NYE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY BABY!!!!

It’s all been a marketing ploy! But I’d love to see this fight happen.

good god, finally

would randy really smash fedor?

WOW. Well maybe Fedor has decided to stop being a pu**y and will go into negotiations with much more sensible requests? I hope so. Fedor in the UFC would be AWESOME. The UFC would rule all and all the other promotions will wither away…

For the love of god please let this happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t believe in God but if I did I would be praying right now for this to happen… and then for world peace. LOL!

Damn, suddenly the Heavyweight division would be rock solid. Fedor, Randy would be back, Big Nog and if they re-sign AA and Sylvia down the line… save for Barnett, they’ve got 9 of the 10 HWs when you go down the list with Werdum, Mir, GG, Vera etc. Niiiiiice

I don’t see Dana dropping the ball on this if everyone involved is at the very least realistic in terms of salary etc.

[quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded

Have a think about this one guys. Dana and Randy both have their tails between their legs. They both regret the recent debacle over Randy’s contract and departure and will never back down because of their pride and public srcutiny.

Getting Fedor to the UFC gets them both out of jail as both can say:

Dana - ‘we are doing this because the fans want it’
Randy - ‘I am only returning to fight Fedor’

Either way, I can not wait to see this fight, it will be awesome just to know who would win. I would also love to know how much the UFC paid M1 to break the contract

[quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]

that’s what i was thinking. but dana seems to think other wise.

God, if you listenin’, HELP!

Please, make this fight happen!

I’m not going to get my hopes up on this one guys.. I really hope the UFC get’s him, but I also thought that 5 months ago..

If Randy came back would the title go back to him or would big Nog retain it? If Big Nog still had it, then would Randy have to fight him before Fedor, assuming Fedor signs with the UFC or what?

AJ: Technically speaking Randy would have to fight BigNog (just like Sherk v Penn, Randy v Ortiz) however, these are exceptional circumstances and I think Randy v Fedor, BigNog fights the winner.

would Randy have to fight Nog to unify the belt first and then fight Fedor? And maybe you give Fedor a tune-up fight against Eddie Sanchez (lmao) or some unlucky victim like Timaaaay before he gets Randy? Thoughts…

It’s nice to see that Fedor has come to his senses. Let’s just hope that Dana and Randy will too. I have to agree with Dana on this one, Randy will beat Fedor.

I really like Randy but i have to go with Fedor on this one. Fedor is going to beat Randy like a red headed step child and hand him the beating of his life so Dana White can shut the hell up and get off Randy’s nuts

Dana make it happen! Bring in fedor and welcome randy back with open arms and make it happen.

http://www.ufc-ranking.blogspot.com

As much as I like Randy, I got to go with Fedor. But hell this fight will probably never happen. Let’s just hope Dana quits pissing off all the fighters.

Hmmm i’d say this is all a ploy to get Couture to lose so Fedor wont have to fight him. Couture Cannot fight Fedor if Fedor goes into the UFC because Big Nog has the interium title which means he gets the first shot for sure(even doh im sure people will try and argue that Fedor has the old pride belt). With that being said Couture has to beat big NoG GL at that.

Randy does want to fight but as of now it looks like hes losing the legal battle. So this would work out well, he(fedor) fakes that he wants to join the ufc and then all the charges vs Couture get dropped. Fedor is a great guy i could see him doing Randy the favor.

I could of course be 100%wrong but yeah not much reason for Fedor to come to UFC ATM unless he wants an easy win vs Big NoG which would make sense because reguardless of where you put those 2 to fight Fedor will win 10/10 fights and he could then then leave(assuming he can get a one fight contract) and continue to fight cans and be #1 forever and ever, not that he would fight can after can. He can go to dream/victory road which seems nice atm not to mention all the Japense love him like a demi-good over there so yeah im sure the money would be good too.

Final note after all the shit that Dana has talked about Fedor i really dont see how fedor could want to go to the UFC (unless of course to get a easy Big Nog win and laugh at dana and leave ufc).

Oh man for the love of god let this happen!!! I think Fedor is good but I would love to watch Randy beat him. After that I would love to see Arlovski get re-signed and fight Fedor. It would be tough test for Arlovski but I think he could do it if he brought his A game. Fedor is good but not as good as everyone thinks he is. I think it would be fun to see Fedor KO big Tim though. Fedor vs. Tim would be a dream fight as well because Timmy needs a good a$$ whoopin.

yeah, seriously I’d love to see Fedor in the UFC just to see guys like AA and Mir and Kongo take their shot at him and see how they stand up in comparison. I think Arlovski would really have a good shot provided he fights up to his abilities and is the Pitbull of old, not the tentative guy we’ve been seeing lately.

BTW anyone know if Thiago is gonna fight someone else i hope so that would suck if he don’t get to fight! I mean seriously been dying to see him against some top fighters not that rashad really is a top fighter but at least hes semi popular wouldve helped alot then we could see some Thiago vs the big boys.

I heard some rumors that Fedor was unhappy with M1. Lets hope that the UFC and Fedor can come to a mutual deal.

I still doubt the UFC would agree to a non exclusive deal (I agree with them on this), but maybe they could allow him to compete in sambo.

Interesting I heard Randy today on Bubba the Love Sponge. He made it sound as if he would still need to renegotiate his contract got to make the big bucks. He made a lot of sense. Anyway not sure if this will actually go down but it would be great if it does. But from what Randy said today he might take that fight and still bounce out to fight for Cuban’s brand.

M-1 is going under before even putting on one single event, hmmm go figure, crazy russians. Fedor has no choice but to sign with the UFC finally (don’t even say HDnet in your head, think positive people LOL) Or he really comes off as the biggest handpicking dodger in history. Dana has no choice but to make damn sure he signs him this time if this story is legit.. I’m assuming it is, mania is hiiiighly credible and wouldn’t dare dangle this in front of us, would ya??? Randy would have to come back considering it’s the ONE fight he said is left for him and he retired in hopes of getting. Just make the fight happen already Dana, PLEASE! Hope all this legal BS and ego’s don’t get in the way of the fight every MMA fan is dying to see, because it appears Fedor finally came to his senses so now it’s the UFC turn.

I really can’t see how Randy would simply smash him like Dana stated, think that’s him just backing his guy, err former buddy. I kinda hope he does but I would say Randy is the underdog for sure, hey he thrives in that spot though.

if u looke at there resume u can see that randy dosent stand a chance BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE UFC

FAV FIGHTERS
1.ANDERSON
2.CHUCK
3.GSP
4.TITO

Perhaps Dana and the Fertitta’s aren’t as clueless as some people make them out to be. Now Fedor could probably be signed at a lower price and the UFC will offer to drop the lawsuits against Couture if he fights Fedor at a reasonable price. Lorenzo Fertitta isn’t worth 1.3 billion because he’s a moron.

Oh yeah and on Bubba’s show Randy referred to Dana as a she. Again not totally drinking the Koolaid on this just yet, but I think it Randy might smash Fedor if it goes down.

[quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level

[quote post=”5244″]If Randy came back would the title go back to him or would big Nog retain it? If Big Nog still had it, then would Randy have to fight him before Fedor, assuming Fedor signs with the UFC or what? [/quote]

Good question! With all the endless hype over this fight I don’t see how in the hell the UFC could let Nog fight Randy for the belt first. So ya gotta believe Randy would still be the champ and it would be on the line vs. Fedor, then Nog would have to wait for the winner. Raw deal for Nog, man I don’t really care if the belt is on the line in the dream fight… all I want is to freakin SEE IT while me and Randy are young!!

[quote comment=”349564″]if u looke at there resume u can see that randy dosent stand a chance BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE UFC

FAV FIGHTERS
1.ANDERSON
2.CHUCK
3.GSP
4.TITO[/quote]

Randy would stand a chance vs Fedor in a cage, obviously you dont know much about Fedor or Randy.

All randy has to do is cut fedor then hug him for 2rounds and finish him kinda like he did vs Gonzaga with the illegal blow. Fedor cuts EASY that is his problem in a cage everyone will look to take him down and cut him, of course if they suck at JJ they will find themselves wondering why their arm is broken or why they just woke up with people talking over them.

Cuts =REF stopp
which is why i hate elbows
pride rules>ufc rules

What the hell? I never would have expected this. As much downhill as the UFC HW division has gone the past few months, I thought it would be impossible for anything good to happen in the near future. This is a huge opportunity for the UFC to capatalize on. If Fedor doesnt sign with the UFC, the dissapointment of the UFC could reach an all time high, lol.

Mania, I thought Fedor signed a 2 year deal with M-1?

Fedor and his manager know that the UFC is where all the top fighters are. Fedor knows that if he beats a bunch of UFC fighters (including Randy) no one can say shit to him.

I’m not a Fedor fan, but I would LOVE to see him fight in the UFC. Like some of you already said, it would bring a very interesting dynamic to the HW division

i wish fedor would drop to 205 and fights chuck liddel in june

Fedor is only interested in fighting in the UFC now that he believes he won’t have to face Randy Couture.

He (mistakingly?) thinks that the Natural has yapped his way out of his relationship with the UFC and Dana White.
He’s wrong!
Dana White is a ruthless businessman.
He won’t care about anything said in the past, if he believes he can put on a show that will part people from their money… “the show must go on”

I’d love to see the fight but I hope that Dana doesn’t get his way…Is this possible? I’d hate for him to think his arrogant ways will get him what he wants.

[quote comment=”349578″][quote comment=”349564″]if u looke at there resume u can see that randy dosent stand a chance BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE UFC

FAV FIGHTERS
1.ANDERSON
2.CHUCK
3.GSP
4.TITO[/quote]

Randy would stand a chance vs Fedor in a cage, obviously you dont know much about Fedor or Randy.

All randy has to do is cut fedor then hug him for 2rounds and finish him kinda like he did vs Gonzaga with the illegal blow. Fedor cuts EASY that is his problem in a cage everyone will look to take him down and cut him, of course if they suck at JJ they will find themselves wondering why their arm is broken or why they just woke up with people talking over them.[/quote]

WELL THATS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT HENDERSON WITH SILVA AND LOOK HOT IT TURNED OUT

dana has a rare second chance to do right , i hope he signs fedor to a one fight contract non championship with randy

Please. Make this happen. Heavy weight division sucks ape ass in the UFC. Full of trailer trash or juice heads.

Oh, oh my god! I’m so excited, I need to go change my pants.

This is fight would be the UFC’s super bowl or wrestlemania. Man I hope it happens, I hope Fedor signs and Randy and Dana can work something out. Man just when you thought this shit was done… WOW DREAM MATCH come true

[quote comment=”349590″]Fedor is only interested in fighting in the UFC now that he believes he won’t have to face Randy Couture.

