UFC, Randy Couture Arbitration To Continue In Nevada
The UFC has just issued the following press release announcing that a Texas court has granted the company’s motion to stay further court proceedings in Texas and proceed with arbitration in Nevada in its breach of contract dispute with UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture:
Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been informed by the Texas Court of Appeals that it has granted Zuffa’s Motion to Compel Randy Couture to arbitrate in the District of Nevada, thereby staying all further action by HDNet against Zuffa in the state of Texas.
Specifically, the Court of Appeals found that the lower court had engaged in “a clear abuse of discretion†by permitting HDNet to litigate claims relating to Mr. Couture’s contract in Texas, rather than in Nevada, where Zuffa is presently pressing a breach of contract action against Mr. Couture.
Upon learning of the court’s decision, Zuffa’s Las Vegas counsel, Donald J. Campbell, Esq., explained the significance of the ruling:
“The practical effect of the Court’s decision is to allow Zuffa to continue its prosecution of claims against Mr. Couture in the Arbitration presently underway here in Nevada without any regard to the flaccid claims of HDNet and its management. Based upon evidence uncovered during the interrogation of Mr. Couture during his deposition, we have every confidence that Mr. Couture will be held accountable for the serious and ongoing breaches of his contractual obligations to Zuffa.â€
The successful appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals was achieved by Mr. Barry F. McNeil, Esq. and his partners at the Texas law firm Haynes Boone, LLP.
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good, i hope randy gets a huge financial loss in this case, ufc was good to him, he wanted title shots he got em right off the back didnt have to work his way up he wanted to retire and still make money good he can be a commentator and still making over 2million a fight plus bonuses and commision, there are people workin their ass off to get in this sport and he just blows it off like its a burden to him and his family karmas coming to get you randy
are we STILL talkin about this?
ya, i still wonder what happened behind closed doors to make that relationship turn the way it did. obviously it was more to do with dana so i wonder if it was all about money or something else.
Yeah I’ve lost most interest in this story aside from anything that might hint at when / if his next fight will be.
I won’t judge him on it though like mr1000lbs. It’s his business, not mine. I just want to see the man fight again.
I like Randy but on the surface his decision was the wrong one. He should have just fought 2 more times in the UFC. It would have been in his best interest because time is not on his side and he would have been paid well too.
If Randy ever fights again he is going to have so much ring rust. He should have stayed in the UFC and put more presure on Fedor to sign with them.
He should have tried to work with the UFC to get a one fight deal against Fedor, but went for the submission instead. Now it appears his remaining career is taking a ground-and-pound beating from the UFC attorneys.
This is worse then the whole Brett Favre thing….just stay out of the news, nobody cares!
Fixxer,
Favre is a right.Time wears this down.Sign and fight Randy…
Natedogg,
I agree totally. He could have ask the UFC to make his fights really close together so in 4 to 6 months his contract for the 2 fights could have been over. Instead it has turned into what, well over a year of fighting through the legal system and not getting any money? what a moron!
i love randy every time he fights i get excited like a little kid and then when i heared randy had been acting like a litte kid he p*ssed me off why randy why? i no why its because u didn’t want the shame to loseing to ur next opponant, u only beat gonzaga cause u broke his nose with an headbutt,randy nos any1 can beat him now cos hes getting old he just wanted a crack at fedor while he can still keep up, didn’t get what he wanted so he’s gone in a beef like a big baby!!! boy im f*cked off, i hate trashing randy cos the guys a legand but come on dude man up and fight one last time for the ufc.
MAN I JUST WANNA SEE RANDY FIGHT AGAIN. I WISH THEYD JUST DROP EVERYTHING ALREADY MAN.
i guess they cant make him fight but they can make him wish he did fight
**** Randy v Fedor!
Randy v Nog is what its about!
FU Randy…I hope you get what is coming to you!!!
This Court stuff is all bull sh**
I just want to see Randy fight
Man the UFC is gay this is all about stalling the Randy vs. Fedor fight. its the biggest fight that wont happen in the ufc and they know it.
So much for Randy ending his career on a good note. If and when he fights Fedor, he is going to get his ass kicked. Randy was a great. I’m not sure what to think now. He’s training but he’s not fighting and all the while getting older. Fedor is the P4P best fighter in MMA. The two would have been a good match had the amount of time not been next to an eternity. Good job Zuffa/UFC/Dana!!! You sure know how to keep the world of MMA in check.
Who cares?
The only epic fights that randy will win are in the movies. HA HA.
I hate DW but it appears he will have the last laugh as Fedor will finish Randy 1st round if they ever do fight.
To that end I pray Fedor never signs with Ufc just so they can never claim to have the top heavyweight.
Sounds like Ricardo Arona will be in the UFC; boo!
Arona is gonna be the LHW champ within 1 year of arrival of whatever org he is in; he should have been pride champ but lost a bull**** decision to wanderlei (and I’m a huge fan of the axe murderer).
Ryan in NY this is the united states and whats good is i can judge you dont like it dont read it idiot, see i can say what i want too.
why is everyone complainin we’re still talkin about it i like to know whats going on if you dont like it dont read it and you wont know whats going on, i like to be informed
There are so many comments against Randy here. I wonder if Dana wrote them.
BTW after seeing Affliction Banned, I am not bothered about the next UFC fights. I prefer cage over ring anytime but with the kind of fighters in Affliction I really find UFC very boring and contrevesial
LOL KOuch you really make me smile sometimes with your absolute stalker love of Dana. “keeping MMA in check” LMAO!!!
God forbid Randy wanting to fight somewhere else after his contract is over. He wanted to go elsewhere so let him go… UFC already has a monopoly and Dana says he isn’t even worried about other promotions…so why worry about this?
I’m sure you will all have many reasons as to why he SHOULD worry about it…but none of them will be valid with the kind of money Dana’s making. Let it go already…
Randy had a OBLIGATION to COMPLETE his CONTRACT! Enough of the crying about “salaries” and “he says, she says” if it is on a signed contract, you take it like a man or walk away a B*itch! No more complaining about Jardine’s money and randy’s whining. You signed the paper… shut up!
A contract is just a piece of paper and the guy already did so much for the UFC. Just let it go and let him do his own thing already. The contract date has already run out in July so technically he should be allowed to do as he wishes…Ultimately he’s going to anyway.
I think figuring out how many PPV buys an individual can bring is a figure that cannot be determined so should be irrelevant. However, perhaps if he just apid what his fighter salary + average PPV percentage (assuming he was still getting that) would be enough.
We all know Dana will leave him in litigation forever rather than have him fight ever again. But hey…he always does what’s best for the sport right? Keep MMA in check Dana! bahahaha
i do agree with natedogg on this one…
had randy defended his belt 2 more times and PUBLICLY called out fedor, this probably would have been great for EVERYBODY (exept for fedor seeing as he would’ve gotten murdered)
I think the point was there was noone in the UFC at the time that Randy wanted to fight. He wanted Fedor and Fedor only. Dana refused to co-promote so he didn’t get his fight and resigned. He did screw up…but I think it’s sad that the Dana can end someone’s contract anytime he wants (just because he doesn’t like them in some cases) but the opposite is never true. EVER.
THERE GOES EVERYONE UNDER ESTIMATING RANDY… GO AHEAD AND COUNT HIM OUT… HE’LL JUST PROVE “EVERYONE” WRONG “AGAIN”…. RANDY IS STILL THE MAN…
MAN I HOPE IM RIGHT LOL… BUT YOUR RIGHT ABOUT DANA NOT WANTING HIM TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE AND FIGHT.
Kouch,
How do you make Zuffa a party symbol?