Comments on: Randy Couture press conference (Video)

By: dwid

dwid — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:20:00 +0000

all about the money, for sure.

By: pgam

pgam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:47:30 +0000

yes dana is entitled to just offer the nog fight or let him retire.
legally that seems to be correct.
but MORALLY
he should make an exception for the randy fedor fight.
it’s not like all the low tier fighters are suddenly going to expect contract flexibility like couture – although they should have union and get dental plans for their families – shit some supermarkets offer better benifits – but that’s for another day….

So big hairy deal,
a few belt holders might wanna take a risky challenge by fighting the sokoudjous , or fedors (other great fighters who are not in UFC)

*** rampage or shogun or forest vs. Sokoudjou – how awesome would those be
*** Barnett or or Hunt vs. either Napao or Kongo or Couture or Sylvia

so yea,
dear dana,
just so you know you you have enough $$$$$$
Stop playing the big PADRE and maintaining that you are legally in the right (you are – we dont care)

Go with the spirit !!!!!

it’s guys like couture who bring fans – not you – that’s not an insult just the reality.

stop acting like the big padre and say – ‘i don’t have to do this, i’m not gonna be obliged to do this again, but lets have fedor vs. randy’

actually, you could give half the money to charity and randy, fedor and dana and the ufc and M1 wouldn’t feel a thing.

i wonder as much as i respect fedor and randy if all of them including M1/UFC are just doing all this for hype knowing that when the news breaks that the fight is on it’ll be even bigger.

if fedor actually lostit woulnt be great for M1 , but it would still be good cause their first big event would turn on a lot of new fans. for UFC it would be awesome even if Fedor clobbers Randy cause the 2 are honourable fighters/persons and it’d be great for the sport. uFC’s is

anyway, i’m not gonna waste more time waiting to see what happens.
i’d rather get off this computer and go get some F’n exercise in the park with the kidz

By: pgam

pgam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:21:47 +0000

actually, randy and fedor are going to bare knuckle in kimbos backyard this saturday after beer and pizza.
admission: pay what you can..
but there is a suggested cover of 5 bucks
GSP will come around with the tip jar – no pressure though

By: m.j.g.

m.j.g. — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:43:29 +0000

i’m rolling with randy because i can understand where he is coming from. BUT… and there is a BUT. millionaires really shouldn’t complain. at least not publicly. the money he gets paid can feed Africa for a day. all i’m saying is on a grand scale he can complain but complain while you are holding up your end of the bargain. whatever he agreed to in the contract was what he agreed to. that signature on that contract is your word. some say thats all we really have that is sacred. don’t let your wife talk you into something crazy because we all know thats what really happened. randy doesn’t even seem like the type to quit, yes QUIT, over money unless there is a outside influence whispering in his ear. he should have finished out his contract on TOP giving him more leverage to lobby for more money. sports is like that. the ufc is one big team. to sign free agents (pride fighters) to the team (ufc), you usually have to offer them a substantial amount of money to leave the team they are already on. usually more than the top guys that are already there. sad but true.

By: kevin f7

kevin f7 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:10:49 +0000

it is a sad ay in mma when a legend like couture leaves the sport under these terms… he is not mike tyson… he didn’t bite somebodies ear off or cry like a baby like vince carter in toronto…. he was getting screwed and he took it for a long time for the love of the sport and he finaly had enough …who could blame him ? i couldn’t !!!! if the reality is that fighters are getting shafted by the ufc which it sounds like they are then let’s hope they leave the ufc and go to other promotions that are out there… remember we all love our sports and athletes whether it is mma or nfl etc.. and will watch them on any chanel or ppv so screw the ufc if our/your fighter is fighting somewhere else… take the coorprate power away…we control thier success and demise… they know it so let’s show it !!!!!!

By: Eric K

Eric K — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:37:44 +0000

Randy is a great man and will always be thought of in that way; he does a lot for our soldiers and I am sure we all can respect that. That being said, Randy did not tell the full story of what he has made this year as documented by Zuffa, making $500,000 signing bonus ($250 up front and $250 if he fought, which he did) and considering the other duties and ppv money he made, this meant he was paid just under 2.9 mil for this year so far…

I also think it is odd that Couture knows exactly how much each fighter was paid or offered, as this is not public knowledge. I would hate to think he is angry over whispered innuendo.

