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Randy Couture “The Best Fighters Have to Be Allowed to Fight Each Other”

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#3 ·
No shit sherlock. (not negative towards you Blaked good post, just Randy is stating probably the most obvious thing I've ever heard)

Unless there is a fighters union created (and I don't see that happening any time soon), we are never going to see all the best fighters fight, unfortunately.
 
#5 ·
Wow...a little harsh don't you think? Someone of importance has to say it or it is simply a bunch of keyboard warriors clamoring for this and that. Randy, top UFC HW fighter and a phenomenal ambassador for the sport, arguing that they need to abolish the UFC exclusivity clause is a big thing.
 
#8 ·
Haha, yep, that's what he's saying. That will be great.
Randy is kind of stating the obvious but it's a lot easier said than done. There would be so many technicalities involved it would be practically impossible.

Randy states that the best fighters should fight regardless of venue but he gives no details on how to pull it off. That's the part we are interested in. If he could make it make sense then it would happen.
 
#9 ·
if thats the case, why doesn't he fight noguiera. right now the top heavy weight in the world is a toss up between fedor and nog. even if fedor's beaten nog twice, nog has beaten much better opponents recently (barnett, sylvia, werdum).

the noguiera fight is alot easier to get as well, all couture has to do is say "lets do it". he could always fight nogueira and let his contract expire then fight fedor anyway.
 
#10 ·
Practice what you preach Randy and fight Big Nog.

16-8


Beats Tim Sylvia and GG and expects to fight Fedor off the back?
If he beats Big Nog, then I think he deserves a fight with Fedor, but not with the UFC obviously.
 
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:confused03:He came of 2 losses... then beat a 70pct tim sylvia.. and then beat a GG who lost 2 in a row now... how good is gg??? he beat a shithole crocop and who else??? GG is way 2overrated.

Anyway i dont see how the "were going to loose the trust of the fans" line makes sense.... so far UFC hasent let its fighters fight other organization's and they havent lost my trust so i dont see why now is any different. I also dont see what trust has to do with this.


maybe im just a bit slow
 
#16 ·
If this mess between Couture and the UFC shows anything, it is that the UFC needs to open its doors more often to other organizations. If they weren't so closed up to the outside world maybe Fedor would have become a UFC fighter. Maybe Randy would be still be fighting in the UFC instead of fighting to get out of his contract. Could you Imagine guys like Fedor (I can never spell his last name correctly), Sergai Kharkinov, Alistar Overreem, Antonio Silva, or Mark Hunt taking on the likes of Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, and Brandon Vera. You tell me you wouldn't want to pay more just to see that!
 
#17 ·
The UFC is doing everything perfect busniess wise. Why open your doors when you have most of the best fighters?

Fedor was offered a great contract and has already been discussed, but he want demanding some pretty crazy offers in return.
 
#18 ·
m1 hasn't had one show since Fedor signed or for that matter gotten any other high level heavyweight. Really, all they have is Fedor. This thing hits rock bottom soon and Fedor goes off to DREAM, Randy does more shitty movies and the UFC keeps making money.
 
#20 ·
Randy, Randy, Randy. If you want to fight the best, fight the guy that is the interim HW champ. But you won't because you know how hard a fight that will be for you and you don't want to tarnish your "legacy". I used to have alot of respect for Randy, but no more.
 
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You're right Randy the best fighters do deserve to fight each other, and if you have 45$, you too can watch Anderson Silva fight Dan Henderson this Saturday



Deserve to fight Fedor? A fight with Fedor is not something you earn anymore. Matt Lindland, Hong Man Choi, Fighting Fedor reality show, look at the competition he will be facing in that M-1 tournament. None of these fighters had to defeat a guy like Big Nog to earn a shot at Fedor. A shot at Fedor seems pretty random lately.
 
#27 ·
The whole Couture fighting Noguiera thing is stupid. Why would he jeopardise his chance of fighting fedor by fighting Noguiera. Doesn't make any sense. Win against big Nog and he makes some internet warriors happy (and finally is "worthy" of Fedor), lose and he doesn't get the fight he wants (and everyone carries on about how he was never that good). Stop whining about Noguiera being the no.1 contender to fight Fedor. Who cares? Randy isn't after any title. He just wants this fight! (by the way i'm a big fan of Noguiera, but big nog vs fedor has been done)
As an mma fan, i would think every other fan out there would be doing everything in their power to make this fight happen.
 
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