stop talking about Couture as a superhero. If you look at it closely he is Just another TO of UFC. He signed the contract, then he really wanted Fedor and whe UFC throws all kinds of money at Fedor to make this happen Couture uses that as leverage to try to get more money then the contract he already signed. he though it was a fair contract when he lost 2 in a row, but now he wants more. He said it himself, he feels disrespected and the way UFC could show respect is by paying him more…Does no one else see a problem with people signing contracts and then wanting more money? People killed TO and any other person that sits out for more money…This is no different so don’t fool yourseves!!!