The truth is that there was a very big chance that Randy could have lost every heavyweight match he had starting with Sylvia. If this had happened would he have been angry with his 2.9 million dollars? Dana White was hiring a recently retired fighter who had lost two of his last fights with Chuck Liddell before retiring. Now he is upset because he beat the odds at age 40 and wants to know why he isn’t making more? He was happy when he resigned with Zuffa but now is angry?? If he had a problem with his contract he could have fought one more fight and then told Dana he would not fight for anything less than 3 million a fight and probably could have gotten it.

I think Randy has already gotten offers in this range, he just didn’t want to wait for 9 months and taken that last fight.

I can’t help but think that someone has been whispering in Randy’s ear and telling him he is being screwed, when he was given a chance of a lifetime considering he was coming out of retirement on a losing record.

By: johnyjones

johnyjones — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:46:32 +0000

Sounds like its about the Zero’s, after watching UfC and Dana White Press Conferance, I’m disappointed in Randy. Another high paid pro athlete unhappy. Thats why I stopped watching football and baseball.

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:56:18 +0000

what a liar, geez he sounds sooo petty to me and is no were near as honorable and classy as I previously thought. He made a cool 2.9 million for 2 fights in 2007 and is the second highest paid fighter in the ufc, come on randy since 2002 he’s never won more than 2 fights in a row,lost to chuck twice and expects the red carpet and ass kiss’s from dana??? get real, sounds like he’s gone a bit nuts in his old age, too many hits to the head. Dana should offer him the nog fight, if he refuses let him retire they’ll do just fine with out him.

By: dman

dman — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:49:43 +0000

[quote comment="195582"][quote comment="195572"]I just find it REALLY hard to feel sorry for millionaires. Poor baby has to buy his own event tickets. whhhaaa sniffle Poor baby only made $600,000 dollars this year for fighting two fights boo hooo – but oh yeah, which made thousands of people flood into his gyms and buy his Extreme Couture clothing products and watch, I’m sure, an AWFUL Scorpion King part II movie which of course throws him up and over making a cool $2 million for the year but hey, the poor guy didn’t get any tickets for his wife’s third cousins.

YOU’RE A MILLIONAIRE!!!!!!! SHUT UP AND FIGHT!!!!![/quote]

How much money did he bring in for Zuffa? Two sold out and big selling PPV events made UFC how many million dollars? When you are the reason people are buying PPV events and tickets you deserve a level of respect. You can’t just toss anyone in the ring and get asses in the seats like a big name guy like Couture can.[/quote]

Guess what, McDonald’s makes millions off of their product too and the employees do all the work at around minimum wage. Welcome to America baby….it’s called free enterprise. If he didn’t have the UFC to promote him as the “living legend” and have him in the UFC hall of fame, allow him to host the shows, let him guest appear on other shows and everything else he gets because he is known through the UFC then he would just be another fighter looking to break through. The UFC made him popular…not the other way around. Take your millions and move on.

By: jman

jman — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:13 +0000

Ok Randy makes some points and “feels” he’s been wrong. No matter what he’ll always feel wronged and that will never change.
Dana and the brothers have paid Pride fighters a lot but none more then Randy! Randy did get a signing bonus and did get a the win bonus after GG. Did Randy get paid enough in general? Maybe, maybe not thats up to Randy to decide and he thought no.
Could Dana the bros pay the fights more, Hell YES but are the fighters happy with what they have? HELL YES.
If anyone should be b1tchey it should be Keith Jardine. He got paid less then $20,000 grand for beating Chuck.
Randy should’ve taken the 3million for Fedor and UFC should’ve let him do it and come back. There are a lot of should’ve wouldas in this that didn’t happen.
UFC isn’t in the wrong on how the handled Randy but are in the wrong on how the handle all the fighters. They are getting better as the sport grows.
BTW whoever said GG only last because Randy headbutting him is smoking something. Randy had control all through the fight way before the headbutt happened. put down the pipe and come to reality.