He (mistakingly?) thinks that the Natural has yapped his way out of his relationship with the UFC and Dana White.
He’s wrong!
Dana White is a ruthless businessman.
He won’t care about anything said in the past, if he believes he can put on a show that will part people from their money… “the show must go on”[/quote]

Good point never though of that…seriously good fucking point props to you…..

i cant wait to see dana white face when fedor becomes the UFC HW CHAMP

Only a wrestler would be able to beat Fedor, and a flawless one at that. I dont know if Randy is young enough or strong enough to beat Fedor in his prime. It’s possible, just not likely. I wouldnt be surprised if they have Randy’s odds at 200. You pretty much have to have the perfect gameplan and execute it to perfection if you want any shot at all of beating Fedor, the only man capable of that is Randy. I just see Fedor as too strong, too quick, and too agile to be beaten by a 45 year old man.

I think this would be one of the most even match-ups in the history of the sport. Both are strong in every area. Neither have any glaring weaknesses. Both have an aura of invincibility. Definitly the makings of the match of the century.

I’m sorry but I don’t see this happening. Now I know that everyone has a punching chance to win, but seriously, when you look at it: Dana has been preaching that UFC > Pride. He VERY WELL knows that Fedor would anhialate Randy. When (or for you haters, IF) he beats Randy, what then?! A 3rd fight with Nog? No way! Nothing left to prove! He smashed Nog twice already, and made it look easy. I do not see ONE single heavy-weight out there right now that stands a chance with Fedor. Dana knows it too. I see negociations going NOWHERE! Fedor signs with World Victory Road, that’s my prediction.

Only way Fedor is losing is by Doctor stopage because of his frail skin.

I think any of the Top 3 guys in the UFC HW division would take Fedor in his first fight in the cage. The Octagon is a big obstacle to climb and most of the PRIDE fighters have had a really rough transition into the UFC. I think Big Nog, Herring and Randy would all beat his ass in the cage until he gets acclimated with it, but then he will probably do to that division what Silva is doin at 185 right now.

this is buulllll!!!!! if fedor signs for 1 penny less 250,000 a fight, i am going back to boxing. if brock lesner can walk away with that fir a loss and that BALD HEADED FAG that runs the ufc signs the top heavy weight in the world for less the some fluke f@@@@@@ entertainer. i will never watch the ufc again!!!! mark my words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but it will be nice to have randy back.

I have tears in my eye’s……….:)

[quote comment=”349497″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]

that’s what i was thinking. but dana seems to think other wise.[/quote]

The only reason he wants to go back and talk to the UFC again is that Randy’s not there. Maybe he thinks Randy and the UFC have too much bad blood that he can’t come back. Randy would crush Gaydor I mean Fedor.

What does Fedor weigh in at for his fights?

This would be the best christmas gift to recieve. It will end this year with the biggest bang in MMA history!!!

Don’t tease me. HIS WILL BE DONE

Is it really going to happen, my predictions is
Dana will sign Fedor
Randy will accept THAT fight
Big announcment at UFC 84 Fedor is signed and will fight Randy
Big Nog will take a back seat( He wants to see that fight)
Joe Rogan will add “This fight between these two warriors is MINDBOTTLING”
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
Than there will be all access FEDOR (while the russian mob his hanging around the gym)
Than the fight will actually take place, and after all these years all the talk all the hoopla that came with this fight…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Fedor wins via submisson ROUND 1
THE END

AND THE WORLD IS STILL WAITING FOR THIS FIGHT TO HAPPEN SO GET IT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY PEOPLE WHAT DO U THINK OF THIS………….?????????

GSP BEATS SERRA MOVES UP AND FIGHTS SIVLA??????

I WOULD LOVE IT

Of course Fedor is overrated (a) because he is (lucky to be) undefeated (b) has exciting fights even when they go to decision

that said, Dana is a douche and an egomaniac

[quote post=”5244″]Is it really going to happen, my predictions is
Dana will sign Fedor
Randy will accept THAT fight
Big announcment at UFC 84 Fedor is signed and will fight Randy
Big Nog will take a back seat( He wants to see that fight)
Joe Rogan will add “This fight between these two warriors is MINDBOTTLING”
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
Than there will be all access FEDOR (while the russian mob his hanging around the gym)
Than the fight will actually take place, and after all these years all the talk all the hoopla that came with this fight…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Fedor wins via submisson ROUND 1
THE END [/quote]

LMAO, very nice… wouldnt be surprised if that happened though.

[quote post=”5244″]Of course Fedor is overrated (a) because he is (lucky to be) undefeated (b) has exciting fights even when they go to decision

that said, Dana is a douche and an egomaniac[/quote]

He’s not undefeated, he lost in his early days due to a cut from an elbow. It was an accident and at the same time elbows were illegal so it should have been a NC or a win for fedor… stupid refs

I can only imagine the look of Mark Cuban’s face if UFC gets Fedor and Randy comes back, HDNET Fights? Screw that!!

This story is like the show lost, so whack, every time it takes a crazy turn you didn’t expect, every answer raises even more questions.

Dana White REALLY must have had a hard time negotiating with Fedor’s agents. If M-1 had problems, these agents of his must really be a bunch of overbearing needy a$$holes…

Outside of the UFC fedor would beat randy yes, but randy’s octagon control is beyond anyone elses, randy will put his back to the cage, and as he likes to put it “impose his will” fedor does not want to fight randy in the cage, period.

[quote comment=”349757″][quote post=”5244″]Is it really going to happen, my predictions is
Dana will sign Fedor
Randy will accept THAT fight
Big announcment at UFC 84 Fedor is signed and will fight Randy
Big Nog will take a back seat( He wants to see that fight)
Joe Rogan will add “This fight between these two warriors is MINDBOTTLING”
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
Than there will be all access FEDOR (while the russian mob his hanging around the gym)
Than the fight will actually take place, and after all these years all the talk all the hoopla that came with this fight…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Fedor wins via submisson ROUND 1
THE END [/quote]

LMAO, very nice… wouldnt be surprised if that happened though.[/quote]

i got couture in this one my friend

[quote comment=”349733″]Is it really going to happen, my predictions is
Dana will sign Fedor
Randy will accept THAT fight
Big announcment at UFC 84 Fedor is signed and will fight Randy
Big Nog will take a back seat( He wants to see that fight)
Joe Rogan will add “This fight between these two warriors is MINDBOTTLING”
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
Than there will be all access FEDOR (while the russian mob his hanging around the gym)
Than the fight will actually take place, and after all these years all the talk all the hoopla that came with this fight…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Fedor wins via submisson ROUND 1
THE END[/quote]
THATS SO FUNNY AND HOW I’D WANT TO SUM UP THIS WHOLE RANDY FEDOR DANA AND THE UFC AND I’S FANS YAPPING ABOUT IT SO MUCH AND SO EMPASSIONED LIKE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

WOW Dana White is trying to sign this guy yet he is talking sh!t and saying that Randy will smash him. I really think he is going HD Net and then him and Randy r gonna finnally fight. Tito will also sign with HD and Kos, & Tim Syilva and everything about the UFC is gonna crumble!!

[quote post=”5244″]Is it really going to happen, my predictions is
Dana will sign Fedor
Randy will accept THAT fight
Big announcment at UFC 84 Fedor is signed and will fight Randy
Big Nog will take a back seat( He wants to see that fight)
Joe Rogan will add “This fight between these two warriors is MINDBOTTLING”
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
Than there will be all access FEDOR (while the russian mob his hanging around the gym)
Than the fight will actually take place, and after all these years all the talk all the hoopla that came with this fight…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Fedor wins via submisson ROUND 1
THE END

LMAO, very nice… wouldnt be surprised if that happened though.

i got couture in this one my friend [/quote]

Oh don’t get me wrong, Captain Amercia’s gonna win this one in my heart. I’d never go against Randy

[quote comment=”349771″]I can only imagine the look of Mark Cuban’s face if UFC gets Fedor and Randy comes back, HDNET Fights? Screw that!![/quote]
Cuban is talking to Tim Syilva, Kos, Randy, Fedor, Tito, & eveyone who has expired contracts… HD is coming,, UFC is gonna crumble!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

I feel SOOOOooOooo vindicated by this. lol All you UFC/Dana haters should feel really stupid right now. lol

[quote comment=”349755″]HEY PEOPLE WHAT DO U THINK OF THIS………….?????????

GSP BEATS SERRA MOVES UP AND FIGHTS SIVLA??????

I WOULD LOVE IT[/quote]

Tell that to Karo & Jon Fitch, they have been waiting…
i think only if GSP loses they will fight.But if he wins it will be Serra vs Hughes and then GSP vs Fitch with Karo waiting.

This fight is so close to going down, it’s great stuff. We need to see this fight soon, Randy is getting older as we speak.

Guess the winner fight Nog to unify the unified belts?

Also I just realized, that there are two belts for 3 out of 5 divisions that have to be unified.

Fedor kimuras Randy n the 2nd round.

I could care less about Fedor or Randy at this point…to me they are both irrelevant with Randy trying to chicken out of his contract and Fedor being over rated and figting tomato cans in terrible Sambo tournaments…but I agree with Dana…Randy would prolly smack Fedor down

It may be held at MSG NY? Wasn’t Dana quoted in saying that the UFC will be in Madison Square Garden this year?? Screw Mark Cuban..

[quote comment=”349755″]HEY PEOPLE WHAT DO U THINK OF THIS………….?????????

GSP BEATS SERRA MOVES UP AND FIGHTS SIVLA??????

I WOULD LOVE IT[/quote]

that was brought up after the gsp vs hughes 3.

i hope they sign him and quit this lawsuit with randy. because this is all randy ever wanted anyway.

[quote comment=”349467″]NYE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY BABY!!!![/quote]
yyesssssssssssssssss…..i know its gonna happen there just tryin to get a rise out of the fans….yea the greatest fight to ever even be discussed let alone happen, is gonna happen…i know it

why is this fight over hype randy only one 2 fights seens retairement and that makes him that good people wake up those 2 why could he not fight antonio than fedor to risky right

[quote comment=”349863″][quote comment=”349755″]HEY PEOPLE WHAT DO U THINK OF THIS………….?????????

GSP BEATS SERRA MOVES UP AND FIGHTS SIVLA??????

