The 1 fight deal scenario would work out if Randy gives up his belt because win or loose Fedor wont have a title. It gets really tricky if Randy decides that he wants to fight Fedor and then continue fighting in the UFC because Dana wont risk Fedor taking the title from Randy and then walking away. Then again, it would be no different than right now, when Randy walked away from the UFC with the belt anyway.

I know Dana is against 1 fight deals, but he is going to have to
make an exception this time. Get Fedor in the Octagon, who knows he might really like Fighting in the UFC and maybe it will make negotiating a new deal easier. It really shouldnt matter though, Dana has a chance to get this fight in the UFC and do it soon. 2 months ago it looked like this fight might happen outside of the UFC and that would be tragic for the UFC and we would probably have to wait until 2009 to see it happen. If they get a fight deal done with Fedor we could see this fight as early as August probably! The more time that passes, the older Randy gets and it diminishes any chance of even beating Fedor. Not that I expect Randy to beat Fedor anyway, but I guess if there’s one man to flourish in the underdog role and pull of the upset it would have to be Randy.

I actually think Barnett would have the best shot at beating Fedor out of anyone, but unfortunatley I doubt we will ever see him in the Octagon again![/quote]
im a little late in this comment, but it just hit me. technicly fedor is still the pride hw champ, so they could fight for that title if need be. kinda like when hendo fought rampage and a. silva w/ the pride belts on the line (supposedly). it could work though to make it a 1 fight 5rnd championship fight. no matter who wins both could actually ride off into the sunset or change orgs.

Sources close to negotiations between the UFC and Fedor’s management have informed MMAFightline.com that the two sides are currently discussing a possible one fight deal that would bring Fedor to the cage, presumably to face Randy Couture.
It is unknown whether Couture would end his lawsuit and come back to the UFC to face Fedor if the UFC were able to offer such a fight, but Couture has stated on numerous occasions that this is the only fight that makes sense at this stage of his career.

It should be noted that nothing is eminent at this point and negotiations are in the general discussion phase. If made, however, the deal would be unprecedented. The UFC is notorious for locking up fighters in long term deals and not allowing them to leave as champions. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.[/quote]

Dana do this for me and I will never bad mouth u again! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Say your prayers, keep your fingers crossed because we might be in store for the biggest fight in mma history takling place in our beloved Octagon! They should air that live on FOX….MMA would be on the mainstream map for good![/quote]
Biggest fight in MMA history? (Debate) I know what you’re saying, but after all the bashing Randy has taken on here with his fight record etc, and the fact that he should really fight Nog first to claim Fedor is his ONLY challenge, is this really the biggest fight in History? Or just over-hyped because of all the BS?

As that fight hasn’t happened yet (Randy Vs Fedor) and isn’t even on the cards (no pun intended)…To date…What would you all say has been the BIGGEST fight in MMA up to this point?

Lidell / Silva?
Hendo / Spider?[/quote]

Toelock: THats a great question with no clear cut right answer: I would say the biggest fights to take place in the UFC have been:

Rampage/Hendo…. 1st ever Unification match between Pride and UFC

Hendo/Silva

Liddell/Silva

Liddell/Rampage (the UFC fight)

Man thats a great question and its very tough to answer because certain fights were huge in there time. For example Chuck’s fights vs. tito were huge but now they dont mean much

When Randy unified the title back in the day by beating Tito and literally spanking him on the ass…That was a really big fight

All 3 Couture vs. Liddel fights were Huge.

BJ Penn moving up a weight class and beating Hughes was a really big fight as well.

Question: what do u think is the biggest Heavyweight fight to take place in the UFC?[/quote]
Cool so it’s not just me then Biggest HW fight?? I don’t know, maybe (And i know I’ll get slammed for this) But Timmy Vs AA Pt3?

The 1 fight deal scenario would work out if Randy gives up his belt because win or loose Fedor wont have a title. It gets really tricky if Randy decides that he wants to fight Fedor and then continue fighting in the UFC because Dana wont risk Fedor taking the title from Randy and then walking away. Then again, it would be no different than right now, when Randy walked away from the UFC with the belt anyway.

I know Dana is against 1 fight deals, but he is going to have to
make an exception this time. Get Fedor in the Octagon, who knows he might really like Fighting in the UFC and maybe it will make negotiating a new deal easier. It really shouldnt matter though, Dana has a chance to get this fight in the UFC and do it soon. 2 months ago it looked like this fight might happen outside of the UFC and that would be tragic for the UFC and we would probably have to wait until 2009 to see it happen. If they get a fight deal done with Fedor we could see this fight as early as August probably! The more time that passes, the older Randy gets and it diminishes any chance of even beating Fedor. Not that I expect Randy to beat Fedor anyway, but I guess if there’s one man to flourish in the underdog role and pull of the upset it would have to be Randy.

I actually think Barnett would have the best shot at beating Fedor out of anyone, but unfortunatley I doubt we will ever see him in the Octagon again!

Sources close to negotiations between the UFC and Fedor’s management have informed MMAFightline.com that the two sides are currently discussing a possible one fight deal that would bring Fedor to the cage, presumably to face Randy Couture.
It is unknown whether Couture would end his lawsuit and come back to the UFC to face Fedor if the UFC were able to offer such a fight, but Couture has stated on numerous occasions that this is the only fight that makes sense at this stage of his career.

