Dana White says Randy Belongs to Him
The Canadian Press has a number of quotes from Dana White taken from yesterday’s UFC 77 press conference. During the conference Dana White was questioned about his thoughts on the shocking departure of Randy Couture from the UFC. White admits that he was very shocked, particularly since Couture had signed a new contract just 8 months ago. Dana White made it very clear that Randy Couture is still property of the UFC. White told reporters,
“Oh he definitely belongs to me, he’s under contract to me. No doubt about it.”
Upon resigning from the UFC, Couture cited two main reasons. First, Randy was disappointed that the UFC was unable to sign top ranked heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko, a fighter that Couture has been extremely interested in facing. Second, Randy felt like he was being underpaid compared some of the other less accomplished fighters in the UFC. When asked about his thoughts on Couture’s reasons for leaving the UFC, White responded,
“The whole thing is mind-boggling to me. This is not Randy Couture. I’ve dealt with the guy for eight years and I would have never expected this. But he’s upset and we’ll either figure it out or we won’t. Randy Couture is a multimillionaire, don’t ever feel sorry for a multimillionaire, OK? A lot of these guys are multimillionaires, they make millions and millions of dollars.”
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“Couture is a multimillionaire, don’t ever feel sorry for a multimillionaire, OK”. Classic, hahaha. Don’t know why but I couldn’t stop laughing when I read this.
Here is some potentially spicy info, speculation, but could be true.
“…Who is the new CEO of M-1?
None other than the largest super agent of American MMA fighters, Monte Cox…”
Dana is in trouble if this is true. Monte Cox runs almost every small MMA organization in the U.S.
In fact, I’m going to an XFO Event tonite, the XFO is co-promoted by Monte Cox.
The guy has his hands in everything and is the manager of hundreds of MMA fighters, many in the UFC.
This was a coup if its true.
Dana Whites statements are very rigid and seem to be getting harsher towards Randy. It makes me as a UFC pay-per-view customer want to explore different organizations just so I dont have to think I’m actually paying this guys salary. I do believe I will be spending some of my hard earned cash on M-1 since Dana could not seal the deal with Fedor. I like the UFC, but Dana White is a bad image right now for them. It makes me want to spend my money else where.
Is it me or does Dana White say the stupidest **** sometimes. The guy doesn’t make sense sometimes. I remember when he said when Liddell lost to Jackson, it was an upset like Mike Tyson to Buster Douglas. It was an upset, but not of that proportion. Dana White has gotta stop saying the first thing that pops up in his head.
Dana White is probably getting harsh because Randy hasn’t been so sweet himself. Dana started out being nice, but he still has a business to run. If he doesn’t do some damage control, he could loose complete control over his organization. It sucks, but I think he will have to make Randy fight his way out of his contract.
I seen the interview with Dana on ESPN today. Its kind of hard to pick who is the bad guy here. Its really easy for people to hate Dana because he is “The Man”, but he has done so much for this sport that he deserves a little more respect from his fighters. Randy would not be close to where he is today if it wasnt for Dana…well he may have still been the Champ…but we would not be having this discussion here, and this website would not be successful. (Not a shot at you Kris…just an example of how mainstream the UFC has gotten thanks to Dana.) I am a longtime UFC fan…made my way over after boxing started sucking….and I think it is great that it is so popular. Who is the figure head to thank becuase of it….Dana White…if he f***s up once in a while…who cares. Good luck Randy, and I hope to see you fight once again….but dont bring down the UFC and rob us fans because you dont feel respected.
White made some interesting points in his interview. The fact that Couture has a contract and there is no way to resign from a contract is very true. I imagine Couture either has a trick up his sleeve or he’s done with MMA and hitting up Hollywood for the money.