I WOULD LOVE IT[/quote]

Tell that to Karo & Jon Fitch, they have been waiting…
i think only if GSP loses they will fight.But if he wins it will be Serra vs Hughes and then GSP vs Fitch with Karo waiting.[/quote]

if everyone is going to say fitch should get a title shot they better have that fight in fitch’s hometown or in canada. i wouldn’t be in a big hurry for that fight to come around. fitch would get crushed in this fight. fitch hasn’t really had a great fight. well not in the ufc he hasn’t. he is boring. he doesn’t try to end it he is happy with going to the judges. he should have lost the wilson fight. he did in my eyes. NO TITLE SHOT FOR FITCH! I SAY BOYCOTT HIM! HE IS TO BORING OF A FIGHTER TO GET A TITLE SHOT WITHOUT FIGHTING A REAL TOP CONTENDER! NOT SOME ULTIMATE FIGHTER STAR!(not to put sanchez down or anything. but he wasn’t a top contender then anyway) MAKE HIM AND KARO FIGHT FOR A TITLE SHOT AT LEAST!

yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.

[quote comment=”349696″][quote comment=”349497″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]

that’s what i was thinking. but dana seems to think other wise.[/quote]

The only reason he wants to go back and talk to the UFC again is that Randy’s not there. Maybe he thinks Randy and the UFC have too much bad blood that he can’t come back. Randy would crush Gaydor I mean Fedor.[/quote]
yea ok ill b laughn wen randy comes to the cage in a wheelchair, nd wen fedor destryos him im comin back here to rub it in yo face

Fedor isn’t coming to the UFC. This stinks of Mark Cuban. Nog is the real champ (even though he is officially the “Interim champ) and Randy ducked him, plain and simple. If /Couture is so sure he is #1, then he should have no issues stepping in the ring with Minotauro.

Then again, maybe this is all a ploy for both Randy and Fedor to retire from MMA and so they can have gay sex in a barn somewhere. Really. Who cares?

[quote comment=”349671″]I’m sorry but I don’t see this happening. Now I know that everyone has a punching chance to win, but seriously, when you look at it: Dana has been preaching that UFC > Pride. He VERY WELL knows that Fedor would anhialate Randy. When (or for you haters, IF) he beats Randy, what then?! A 3rd fight with Nog? No way! Nothing left to prove! He smashed Nog twice already, and made it look easy. I do not see ONE single heavy-weight out there right now that stands a chance with Fedor. Dana knows it too. I see negociations going NOWHERE! Fedor signs with World Victory Road, that’s my prediction.

Only way Fedor is losing is by Doctor stopage because of his frail skin.[/quote]
If dana didn’t want a dominant champion he wouldn’t have Anderson Silva.

[quote comment=”349858″][quote comment=”349771″]I can only imagine the look of Mark Cuban’s face if UFC gets Fedor and Randy comes back, HDNET Fights? Screw that!![/quote]
Cuban is talking to Tim Syilva, Kos, Randy, Fedor, Tito, & eveyone who has expired contracts… HD is coming,, UFC is gonna crumble![/quote]

I don’t think they are going anywhere. The UFC has deep pockets, and they will just have to open them. As for Randy vs Fedor I would be fearful for Randy, but rooting for him all the way! Fedor is not human. I think he’s a cyborg. lol.
They could justify the match as a unification of Pride/UFC, then Fedor fights Nog, and Randy moves on win or lose.

[quote comment=”349590″]Fedor is only interested in fighting in the UFC now that he believes he won’t have to face Randy Couture.

He (mistakingly?) thinks that the Natural has yapped his way out of his relationship with the UFC and Dana White.
He’s wrong!
Dana White is a ruthless businessman.
He won’t care about anything said in the past, if he believes he can put on a show that will part people from their money… “the show must go on”[/quote]
You have the most interesting comment here. Not sure if Randy will go back after how bitter the battle between him and Dana. especially since there have been personal attacks from both sides lately.

I was watching Inside MMA on HDnet and I remember that HDnet Fights already signed Randy Couture to a contract pending his release from the UFC in october. I knew there was a reason Fedor wants to talk with the UFC now, there is no way Randy can come back. If Fedor signs with the UFC it will make him the biggest Pu**y in the the history of MMA or any fighting sport. All he has to do is train and wait till october, the fight was already talked about being in Dallas. Why is he now talking about the UFC? This makes no sense if he really wanted to fight Randy then he would talk about leaving M1 and fighting Randy in october in Dallas for HDnet Fights.

I want as much info on this as possible…I would guess that Dream is the frontrunner for Fedor. No cage, Mirko Cro Cop, its in Japan and he can fight all the tomato cans he can get his hands on…plus get rich doing it. I see HDNet Fights being the second in line since Cuban is helping Randy get out of his contract plus Randy and Fedor just did that photo shoot together…just a few weeks back and you know something MUST have been discussed. Ever since Dana came out with the “Fedor isnt top 5 HW” comment I think Fedor lost all respect for the UFC. I really hope Dana does the right thing and allow Fedor to fight Samba once a year. Also give Randy the biggest payday of his career for the fight against Fedor and then let him retire. If Randy wins he is the best HW ever and if he loses then we get to see Nog vs Fedor 3. So the UFC will get to gain the best HW free agent available, Randy will get his fight and $$$, someone will be whoopin Nog’s ass soon and plus all the great additional matchups that Fedor brings(slyvia,couture,nog,?AA?)…this is a HUGE gain if the UFC can pull it off. Plus I think the UFC is in a better situation financially since bringing aboard Budwiser as a sponser. That is a Fortune 500 company that loves big names endorsing their product…Fedor vs Randy Buswiser commercials? WOW…this is the biggest moment in D.White’s career. He better get it right this time. ITS TIME TO PAY THESE FIGHTERS DANA!!! GET US FANS WHAT WE WANT…FEDOR SUPERFIGHTS…YOU PROMISED THEM TO US DANA NOW YOU NEED TO DELIVER ON YOUR WORD!!!!!!!!!
I also think that EliteXC has a small shot. I just dont think they bring anything to the table other then CBS. Kimbo is not ready for a fight with Fedor. Silva would be the only other matchup that they could give to Fedor so he’s right back to where he started…fighting cans and getting nothing but people doubting his ablities since he is fighting crap fighters.

This is amazing, I think Fedor has seen that all that glistens is not gold.

He has unreal contract expectations even in this situation it can be seen. What kind of contract allows a fighter to walk away because he’s unhappy. This hsows Fedor signned a contract with M-1 allowing him to leave at any time he pleased.

This is the kind of s**t Dana won’t put up with and rightly so. No sportsman in any sport has a contract they can break that easily because it doesn’t make sense for the company, now M-1 is going down because of their lack insight.

While most of you guys said Dana was a fool I and a few others saw that allowing Fedor the liberties he asked for would of been to the detrement of the UFC. I don’t think any fighter should be signned with a “by any means necessary approach.

Fedor this time be realistic!!!

This could be superb!

If he joins the UFC, fighting there and even become a playable character in the game “UFC 2009″…

Otherwise I’m not the slightest interested!

i got a good idea make fedor fight big nog for the interm so he beats nog yet agen then fights randy for the unified title.

Fedor will never come to the UFC,he’s going to sign with DREAM in Japan.

wasnt fedor gonna sue the ufc for all the shit dana white has beeen saying, bizarre if u ask me

No way the UFC is ganna offer fedor what he feel he deserves.

so expect the best fighter in the world to sign with dream where they will compensate him accordingly

[quote comment=”349504″]If Randy came back would the title go back to him or would big Nog retain it? If Big Nog still had it, then would Randy have to fight him before Fedor, assuming Fedor signs with the UFC or what?[/quote]

Good point! Yeah its a bit of a mess. Randy would have to fight Nog to find the undisputed… what if he looses, all this fuss for nothing!

Boy, this came back to bite Randy in the a**. He seperated himself, walking out on his contract barely after it began. He has been catered to so many times that he started believing he was bigger than he is.

Now he walked away and was burning bridges with the UFC. If Fedor signs on board, Randy must realize he can’t fight him first. There is a little thing referred to as the interim title. He will have (or should have to) defend his belt. Specifically, consolidate the belt with Big Nog.

If Randy stops his hold out and fights Nog and wins, then he can set-up the fight of the century at the NYE show vs Fedor.

I am presuming a couple things in that scenario. M-1 allowed cross promotion so the big payday and fight between Randy and Fedor under Cuban’s banner regardless once/if the legal trouble is resolved. Fedor didn’t have to leave M1 for that. To fight in the UFC, he does.

I think it has more to do with Fedor needing to prove he is the best. He sees Minotauro with that belt and knows he beat him and feels that title can be his. He hears that people are saying he is ducking all the real fights out there. He is a champion and an athlete and doesn’t want his skills doubted. Fedor beat Minotauro and wants to go take that belt from him and be a true World champion, both sides of the ocean.

JV and Talkman, you guys couldn’t be more wrong. Fedor scared of Randy? Please, you guys need to leave LALA land and come back to reality.

Khaos_Warrior, Fedor already fought a great wrestler in Coleman, he couldn’t even get him down on the ground, that fight was so one sided it’s not even funny. Plus, if ppl can’t get him on the ground inside a ring, there pretty much isn’t anyone out there to do that inside the octagon, which is much easier to get up. Big Nog was the only one to get him on the ground (but I think Fedor wanted to be on the ground as well), he is comfortable on the ground just as much as he is standing up. He didn’t even respect Nog’s ground game, which speaks louder than words, Nog’s ground game is the most respected in MMA.

MARK MY WORDS HATERS, if Dana can kiss up to Fedor and get him to the UFC (seriously, I don’t think Fedor likes Dana very much after all the bad stuff Dana said regarding him), you’ll have two dominant champs until they retire, Fedor and Anderson Silva.

The Saga continues…

[quote comment=”350101″]I was watching Inside MMA on HDnet and I remember that HDnet Fights already signed Randy Couture to a contract pending his release from the UFC in october. I knew there was a reason Fedor wants to talk with the UFC now, there is no way Randy can come back. If Fedor signs with the UFC it will make him the biggest Pu**y in the the history of MMA or any fighting sport. All he has to do is train and wait till october, the fight was already talked about being in Dallas. Why is he now talking about the UFC? This makes no sense if he really wanted to fight Randy then he would talk about leaving M1 and fighting Randy in october in Dallas for HDnet Fights.[/quote]
IMHO the sticking point of your scenario is the October date. There is no chance that the Fertitta’s lawyers will not “tie Couture up” past the October date. They’ve already won their first case against him. Any lawyer with an iota of knowledge of contract law knows that a good (or even mediocre) attorney could stretch this dispute out for years if they so choose.

In a few days Danba White will have to start negotiating with Fedor’s management again, so Can anyone tell me why he is already Bashing Fedor again. What kind of corporate president talks Sh*t about a major employee that they are about to sign, just days before negotiations will begin.