It should be noted that nothing is eminent at this point and negotiations are in the general discussion phase. If made, however, the deal would be unprecedented. The UFC is notorious for locking up fighters in long term deals and not allowing them to leave as champions. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.[/quote]

Dana do this for me and I will never bad mouth u again! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Say your prayers, keep your fingers crossed because we might be in store for the biggest fight in mma history takling place in our beloved Octagon! They should air that live on FOX….MMA would be on the mainstream map for good![/quote]
Biggest fight in MMA history? (Debate) I know what you’re saying, but after all the bashing Randy has taken on here with his fight record etc, and the fact that he should really fight Nog first to claim Fedor is his ONLY challenge, is this really the biggest fight in History? Or just over-hyped because of all the BS?

As that fight hasn’t happened yet (Randy Vs Fedor) and isn’t even on the cards (no pun intended)…To date…What would you all say has been the BIGGEST fight in MMA up to this point?

Lidell / Silva?
Hendo / Spider?[/quote]

Toelock: THats a great question with no clear cut right answer: I would say the biggest fights to take place in the UFC have been:

Rampage/Hendo…. 1st ever Unification match between Pride and UFC

Hendo/Silva

Liddell/Silva

Liddell/Rampage (the UFC fight)

Man thats a great question and its very tough to answer because certain fights were huge in there time. For example Chuck’s fights vs. tito were huge but now they dont mean much

When Randy unified the title back in the day by beating Tito and literally spanking him on the ass…That was a really big fight

All 3 Couture vs. Liddel fights were Huge.

BJ Penn moving up a weight class and beating Hughes was a really big fight as well.

Question: what do u think is the biggest Heavyweight fight to take place in the UFC?

Sources close to negotiations between the UFC and Fedor’s management have informed MMAFightline.com that the two sides are currently discussing a possible one fight deal that would bring Fedor to the cage, presumably to face Randy Couture.
It is unknown whether Couture would end his lawsuit and come back to the UFC to face Fedor if the UFC were able to offer such a fight, but Couture has stated on numerous occasions that this is the only fight that makes sense at this stage of his career.

It should be noted that nothing is eminent at this point and negotiations are in the general discussion phase. If made, however, the deal would be unprecedented. The UFC is notorious for locking up fighters in long term deals and not allowing them to leave as champions. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.[/quote]

Dana do this for me and I will never bad mouth u again! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Say your prayers, keep your fingers crossed because we might be in store for the biggest fight in mma history takling place in our beloved Octagon! They should air that live on FOX….MMA would be on the mainstream map for good![/quote]
if it is a 1 fight deal i hope it is for 5 rnds, a special legends match sorta thing. it cant be for the title cuz randy would have to beat nog first and dana would never sign a 1 fight deal for a title belt. i agree though that dana does need to make this happen if possible. this fight belongs in the ufc.

Sources close to negotiations between the UFC and Fedor’s management have informed MMAFightline.com that the two sides are currently discussing a possible one fight deal that would bring Fedor to the cage, presumably to face Randy Couture.
It is unknown whether Couture would end his lawsuit and come back to the UFC to face Fedor if the UFC were able to offer such a fight, but Couture has stated on numerous occasions that this is the only fight that makes sense at this stage of his career.

It should be noted that nothing is eminent at this point and negotiations are in the general discussion phase. If made, however, the deal would be unprecedented. The UFC is notorious for locking up fighters in long term deals and not allowing them to leave as champions. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.[/quote]

Dana do this for me and I will never bad mouth u again! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Say your prayers, keep your fingers crossed because we might be in store for the biggest fight in mma history takling place in our beloved Octagon! They should air that live on FOX….MMA would be on the mainstream map for good![/quote]
Biggest fight in MMA history? (Debate) I know what you’re saying, but after all the bashing Randy has taken on here with his fight record etc, and the fact that he should really fight Nog first to claim Fedor is his ONLY challenge, is this really the biggest fight in History? Or just over-hyped because of all the BS?

As that fight hasn’t happened yet (Randy Vs Fedor) and isn’t even on the cards (no pun intended)…To date…What would you all say has been the BIGGEST fight in MMA up to this point?

Lidell / Silva?
Hendo / Spider?

Sources close to negotiations between the UFC and Fedor’s management have informed MMAFightline.com that the two sides are currently discussing a possible one fight deal that would bring Fedor to the cage, presumably to face Randy Couture.
It is unknown whether Couture would end his lawsuit and come back to the UFC to face Fedor if the UFC were able to offer such a fight, but Couture has stated on numerous occasions that this is the only fight that makes sense at this stage of his career.

It should be noted that nothing is eminent at this point and negotiations are in the general discussion phase. If made, however, the deal would be unprecedented. The UFC is notorious for locking up fighters in long term deals and not allowing them to leave as champions. We’ll have more on this story as it develops.[/quote]

Dana do this for me and I will never bad mouth u again! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Say your prayers, keep your fingers crossed because we might be in store for the biggest fight in mma history takling place in our beloved Octagon! They should air that live on FOX….MMA would be on the mainstream map for good![/quote]

So if Couture gets wtf pwnd in less then 1minute the mainstream is gonna buy into this old guy really being all that ??Doubtful they gonna be like wtf is this old man doing in the ring get a doctor in there is he DEAD???ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah yeah i know its unlikely that the fight would end so fast but it is possible and would be halarious. Anyways Fedor vs Barnett will be pimp if they finally do it that will be the real shit right there.