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Announced today during a UFC conference call today, Randy “The Natural” Couture will return to the cage to face Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Not Portland, OR)
The winner will be named the UFC heavyweight champion and take on
the winner of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir. Nogueira is still
considered the UFC interim heavyweight champion after defeating Tim
Sylvia at UFC 81 “Breaking Point”.
UFC 91 was rumored to take place in Portland, but the UFC is
apparently called on its base city of Las Vegas to host the return of
Randy Couture.
- Dana White: Brock vs. Couture will be "the biggest fight in UFC history".
- Dana White on competitors and co-promotion: ": These guys are
dying on the vine. You’re not under contract if the company’s not in
business anymore.
- Dana White: "I would be horrified if Affliction's still in business in January."
- Couture: would rather fight Fedor, but fight with Brock "a step in the right direction"
- Couture says UFC and he have "cleared the air"; "comfortable with way things stand right now"
- Couture says he'll weigh approximately 225lbs for this fight.
- Dana White says he doesn't know if Couture is the richest fighter in the UFC.
- Dana White: Nogueira is probably thrilled Couture is back.
- Dana White: research was done and proves Brock vs. Couture will be biggest fight in UFC history.
- Couture: re-signing with the UFC to get Fedor is "path of least resistance"
- Dana White: the heavyweight division "is looking pretty damn good now"
- Couture: MMA is the combative sport for this generation
- Couture: how can you overlook a guy [Brock Lesnar] that size?
- Dana White: over the next year we are going to see some really great heavyweight fights.
- Randy and Dana: feels good to have this problem resolved; "to see a little sunshine for a change is pretty nice"
- Dana White: "I like fighting with Tito"
- Dana White suggests Fedor might have to be not under contract for
the UFC to sign a fight with him. He didn't say it was required, but he
alluded to it.
- Dana White: Affliction is losing "shitloads" of money.
- Couture: biggest part of my decision was communicating with
Lorenzo and Dana that I was feeling. Second was frustration with legal
system. Tired of throwing money with lawyers with no end in sight. Best
place for me to fight is a cage, not a court room.
- Dana White: "I'm like a giddy little girl right now"
- Dana White: "It drives me insane when Fedor is called the best p4p
fighter in the world." If Fedor is the best, he has to come to the UFC
eventually.
- Dana White: people don't know this, but there was bad blood
between Brock and Herring. Herring was insulted he had to fight him.
- Brock Lesnar: "not a lot of people get this opportunity".
- Brock Lesnar: "who gives a shit about Fedor Emelianenko?" I'm sick and tired of sitting on the phone listening about Fedor. "Who fucking gives a shit?"
- Dana White: "UFC Countdown" for this fight could be two or three part series.
- Dana White: this is where all the best heavyweights are. Randy Couture is relevant; Fedor is not.
- Couture: I can't spend any time worrying about losing to Lesnar and losing luster on a fight with Fedor.
- Dana White: rivals can have whichever fighters we cut.
- Dana White: Werdum is still in the mix.
- Dana White: expecting 1million to 1.5 million PPV buys for this fight. It's a new deal: 3-fight deal.
- Dana White: I would not sign a one-fight deal with Fedor.
- Dana White: all court action is dead.
- Dana White: Randy Couture is the guy everyone wants to fight. Fedor is completely irrelevant.
- Couture: Mark Cuban wants what's best for me. He just wanted to
facilitiate what I wanted. Now the best path is to make the fight with
Fedor happen in the UFC.
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