Dana should be on his hands and knees. Dana has gotten a 2nd chance at fixing the heavyweight division, and what does he do? He talks trash…. I dont get it. When the F**K are the Fertita’s going to put a muzzle on him?

I am not getting my hopes up again. Not with Dana leading the negotiations. I expect Fedor to land in DREAM over in Japan, and resurect it into the NEW Pride.

As for Cro Cop, March 15 he is fighting Yoshihiro Nakao?
Whatever!

[quote comment=”350397″]The Saga continues…[/quote]

PHILQNY: where the hell have u been buddy?

[quote comment=”349938″]yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.[/quote]

just to inform you Couture is still heavyweight champ!!! Nog is the interm heavyweight champ(all part of the legal battle)
get with the program…..

This is GREAT news……Tony the Tiger GREAT!

I hope the UFC and Fedor can finally work things out…..

Nog vs. Fedor III or IV since II was a NC.

after of course Randy vs. Fedor.

[quote comment=”350413″]In a few days Danba White will have to start negotiating with Fedor’s management again, so Can anyone tell me why he is already Bashing Fedor again. What kind of corporate president talks Sh*t about a major employee that they are about to sign, just days before negotiations will begin.

Dana should be on his hands and knees. Dana has gotten a 2nd chance at fixing the heavyweight division, and what does he do? He talks trash…. I dont get it. When the F**K are the Fertita’s going to put a muzzle on him?

I am not getting my hopes up again. Not with Dana leading the negotiations. I expect Fedor to land in DREAM over in Japan, and resurect it into the NEW Pride.

As for Cro Cop, March 15 he is fighting Yoshihiro Nakao?
Whatever![/quote]

I am not a Dana hater at all, but you are 100% right John..Dana should not be bashing Fedor when trying to sign him..BUT last time, Dana talked highly of Fedor, and Fedor said no..So maybe Dana thinks “bashing” fedor will help Zuffa get him??

I want Fedor to sign UFC soo bad,but like you said I am not getting my hopes up either…..

Say the UFC does sign Fedor??
What will they do with Nog??..Will he be side-lined, and have to wait for the winner of Randy/Fedor????..

[quote comment=”350422″][quote comment=”349938″]yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.[/quote]

just to inform you Couture is still heavyweight champ!!! Nog is the interm heavyweight champ(all part of the legal battle)
get with the program…..[/quote]

and fedor is the pride champion. before anyone could fight fedor, they’d have to unify the UFC belt first to them unify the UFC and Pride belt. get wit it!

Dana White:

Sign Fedor and Aleksander!!! please,please,please..

mania…..mmaweekly is saying m1…still has the rights to fedor??? and that he will still be fighting for them????????????????????????????

response please!!!!!!!!

As a few of you have already said, this is Dana’s big chance to make a huge splash in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Granted it’s better now that it has been in a long while but some fighters are leaving or thinking of leaving (AA, Big Tim, etc.). If you bring in Fedor not only do you get who most (rightfully so) regard as the #1 heavyweight guy out there you also get Randy back and I don’t see any of the other heavys going anywhere. Now if the UFC loses him again…

[quote comment=”350435″][quote comment=”350422″][quote comment=”349938″]yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.[/quote]

just to inform you Couture is still heavyweight champ!!! Nog is the interm heavyweight champ(all part of the legal battle)
get with the program…..[/quote]

and fedor is the pride champion. before anyone could fight fedor, they’d have to unify the UFC belt first to them unify the UFC and Pride belt. get wit it![/quote]

Linx: Not really. If Randy is truly serious about only fighting one last time, he would relinquish his title to Nogueira, and fight Fedor in a farewell fight. Fedor will destroy Randy, setting up a 4th fight between Nogueira and Fedor, this time in the Octagon.

It gets tricky if Randy decides that he wants more then 1 more fight, but till thios point Randy has shunned Nog and has been adamant about wanting to fight Fedor and then riding off into the sunset.

If Dana can shut his damn mouth, sign Fedor and Aleksander….Randy would come running back and the UFC would have 1 hell of a heavyweight division. Sign Kharitonov and we are really set!…. Fingers Crossed, everyone!

If Dana doesnt want to bring any of the red devil fighters over, I hope that he at least brings Kiril over to the UFC. The kid has been dubbed as the heir apparent to Fedor, he is young and ultra tough, sign him now and he will pay dividends in the future!

Lets hope Dana and Finklestein can sit down, as adults and work out a fair compromise!

[quote comment=”350416″][quote comment=”350397″]The Saga continues…[/quote]

PHILQNY: where the hell have u been buddy?[/quote]

Bro..I’ve had some tuff issues that popped up in the beggining of Feb..that threw my life upside down..I’m slowly trying to get back on my feet.

Wow. This might now happen. This is really exciting news. I didn’t mind Fedor not fighting in the UFC. I just wanted to see Fedor and Randy fight. It was looking like it would never go down. Now it’s potentially back on.

Booked my tickets for 85!!! Can’t wait.

[quote comment=”349486″]I don’t see Dana dropping the ball on this if everyone involved is at the very least realistic in terms of salary etc.[/quote]
Aaahhhh! It NEVER had a single thing to do with salary. Jesus Christ!

I see Fedor signing a 2 fight deal just to get in the Octagon with Randy and then…if he wins….a title shot. The Pride belt is irrelevant at this point…no “unification” is necessary as that organization no longer exists. Besides this is the UFC….who says it has to make sense?

Fedor vs RC

Winner vs Nog

I’m not stupid enough to confidently call a winner on either fight. We know what Nog is capable of because we have seen him fight very recently but neither RC nor Fedor have done enough lately for us to really know where they are at right now.

If my back was against the wall I would give the nod to Fedor but I wouldn’t bet one thin dime on it…Let’s just hope it happens and enjoy the show.

Bo

It’s crazy how the addtition of one man can turn the division from struggling to rock solid with endless match up posssibilities.

Someone is going to have to bend or break on the exclusivity part of the deal . I think Fedor needs to give up those Sambo tournaments…he just goes in and dominates them anyways. I bet it’s not much of a challenge for him. I can see why the UFC would be against it though cause if they are going to invest what they are into one fighter and he gets hurt elsewhere…

[quote comment=”349686″]this is buulllll!!!!! if fedor signs for 1 penny less 250,000 a fight, i am going back to boxing. if brock lesner can walk away with that fir a loss and that BALD HEADED FAG that runs the ufc signs the top heavy weight in the world for less the some fluke f@@@@@@ entertainer. i will never watch the ufc again!!!! mark my words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but it will be nice to have randy back.[/quote]

See ya! What difference does it make TO YOU what a fighter makes? Chill out and enjoy the show….I think Fedor can look out for himself. Enjoy your boxing….

I can see this eventually happening. Sooner than later. The closer they get to the end of RC contract the more apt he is to wait… Fedor will win, plain and simple.

Favorite fighters…
UFC
Karo Parisyan
Clay Guida
Josh Burkman
Anderson Silva

Elsewhere
Matt MacGrath
Fedor
Akiyama
Sakuraba

Most disliked…
UFC
BJ PENN
Tito Ortiz
Nate Diaz
Kendall Grove

[quote comment=”350448″][quote comment=”350435″][quote comment=”350422″][quote comment=”349938″]yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.[/quote]

just to inform you Couture is still heavyweight champ!!! Nog is the interm heavyweight champ(all part of the legal battle)
get with the program…..[/quote]

and fedor is the pride champion. before anyone could fight fedor, they’d have to unify the UFC belt first to them unify the UFC and Pride belt. get wit it![/quote]

Linx: Not really. If Randy is truly serious about only fighting one last time, he would relinquish his title to Nogueira, and fight Fedor in a farewell fight. Fedor will destroy Randy, setting up a 4th fight between Nogueira and Fedor, this time in the Octagon.

It gets tricky if Randy decides that he wants more then 1 more fight, but till thios point Randy has shunned Nog and has been adamant about wanting to fight Fedor and then riding off into the sunset.

[/quote]

But John, if Randy chooses to relinquish his title and Nog is sole champion, technically Nog would than have to fight Fedor to unify the Pride/UFC belts. Now I can see Dana making an exception for Randy since they were friends, but I also see Dana acting as the ruthless business man that he is and not care much for Randy’s past decisions and give the fight for Nog vs Fedor. Randy really f*cked up.

[quote comment=”350472″]I see Fedor signing a 2 fight deal just to get in the Octagon with Randy and then…if he wins….a title shot. The Pride belt is irrelevant at this point…no “unification” is necessary as that organization no longer exists. Besides this is the UFC….who says it has to make sense?
[/quote]

I think the Pride belt is still relevant, even though the organization no longer exists. It’s a great marketing strategy and brings in $$$ when they mention unification of Pride/UFC belts. It’s the reason why they did it for the LHW, and recently MW. If they can sign Fedor, I see them doing the unification as well.

Re-freakin-diculous!

Mark my words, a Fedor vs. Randy fight would be the biggest PPV in UFC history. At the very least Dana will make this fight happen to buck up the PPV numbers for the year.

Amazing.

We are probably gonna have to wait till the december card for this fight

[quote comment=”350454″][quote comment=”350416″][quote comment=”350397″]The Saga continues…[/quote]

PHILQNY: where the hell have u been buddy?[/quote]

Bro..I’ve had some tuff issues that popped up in the beggining of Feb..that threw my life upside down..I’m slowly trying to get back on my feet.[/quote]

I wish u the best my freind. Handle your business!

[quote comment=”350514″][quote comment=”350448″][quote comment=”350435″][quote comment=”350422″][quote comment=”349938″]yeah but what happens with Big Nog as he is the current champion in UFC? So woudn’t Randy have to fight him first then maybe win and then unify the belts going against Fedor? IF Couture fights Fedor without him holding the UFC belt then this fight really to me has kind of lost some meaning.[/quote]

just to inform you Couture is still heavyweight champ!!! Nog is the interm heavyweight champ(all part of the legal battle)
get with the program…..[/quote]

and fedor is the pride champion. before anyone could fight fedor, they’d have to unify the UFC belt first to them unify the UFC and Pride belt. get wit it![/quote]

Linx: Not really. If Randy is truly serious about only fighting one last time, he would relinquish his title to Nogueira, and fight Fedor in a farewell fight. Fedor will destroy Randy, setting up a 4th fight between Nogueira and Fedor, this time in the Octagon.

It gets tricky if Randy decides that he wants more then 1 more fight, but till thios point Randy has shunned Nog and has been adamant about wanting to fight Fedor and then riding off into the sunset.

[/quote]

But John, if Randy chooses to relinquish his title and Nog is sole champion, technically Nog would than have to fight Fedor to unify the Pride/UFC belts. Now I can see Dana making an exception for Randy since they were friends, but I also see Dana acting as the ruthless business man that he is and not care much for Randy’s past decisions and give the fight for Nog vs Fedor. Randy really f*cked up.

[quote comment=”350472″]I see Fedor signing a 2 fight deal just to get in the Octagon with Randy and then…if he wins….a title shot. The Pride belt is irrelevant at this point…no “unification” is necessary as that organization no longer exists. Besides this is the UFC….who says it has to make sense?
[/quote]

I think the Pride belt is still relevant, even though the organization no longer exists. It’s a great marketing strategy and brings in $$$ when they mention unification of Pride/UFC belts. It’s the reason why they did it for the LHW, and recently MW. If they can sign Fedor, I see them doing the unification as well.[/quote]

Linx: I agree that the PRIDE belt is really important from a marketing stand point. But Randy vs. Fedor takes precident over Fedor vs. Nog, especially if Randy only wants 1 last fight and since Nog vs. Fedor has already happened 3 times (technically). If Randy decides that he wants to keep fighting, then it will create a mess. If Dana can manage to sign Fedor, the 1st match up will no Doubt be Couture vs. Fedor…that fight needs no marketing because everyone knows its the biggest fight EVER!!!

Lets just pray that the UFC can sign Fedor and Aleksander, we will worry about the rest later. Not knowing who to match up 1st between Fedor, Nog, and Randy is a great problem for the UFC to have…. other organizations can only dream of a having problem like that on their hands!

[quote comment=”350473″]It’s crazy how the addtition of one man can turn the division from struggling to rock solid with endless match up posssibilities.

Someone is going to have to bend or break on the exclusivity part of the deal . I think Fedor needs to give up those Sambo tournaments…he just goes in and dominates them anyways. I bet it’s not much of a challenge for him. I can see why the UFC would be against it though cause if they are going to invest what they are into one fighter and he gets hurt elsewhere…[/quote]

Especially since, his opponents in the Sambno tournaments dont even show up to fight Fedor. I think the last tournament he only fought once. Listen Fedor should be allowed to do all the Sambo he wants, as long as he doesnt compete in mma under any other banner except the UFC. IF GSP didnt get that match against Hughes this past december, GSP would have been competing in the Olympics for Canada, and that was cool with Dana, so Dana should just leave Fedor and his once a year Sambo alone.

Dana, please do whatever u have to to get the Ruissian in the cage!

Part of me is a little excited, part of me is a little frustrated.

Solution 1: Randy has two fights remaining on his current 4-fight contract (the one that he walked away from). Fight Nog for the title, then, assuming a win, defend against Fedor and walk away.
Solution 2: This is actually the better solution in my mind. Dana and Randy keep sniping back and forth. Cuban wins the lawsuit to free Randy from the UFC. Randy and Fedor fight for HDNet Fights at the American Airlines Center, 30 minutes from my house.

I absolutely REFUSE to get my hopes up on Fedor signed with the UFC.

If/when the Randy/Fedor fight does take place, I have always wanted it to take place in the octagon. Not because I want to see them only fight in the UFC, but because I want the fight to take place in a caged octagon. Randy is going to need every slight advantage that he can get in this fight, and his cage experience gives him a big edge.

I also believe that this deal needs to get done quick. Mark Cuban and Gary Shaw will both be willing to open up their wallets wider than Dana is, so its going to boil down to one thing - Does Fedor want to fight top competition or not? Right now the UFC HW division sucks and only has a couple of the Top 5. However, signing Fedor would make Randy return, and all of a sudden just about all of the Top 5 are intact (one can make an argument for Josh Barnett)

im a randy fan but he has no chance..i dont know if you guys watched all of fedors fights but he dominated all of them.. He beat nog THREE times not twice for you guys out there..hes gonna smash randy

[quote comment=”349509″]would Randy have to fight Nog to unify the belt first and then fight Fedor? And maybe you give Fedor a tune-up fight against Eddie Sanchez (lmao) or some unlucky victim like Timaaaay before he gets Randy? Thoughts…[/quote]

Good Question Anthony. Would Randy have to fight Big Nog first to unify the UFC belt? I am going to say NO. Here are my reasons.

Everybody that knows anything about MMA has been dying to see Fedor/Randy. The UFC would not have Randy fight Big Nog first because there is more than a good chance that Nogueira would get the win over Randy. Then we get Nogueira/Fedor part 12 instead of Randy/Fedor.

Also, Randy is the UFC champ, Nog is the UFC interim champ, and Fedor is the PRIDE champ. They can easily book Randy vs Fedor immediatly and have it be a UFC/PRIDE title unifiaction bout. Then the winner of that fight is the unified champ and fights Noguiera to determine the undisputed champion of the HW division.

And regarding a warm of fight for Fedor, he wouldn’t need one. Dan Henderson didn’t not need warm up fights before unifying the belts, so why would Fedor? If he did, they would NOT match him up with Timmy before fighting Randy. Tim Sylvia is not on the top of the list of people that Fedor is willing to fight.

ViolentMike is right. I agree with every word!
[quote post=”5244″]Also, Randy is the UFC champ, Nog is the UFC
interim champ, and Fedor is the PRIDE champ. They can easily book Randy vs Fedor immediatly and have it be a UFC/PRIDE title unifiaction bout. Then the winner of that fight is the unified champ and fights Noguiera to determine the undisputed champion of the HW division.[/quote]

Pay each guy a million plus PPV bonuses. Sign Fedor to a one fight deal if he wants. Get this over with if they have to fight in a ring whatever. Where does this happen. They need a big arena? MSG baby!

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I feel SOOOOooOooo vindicated by this. lol All you UFC/Dana haters should feel really stupid right now. lol[/quote]

Why, because M-1 Global is going under? The UFC and Fedor have not even BEGUN to talk contracts yet and you already got the dotted lines signed??? Re-read the article…

[quote comment=”350413″]In a few days Danba White will have to start negotiating with Fedor’s management again, so Can anyone tell me why he is already Bashing Fedor again. What kind of corporate president talks Sh*t about a major employee that they are about to sign, just days before negotiations will begin.

Dana should be on his hands and knees. Dana has gotten a 2nd chance at fixing the heavyweight division, and what does he do? He talks trash…. I dont get it. When the F**K are the Fertita’s going to put a muzzle on him?

I am not getting my hopes up again. Not with Dana leading the negotiations. I expect Fedor to land in DREAM over in Japan, and resurect it into the NEW Pride.

As for Cro Cop, March 15 he is fighting Yoshihiro Nakao?
Whatever![/quote]

The Fertitas and the real business men behind the UFC should take over all contract negotiations and public relations of Fedor. And during the course of the next 5 minutes, they need to duct tape Dana’s mouth shut so he can’t make a single stupid comment that insults Fedor - he has already said enough.

It all boils down to what Fedor wants MOST:

- If Fedor wants to fight the best fighters and be declared the the undisputed HW champ and reclaim his position as #1 P4P fighter, he will sign with the UFC
- If he is ONLY looking for money, he will sign with Cuban and HDnet Fights or even less likely, Gary Shaw and EliteXC (Cuban’s pockets are deeper and he is working on getting Couture).
- If he is looking for pride, self satisfaction, most recognition, and fight in front of the most educated MMA fans that all love him, he will chose DREAM.

I don’t think that money will be the biggest factor in Fedor’s next decision, so its between the UFC and DREAM.

[quote comment=”350632″][quote comment=”349509″]would Randy have to fight Nog to unify the belt first and then fight Fedor? And maybe you give Fedor a tune-up fight against Eddie Sanchez (lmao) or some unlucky victim like Timaaaay before he gets Randy? Thoughts…[/quote]

Good Question Anthony. Would Randy have to fight Big Nog first to unify the UFC belt? I am going to say NO. Here are my reasons.

Everybody that knows anything about MMA has been dying to see Fedor/Randy. The UFC would not have Randy fight Big Nog first because there is more than a good chance that Nogueira would get the win over Randy. Then we get Nogueira/Fedor part 12 instead of Randy/Fedor.

Also, Randy is the UFC champ, Nog is the UFC interim champ, and Fedor is the PRIDE champ. They can easily book Randy vs Fedor immediatly and have it be a UFC/PRIDE title unifiaction bout. Then the winner of that fight is the unified champ and fights Noguiera to determine the undisputed champion of the HW division.

And regarding a warm of fight for Fedor, he wouldn’t need one. Dan Henderson didn’t not need warm up fights before unifying the belts, so why would Fedor? If he did, they would NOT match him up with Timmy before fighting Randy. Tim Sylvia is not on the top of the list of people that Fedor is willing to fight.[/quote]

VM, that sounds good, but how confident are we that Randy will fight Nog if he beats Fedor. Worst case scenario: Randy beats Fedor and then retires again. Then what? Do you still put Fedor up against Nog? I guess, but it would definitely be tainted a bit.

If I’m the UFC, I dont’ let Randy back unless he fulfills the two fights on his contract. If Randy beats Fedor, he HAS to unify against Nog. Besides, whoever would come out of this little mini-tournament, would definitely be the undisputed heavyweight king. No questions asked.

[quote comment=”350552″][quote comment=”350514″][quote comment=”350448″][quote comment=”350435″][quote comment=”350422″][quote comment=”349938″]

Linx: I agree that the PRIDE belt is really important from a marketing stand point. But Randy vs. Fedor takes precident over Fedor vs. Nog, especially if Randy only wants 1 last fight and since Nog vs. Fedor has already happened 3 times (technically). If Randy decides that he wants to keep fighting, then it will create a mess. If Dana can manage to sign Fedor, the 1st match up will no Doubt be Couture vs. Fedor…that fight needs no marketing because everyone knows its the biggest fight EVER!!!

Lets just pray that the UFC can sign Fedor and Aleksander, we will worry about the rest later. Not knowing who to match up 1st between Fedor, Nog, and Randy is a great problem for the UFC to have…. other organizations can only dream of a having problem like that on their hands![/quote]

Good points John, but as an MMA fan I really rather see Nog vs Randy, instead of Randy vs Fedor. I just don’t see any challenges Randy can give Fedor at all, it would be so one sided and wouldn’t last one round, but Randy vs Nog, now that’s a fair fight.

don’t know what happened with my last post, tried deleting the previous comments for less room and it became to thin. I’ll try deleting the quotation codes next time

[quote comment=”349565″]Perhaps Dana and the Fertitta’s aren’t as clueless as some people make them out to be. Now Fedor could probably be signed at a lower price and the UFC will offer to drop the lawsuits against Couture if he fights Fedor at a reasonable price. Lorenzo Fertitta isn’t worth 1.3 billion because he’s a moron.[/quote]

Yes, I’m sure the Feritta brothers didn’t sign Fedor initially because the wanted to let him sign with another organziation that they knew was going under (because the predicted this event after looking into their crystal ball), just so they could sign Fedor on the cheap. That’s a totally rational decision making process.

I mean you wouldn’t want to sign a fighter that is one of the parts to the biggest fight ever (okay, arguably the biggest fight)simply because you wanted to save a couple bucks.

I hope the sarcasm come through. I’m not saying at any point in this post that the Feritta brothers do not have a great business sense, but to turn a fortuitous event into some well thought out strategy is ridiculous and irrational.

I, for one, do NOT care what happens on the business side regarding the UFC and Fedor. All I want to see is a fight between The Last Emperor and The Natural.

[quote comment=”349477″]WOW. Well maybe Fedor has decided to stop being a pu**y and will go into negotiations with much more sensible requests? I hope so. Fedor in the UFC would be AWESOME. The UFC would rule all and all the other promotions will wither away…[/quote]
Fedor just wanted to compete in Sambo for his country, which in my opinion competing for your country is the greatest thing you could do. Can you imagine if MMA became an olympic sport, UFC guys would compete in a heartbeat!!! UFC has to stop doing these exclusive contracts, at least with top tier fighters, and let the best fight the best from other organizations. That way, Dana could keep his cans in the ufc and force them to work towards inter-organizational events, which would be the biggest draws and the best for the sport of MMA.
As for Dana, him opening his mouth and saying Fedor isnt even top 5 is insulting. If i were Fedor, and my possible future boss keeps insulting me, why would i want to come work for him. Damn Dana, give credit where credit is due. He has smashed your current HW champion twice!

I think its up to Randy to fight BIG NOG before he can fight Fedor in his last ever UFC fight.

I think in Randy’s mind, he matches up better against Fedor than Nog.

[quote comment=”350608″]I absolutely REFUSE to get my hopes up on Fedor signed with the UFC.

If/when the Randy/Fedor fight does take place, I have always wanted it to take place in the octagon. Not because I want to see them only fight in the UFC, but because I want the fight to take place in a caged octagon. Randy is going to need every slight advantage that he can get in this fight, and his cage experience gives him a big edge.

I also believe that this deal needs to get done quick. Mark Cuban and Gary Shaw will both be willing to open up their wallets wider than Dana is, so its going to boil down to one thing - Does Fedor want to fight top competition or not? Right now the UFC HW division sucks and only has a couple of the Top 5. However, signing Fedor would make Randy return, and all of a sudden just about all of the Top 5 are intact (one can make an argument for Josh Barnett)[/quote]

I too am trying not to get my hopes up because like u pointed out, Cuban and Shaw are more then willing to break the bank open for Fedor. Also dont forget that DREAM will also try very hard to get Fedor back in Japan, where Fedor is really comfortable fighting.

Dana has to not only Strike quick, but Strike hard! He need s to blow Fedor away right off the bat with an offer that will make the Russian not even want to entertain offers from other potential suiters (DREAM, EliteXC, WVR, and CUBAN). Kind of like the Eagles did with Asante Samuel.

Dana tries to say how tough Fedor is to deal with, and all the exclusivity problems between camp Russia and UFC management, but Fedor fought for years, exclusively under the PRIDE banner, had no contractual problems with PRIDE, so the UFC has to do what ever is neccessary to get this deal done. PRIDE, which wasnt anywhere near as organized as the UFC made it work, there is NO EXCUSES this time for DANA to notr land the Russian.

Dana,

PLEASE JUST SIGN THE MAN!!!!!

P.S, he may be a future employee of the UFC, so maybe you might want to stop insulting him and saying how he isn’t even near the best because you will look like a real idiot when countdown to UFC 90 comes out and you are trying to promote the Randy vs. Fedor fight, and you will be slobering all over his russian nuts in interviews, trying to market him as the greatest fighter ever…. I can see it coming a mile away!

Fertita’s should put a muzzle on Dana and deal with Fedor themselves, just like they do with Tito. Dana should really just shut his mouth until negotiations are over!

“Good points John, but as an MMA fan I really rather see Nog vs Randy, instead of Randy vs Fedor. I just don’t see any challenges Randy can give Fedor at all, it would be so one sided and wouldn’t last one round, but Randy vs Nog, now that’s a fair fight.

Linx: I agree that Nog vs. Randy would be the more competitive fight, but after not landing Fedor the 1st time around, then the whole mess with Randy and now Cuban trying to take the fight over, if the UFC manages to land Fedor, I cant see them letting anything come between the biggest fight in history Randy vs. Fedor.

I feel the same as you though. I think Fedor would make Randy look Silly and that Nog vs. Randy would be much more competitive, but then if Randy looses to Nog (which in my mind is a very big possibility), then the Fedor vs. Randy fight will be ruined, and I dont think thats something that Dana and the UFC will be willing to risk!

[quote comment=”349481″]I don’t believe in God but if I did I would be praying right now for this to happen… and then for world peace. LOL![/quote]

Glad we all are well aware of Zeke’s internal belief system. We can all rest well now.

[quote comment=”350607″]Solution 1: Randy has two fights remaining on his current 4-fight contract (the one that he walked away from). Fight Nog for the title, then, assuming a win, defend against Fedor and walk away.
Solution 2: This is actually the better solution in my mind. Dana and Randy keep sniping back and forth. Cuban wins the lawsuit to free Randy from the UFC. Randy and Fedor fight for HDNet Fights at the American Airlines Center, 30 minutes from my house.[/quote]

PW: u would really assume that Randy would beat Nog? I am surprised to hear that coming from you. I think that Nog would still be the favorite over Randy and that Randy has never defeated a Heavyweight any where as good as Nogueira. Nog would be the biggest challenge of Randy’s HW career…..would u risk the Fedor fight by having Randy fight Nog 1st?

Also keep in mind, that we dont even know if Randy is willing to fight 2 more times. He has been constantly saying he only has 1 fight left in him and he wants it to be Fedor. he has had every opportunity to fight nog, but he seems to want nothing to do with that Match up.

monte cox seems to think that fedor still belongs to M-1 at this point.-

How about ESPN breaking this story? Fedor is bigger than I thought over hear in the states.

Dana talks all this crap about Fedor, but remember how giddy he was when he signed Wanderlei? If he sign Fedor, he might Dance the streets of Vegas NAKED! Every time Dana opens his mouth he says some thing retarded, kind of like George Bush! dana needs a publicist real bad!

[quote comment=”349733″]
The fight will happen at ufc 88 “End of Days”(there running out of cool catch phrases, ILL WILL I mean come on)
THE END[/quote]

haha funny shyt.

p.s.
parisyan sucks

this is big for the ufc i don’t know how serious dana is about signing him and cuban or dream seem more likely.if the ufc does not sign him i see more hw’s leaving knowing there is a big payday fight out there for them if they doe sign him i think they will have the best hw division ever more fighter will come and others will want to stay knowing thats where the compition is.randy would not have to fight nog first just give up his title witch he already said he did dana makes his own rankings and rules so what ever he wants to do will happen.

[quote comment=”349496″]Have a think about this one guys. Dana and Randy both have their tails between their legs. They both regret the recent debacle over Randy’s contract and departure and will never back down because of their pride and public srcutiny.

Getting Fedor to the UFC gets them both out of jail as both can say:

Dana - ‘we are doing this because the fans want it’
Randy - ‘I am only returning to fight Fedor’

Either way, I can not wait to see this fight, it will be awesome just to know who would win. I would also love to know how much the UFC paid M1 to break the contract :)[/quote]

Right on the money–Dana and Randy could save face, and Fedor would get the opportunity to fight someone who isn’t a gigantic tomato can.

It’s a shame, cause I would have rather seen Couture fight Nog too. But you guys are right, UFC wouldn’t risk him losing to Big Nog. On the other hand, I’m sure that if he did lose the fight, they would still have Couture vs Fedor. Liddell lost to Jardine, but they still had the Liddell/Silva match. Then again, Liddell is on one of Dana’s nuts.

I kinda doubt Fedor will sign with UFC

ID RATHER SEE
RANDY VS LESNAR

[quote comment=”349544″]yeah, seriously I’d love to see Fedor in the UFC just to see guys like AA and Mir and Kongo take their shot at him and see how they stand up in comparison. I think Arlovski would really have a good shot provided he fights up to his abilities and is the Pitbull of old, not the tentative guy we’ve been seeing lately.[/quote]

Fedor is a beast, he’s always just a notch better than his competition. there’s no part of the game fedor isn’t a master at. his transition game is the best by far, the way he goes from stand-up to ground and pound to submissions, he flows from on technique to another like water. he’ll always be just 1 notch better than his competition. Yeah, i see randy getting a take down and doing some ground and pound on fedor, until fedor’s had enough and uses his grown man strength to lock in an arm bar or something, and don’t think fedor can’t overpower randy. people that grew up in the old communist soviet union had hard times. americans wouldn’t no a thing about the hard times the soviet people had, everyday was a struggle to survive, americans have had a cake walk compared to the soviet people. why do u think we never wanted to go to war with the USSR. we had to stockpile nukes b/c in a ground war, their soldiers, to a man, would’ve stone cold whipped our soldiers. every russian soldier had to endure an a** whipping every day for a whole year from a higher ranking soldier. as a people, as a whole, the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. understand where fedor comes from b4 u bet against the man. he’s as tough as they come from a nation built on man power and the toughness of will power. i bet u couldn’t survive the cold russian winter not knowing if u had adequate heating and food, the winter that got the best of the mighty napoleon army and the german blitzkrieg,. never bet against the type of man fedor is, take into consideration where he comes from, what his beliefs are, where his loyalties lie, the man he is deep in his soul. I’d say any man in the world will have their work cut out for them against someone like fedor

[quote comment=”350746″][quote comment=”349481″]I don’t believe in God but if I did I would be praying right now for this to happen… and then for world peace. LOL![/quote]

Glad we all are well aware of Zeke’s internal belief system. We can all rest well now.[/quote]

I’m pretty sure he is not the only atheist here

The fighters no best who is the best fighter in the world, and usually when a fighter is asked who is the best fighter in the world is, they usually all reply…FEDOR!

We all have our oppinions and see things a certain way, but in this case I trust the fighters oppinions much more than ours, including mine!

Direct quote from Brandon Verra when he was asked, who the best fighter in the world was: Verra responded, “Fedor, he is the only man on the planet that doesnt have any whole in his game.”

Just listen to any Pride event were rampage ended up in the announcer booth, and just listen to how Rampage talks about him.

Have u ever heard BJ Penn talk about Fedor? Penn is a crazy dude who thinks he is better than everyone (which he might be), he talks glowingly of the Russian! and BJ doesnt give props to other fighters easily, especially in the past!

Fedor is the best Heavyweight fighter in the world, and hopefully he will soon be proving it in the UFC. Nothing would make me happier, than seeing Fedor take Tim sylvia down, and pound his face like nothing we have ever seen before in the UFC.

Fedor taking an opponent down, pushing him up against the cage, and unleashing his NASTY ground n’ Pound, with elbows incorporated into it….is a very scary thing!

[quote comment=”350787″][quote comment=”349544″]yeah, seriously I’d love to see Fedor in the UFC just to see guys like AA and Mir and Kongo take their shot at him and see how they stand up in comparison. I think Arlovski would really have a good shot provided he fights up to his abilities and is the Pitbull of old, not the tentative guy we’ve been seeing lately.[/quote]

Fedor is a beast, he’s always just a notch better than his competition. there’s no part of the game fedor isn’t a master at. his transition game is the best by far, the way he goes from stand-up to ground and pound to submissions, he flows from on technique to another like water. he’ll always be just 1 notch better than his competition. Yeah, i see randy getting a take down and doing some ground and pound on fedor, until fedor’s had enough and uses his grown man strength to lock in an arm bar or something, and don’t think fedor can’t overpower randy. people that grew up in the old communist soviet union had hard times. americans wouldn’t no a thing about the hard times the soviet people had, everyday was a struggle to survive, americans have had a cake walk compared to the soviet people. why do u think we never wanted to go to war with the USSR. we had to stockpile nukes b/c in a ground war, their soldiers, to a man, would’ve stone cold whipped our soldiers. every russian soldier had to endure an a** whipping every day for a whole year from a higher ranking soldier. as a people, as a whole, the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. understand where fedor comes from b4 u bet against the man. he’s as tough as they come from a nation built on man power and the toughness of will power. i bet u couldn’t survive the cold russian winter not knowing if u had adequate heating and food, the winter that got the best of the mighty napoleon army and the german blitzkrieg,. never bet against the type of man fedor is, take into consideration where he comes from, what his beliefs are, where his loyalties lie, the man he is deep in his soul. I’d say any man in the world will have their work cut out for them against someone like fedor[/quote]

duece 4, wat’s up with all of that? success in MMA has nothing to do with a country’s culture. granted someone that may have had a hard upbringing may lead them to appreciate life more, but it doesn’t give you super natural strength (which fedor has :))

[quote post=”5244″]i wish fedor would drop to 205 and fights chuck liddel in june [/quote]

Why would any fan want that, seriously? The HW division is in desperate need for good fighters, sorry Mark Coleman doesn’t help much in my eyes. 205 is almost to stacked with great fighters and endless badass match ups… Liddell got thrown Evans simply because all the top 205′ers are penciled in to fight real soon. Still think Thiago was such a perfect choice but we all know damn well Chuck is Dana’s favorite and they both probably felt that was a little risky for the Iceman’s comeback chances.

I honestly think this will happen. But it will be a non-title, three rounder. It will be a one-fight deal for Fedor, and both Randy and Fedor will be promised a gazillion dollars for the fight.

[quote post=”5244″]mikeybear

WOW Dana White is trying to sign this guy yet he is talking sh!t and saying that Randy will smash him. I really think he is going HD Net and then him and Randy r gonna finnally fight. Tito will also sign with HD and Kos, & Tim Syilva and everything about the UFC is gonna crumble!! [/quote]

Really now? Not one of those 3 fighters could even bring in big money for PPV’s anymore. Kos is the only one who even has any potential, but that division would be more then fine if he left. UFC will never crumble in the forseeable future, they still have the majority of top teir talent and the money to keep em there. So put down the pipe and come back to reality.

It’s kind of hard to get my hopes up for this fight, even though it seems to be falling into place at the moment, it would be very easy to see negotiations getting mucked again. I think if it does happen, the winner of Randy/Fedor fights Nog. Either way, I don’t think Randy would ever really be back for good, just maybe another fight or two (good enough for me). Anyway, I hope everyone involved in the negotations learned a thing or two from the last go around and acts in a manner that shows they really want to make this happen. I really don’t care whether their motivation is giving the fans what they want, or the sick $$$ this fight stands to make.

[quote comment=”350799″][quote post=”5244″]i wish fedor would drop to 205 and fights chuck liddel in june [/quote]

Why would any fan want that, seriously? The HW division is in desperate need for good fighters, sorry Mark Coleman doesn’t help much in my eyes. 205 is almost to stacked with great fighters and endless badass match ups… Liddell got thrown Evans simply because all the top 205′ers are penciled in to fight real soon. Still think Thiago was such a perfect choice but we all know damn well Chuck is Dana’s favorite and they both probably felt that was a little risky for the Iceman’s comeback chances.[/quote]

yea thats true but chuck and dana are talking so much shit about fedor so i think it would be an interesting fight

IMAGINE IF RANDY. AA, AND TIMY LEAVE THE UFC THAN I BELIVE THAT THERES NO POINT OF FEDOR SIGNING WHIT THE UFC.

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the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. [/quote]
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Interested point, but average russian(european) will out smart avarage american in fields like world geography, world history, math and knowing at least 2 lang.

I believe dana that randy would beat fedor. Fedor has a quite blatant game plan which he always uses. Throw a few punches to tie up in the clinch… take his oponent down and ground and pound him. He would not be able to do this against randy, I think all randy would have to do is avoid them powerful punches, which i think he can with his new-found head movement.

I believe that Fedor was worried about coming into the UFC and having his first fight against Randy. He was worried about fighting and losing like guys like Cro Cop and Hendo. But now that he sees the Big Nog is the champ, he thinks its a good warm up fight and he knows he can beat him after he raped him back in pride. I think that was a huge reason.

[quote comment=”349496″]Have a think about this one guys. Dana and Randy both have their tails between their legs. They both regret the recent debacle over Randy’s contract and departure and will never back down because of their pride and public srcutiny.

Getting Fedor to the UFC gets them both out of jail as both can say:

Dana - ‘we are doing this because the fans want it’
Randy - ‘I am only returning to fight Fedor’

Either way, I can not wait to see this fight, it will be awesome just to know who would win. I would also love to know how much the UFC paid M1 to break the contract :)[/quote]

Its too bad Randy has a contract with hdnet that starts as soon as his ufc one is up.

[quote comment=”350888″]I believe that Fedor was worried about coming into the UFC and having his first fight against Randy. He was worried about fighting and losing like guys like Cro Cop and Hendo. But now that he sees the Big Nog is the champ, he thinks its a good warm up fight and he knows he can beat him after he raped him back in pride. I think that was a huge reason.[/quote]

hendo fought the two best guys out there back to back not easey for anyone to do.put any fighter against those two back to back and they probally come out with 2 loses.people always try to say fedor is scared and i know thats not true and hopefully we will get to see this.

[quote comment=”350876″][/quote]

the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. [/quote]
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Interested point, but average russian(european) will out smart avarage american in fields like world geography, world history, math and knowing at least 2 lang.[/quote]

What the hell does this have to do with this article?

Back to subject.

Imagine a perfect world where Fedor inks a deal with the UFC. Let’s say the fight is set to happen on NYE in 9 months.

Randy hasn’t fought anyone since Gonzaga in August 2007. In which, Randy broke his forearm. I don’t know how much training Randy has been doing since suffering a broken arm and no confirmed fights looming in the near future. But if he were to fight Fedor on an NYE card like many suggest, then, it would be somewhere like 16 months since Randy would have fought.

That would be insane.

I understand that a Randy/Nog or a Fedor/Tune up fight would be a huge risk in creating the fight of the century if Randy or Fedor were to lose.

Either this fight has to happen soon, or Randy will be in the big disadvantage of not having fought anyone for quite some time. If Randy vs. Fedor happens on NYE with no tune up fights in between for either, I see Fedor beating a 45 1/2 year old, comming off from a broke forearm, ring rusted Randy Couture.

Please don’t screw this one up Dana !! Sign HIM !!!!!!!!!!!

There is still more to this story Fedor signed a contract with M1 and how he is going to get out of that I don’t know. I would love to see this fight and the sooner the better cause Randy isn’t getting any younger. If Randy comes in like he did in his last two fights I think Fedor has a very difficult time with the cagey veteran. However if ring rust and age catch up with Captain American it could be a very short night.

Fedor is the Floyd Mayweather of MMA, he’s going to drag this fight with Randy for as long as he can cause Randy isn’t getting younger. Randy will have all the lawsuit issues in his head, won’t be able to train the way he should. Then when Fedor sees Randy is about to have his first mid life crisis, then he’ll push for the fight. If the UFC leaves Randy alone and it happens soon Randy will win, stoppage do to cuts.

[quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

That’s obviously hype on Dana’s end he knows it is going to happen. He has probably had a master plan all along. And yes I think Randy will smash Fedor, does anybody here see Randy falling for the famous Fedor armbar?

all you people that where saying randy would beat fedor are now starting your excuse list i see, legal troubles,age, ring rust.whatever it doesn’t matter fedor will win and beat anyother ufc champ or past champ and than there will be no excuses.

[quote comment=”350876″][/quote]

the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. [/quote]
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Interested point, but average russian(european) will out smart avarage american in fields like world geography, world history, math and knowing at least 2 lang.[/quote]
I would have to argue with you. World geography and math would be the only topics even close to debatable. World history tends to be a matter of opinion depending on who’s side of the story you’re country/region/continent ect. is on. And do to the rising level of Latin immigrants the number of multi lingual U.S. citizens has risen quite a bit over the past few years.

It will never happen, Fedor won’t sign with the UFC, if anything he’ll sign with WVR and it’s Pride all over again.

If you think about it, this could have all been planned from Fedor and randy to begin with. What a scam!!!!! Wish I would have thought of it, first!!

“If you think about it, this could have all been planned from Fedor and randy to begin with. What a scam!!!!! Wish I would have thought of it, first!!”

I was actually thinking this from the beginning, but after they brought Nog Vs. Sylvia in and Cuban launched the lawsuit I thought it would have been a little excessive so scraped the idea. It seems a little farfetched, but this fight has been hyped for so long now it might have been the biggest marketing scam in mma history. I wouldnt put anything past Dana the snake, but in the end I really dont think it was a scam.

I would think that he would go ahead and sign with Dream, beat Mirko again, and move right up into the #1 HW spot. Not that he would deserve it, but that seems to be the way the rankings have worked out for Fedor in the past.

Wow, 180 responses so far. Something tells me MMA fans have an interest in seeing Fedor in the UFC. Just a hunch.

at this point i dont even care anymore. i’ll believe it when its in black and white.talk is nothing.if it does happen Randy by stoppage.

Ill fight Fedor!

randy has already signed a deal with hdnet fights.
cuban isnt gonna let him forget that.
and just because fedors entertaining offers from the ufc doesnt mean hes going to fight there.
he “entertained” offers last time.
and ufc is pretty greedy so i doubt theyre going to budge much.
plus, as long as it takes the courts to get around to doing anything, lets say in a dream world and ufc and fedor can agree on a contract before october rolls around and zuffa drop the charges on randy, by the time they make it official it will be to late to put the fight together because randy’s contract with hdnet fights will be official and i doubt they would “loan” him to the ufc for the fight. it wouldnt happen.
Am i the only person who thinks its strange that once randy has a contract with hdnet and has a real opportunity to fight fedor that fedor suddenly wants to join the “we dont do copromotions or loan out our fighters” ufc?

Ill fight Fedor

[quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
lol who is near Fedors level if Randy isn’t? please reply

[quote comment=”351129″]It will never happen, Fedor won’t sign with the UFC, if anything he’ll sign with WVR and it’s Pride all over again.[/quote]
I agree thats highly possible. The rest of the best I think might follow.

[quote comment=”351296″][quote comment=”351129″]It will never happen, Fedor won’t sign with the UFC, if anything he’ll sign with WVR and it’s Pride all over again.[/quote]
I agree thats highly possible. The rest of the best I think might follow.[/quote]

The whole Cuban thing might sway where the fight happens. Who knows really but I would almost put money on Fedor and the UFC ever happening

[quote comment=”351292″][quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
lol who is near Fedors level if Randy isn’t? please reply[/quote]

no one, believe me. fedor in the HW division is like anderson silva in MW division, no one can touch him.

see how hard it is to say who is at his level? tell me, who is at silva’s level? it’s hard ain’t it? it’s just as hard to answer this regarding fedor.

[quote comment=”351296″][quote comment=”351129″]It will never happen, Fedor won’t sign with the UFC, if anything he’ll sign with WVR and it’s Pride all over again.[/quote]
I agree thats highly possible. The rest of the best I think might follow.[/quote]

I think he should end up in World Victory Road to take on Barnett. I mean, wouldn’t he have to beat Nogueira again to fight with Couture in the UFC? He already beat him twice. Handy should fight Nogueira to clear this title situation up, and if he wins he fights Fedor in. If not, hopefully Fedor finally fights and beats Barnett and we know definitively that he is the best and all the fair weather fans will find a new herd to follow and stop with the “LOL FEDOR NOT FIGHT NE 1 GOOD” garbage.

i dont think randy would smash fedor dana whites just bitter that he couldnt sign and control fedor dana white always says he wants real fighters which is true but he doesnt want fighters with a business sense which is why couture and tito dont get along with him business wise dana white is more famous and rich than 80% of his fighters are and why is that the fighters deserve the best deals being on tv nationwide doosent pay for your nutririon and training ufc should be about the fans and fighters not what dana wants or who hes buddys with

[quote comment=”351332″][quote comment=”351292″][quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
lol who is near Fedors level if Randy isn’t? please reply[/quote]

no one, believe me. fedor in the HW division is like anderson silva in MW division, no one can touch him.

see how hard it is to say who is at his level? tell me, who is at silva’s level? it’s hard ain’t it? it’s just as hard to answer this regarding fedor.[/quote]
He has never traded leather with randy for one
and anderson/hendo was a good fight could have went either way, I think if/when wanderla Silva drops to middle weight he will take out anderson.Also even if gsp were to move up would give him a good go. all of that is another topic though. Randy is an all around great fighter thats what all this hype is about fedor is great aswell either could win.

[quote comment=”351292″][quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
lol who is near Fedors level if Randy isn’t? please reply[/quote]

Fedor is on his own level.

[quote comment=”351127″][quote comment=”350876″][/quote]

the russian people are just tougher than americans, maybe not smarter or more intellectual, but more mentally tough. [/quote]
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Interested point, but average russian(european) will out smart avarage american in fields like world geography, world history, math and knowing at least 2 lang.[/quote]
I would have to argue with you. World geography and math would be the only topics even close to debatable. World history tends to be a matter of opinion depending on who’s side of the story you’re country/region/continent ect. is on. And do to the rising level of Latin immigrants the number of multi lingual U.S. citizens has risen quite a bit over the past few years.[/quote]

World Geography… it’s not going to be close as you said… Most Americans don’t know the difference between Iraq and Iran or Estonia and Latvia. General world history topics, like what year WWI or II started etc…

I would like to see Fedor vs. Dana White…. I would pay anything for that!

[quote comment=”352215″]I would like to see Fedor vs. Dana White…. I would pay anything for that![/quote]
it would be murder…

[quote comment=”351749″][quote comment=”351292″][quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
lol who is near Fedors level if Randy isn’t? please reply[/quote]

Fedor is on his own level.[/quote]
If Fedor was on his own level he would never go to decisions

Maybe Fedor will fight Kim Couture?

[quote comment=”349569″][quote comment=”349487″][quote comment=”349475″]would randy really smash fedor?[/quote]

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded[/quote]
ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level[/quote]
Ya, it really makes me sad to see guys who can’t see the truth of the matter. Fedor beat CC by decision, CC isn’t that good. Randy finished the guy that DESTROYED CC, so to say Randy isn’t in Fedor’s leage is laughable. Fedor beat Nog (by decision), He decisioned a few other good fighters (and a few good armbars), but the VAST majority of his wins were over CANS. Randy might not be able to beat Fedor, but to say he is no where near his level is a JOKE.

[quote post=”5244″]would randy really smash fedor?

helllnooo fedor is gonna smash randy blindfolded

ya, it really makes me sad all these new people coming to mma and beleving the hype of randy, im sorry to all the couture fans, but fedor is gonna destroy him, stop believing everything you read on mma forums. randy couture is nowhere near fedors level

Ya, it really makes me sad to see guys who can’t see the truth of the matter. Fedor beat CC by decision, CC isn’t that good. Randy finished the guy that DESTROYED CC, so to say Randy isn’t in Fedor’s leage is laughable. Fedor beat Nog (by decision), He decisioned a few other good fighters (and a few good armbars), but the VAST majority of his wins were over CANS. Randy might not be able to beat Fedor, but to say he is no where near his level is a JOKE. [/quote]

True, Randy is definitely in Fedor’s league and it makes for a very exciting fight.

Im tellin yas all….Ill fight Fedor! In my backyard. Under no banner

[quote comment=”349477″]WOW. Well maybe Fedor has decided to stop being a pu**y and will go into negotiations with much more sensible requests? I hope so. Fedor in the UFC would be AWESOME. The UFC would rule all and all the other promotions will wither away…[/quote]

Sensible requests?

UFC OWNS their fighters. A UFC contract is a slave contract. Dana White is 10x worse than Don King ever was.

whos your daddy Fedor?

[quote comment=”349508″]AJ: Technically speaking Randy would have to fight BigNog (just like Sherk v Penn, Randy v Ortiz) however, these are exceptional circumstances and I think Randy v Fedor, BigNog fights the winner.[/quote]
Nah- the Randy vs Big Nog fight is boring- let Fedor take care of him as a tune up fight, then let the main event happen- Randy vs Fedor.

I think that RC would win.

can anybody tell me why people think a 16-8 fighter is better than a 28-1 (should be 29-0) fighter?

[quote comment=”349509″]would Randy have to fight Nog to unify the belt first and then fight Fedor? And maybe you give Fedor a tune-up fight against Eddie Sanchez (lmao) or some unlucky victim like Timaaaay before he gets Randy? Thoughts…[/quote]

hell no as soon as they sign fedor they should fight

to all those who have only seen fedor fight hong man choi and think hes gonna be a target for randy then you need to wisen up, go on youtube and chek out some old fedor pride fights. This guy really is that good. his pride debut against schilt was crap but he went on to batter herring and then whoop big nogs ass in a 20 minute ground and effin pound war. he slaughtered garry goodridge, naoya ogawa and mark coleman. he can also come back from a beating, he got dumpked on his head by kevin randleman which would have knocked any1 loopy but he shook it off and won by submission. hes beaten the best of the best. big nog (2), Cro Cop, Mark Hunt, Herring, Coleman and he would obliderate randy from every angle. Randy is good but is not that well rounded. Standing up hes mediocre. his boxing from the clinch would not be as effective on sum1 with fedors power, his ground game would be humbled and if nog couldn’t submit him then randy would have no chance. My prediction - fedor would press the action early on and dominate the stand up, randy would go for a takdown but end up getting taken down and then pounded out.
seek out fedor vs big nog from body blow 2003 and fedor vs garry goodridge.

actually i think randy is not the worst match up for fedor.

the worst IMO are big bastards barnett and gonzaga and strikers liddell and sylvia both hard to take down. although for fedor I think sylvia would be harder to take down than chuck. and barnett would be harder to get out from underneath than Gonzaga.

couture’s clinch, dirty boxing would be harder to ward of than the lighter lindlands was (and lindlan had a really great underhook moment against cyborg. however dont forget that fedor probably wasnt watching out for the underhooks as bad as he would with randy so maybe he’d prepare more in that defense. just as with hunt he thought more of getting KTFO’d and didnt really have to worry as much about armbars. the problem is that by the time any body gets good enough to beat fedor they are well known enough to have many vids to study. of course to be fair everyone studies fedor but havent beaten him … yet

[quote comment=”349658″][quote comment=”349590″]Fedor is only interested in fighting in the UFC now that he believes he won’t have to face Randy Couture.

He (mistakingly?) thinks that the Natural has yapped his way out of his relationship with the UFC and Dana White.
He’s wrong!
Dana White is a ruthless businessman.
He won’t care about anything said in the past, if he believes he can put on a show that will part people from their money… “the show must go on”[/quote]

Good point never though of that…seriously good fucking point props to you…..[/quote]

Fedor fighting in the UFC would be huge. I can’t believe that their are people that think Randy has a chance. These people obviously have not seen all of Fedor’s fights and do not have a clue about his awesomeness. Randy has problems with big guys. Look what Josh and Pedro did to him. Fedor smashes big guys. Fedor also fights like a huge guy. He tosses around guys that 250 . Randy has a ton of losses to mediocore fighters. Fedor has a ton of wins against top fighters. And he will smash a 230lb 44 year old Randy. It won’t even be competitive. The so called “natural” will be grounded and pounded within a couple of minutes.

I like Randy Couture hes great fight ever.
i bet Fedor would make his bitch ass…i swear dog