COUTURE WILL WAIT FOR FEDOR

[Dilaudid]

- COUTURE WILL WAIT FOR FEDOR
Sunday, January 27, 2008 - by MMAWeekly.com

Still recognized as the UFC heavyweight champion, Randy “The Natural” Couture recently appeared on the ESPN morning show “First Take” where he addressed the issue of the recent lawsuit against him filed by Zuffa, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and his future in the sport of mixed martial arts.

“I think everybody’s aware that Zuffa felt that, not my fight contract, but my employment contract with them was breeched because I cornered some of the fighters that I train at my school at a couple of other shows evidently,” said Couture on ESPN. “So there’s really no merit in that, but I think they’re just trying to… I’m not really sure what they’re trying to do, but they’re certainly not trying to bring me back to the UFC by those standards.”

It seems that the current heavyweight champion will not defend his title again inside the Octagon and he is committed to fighting Fedor Emelianenko as soon as he is legally allowed to do so.

“The one fight I want is the Fedor Emelianenko fight and they can’t make that fight happen,” Couture said, speaking of the UFC. “So it puts me in the situation where I have to go and try to make that fight happen on my own.”

According to him, his fight contract will end in July and he hopes soon after to make the long awaited match-up with Emelianenko a reality.

Couture didn’t make much mention about any other reason for his departure from the UFC, but again talked about how much he wants to fight Fedor next.

“The rest of them don’t really matter,” he stated about the other reasons he left the UFC. “They’re history and they’re debatable and I felt the way I felt over the years, and first and foremost right now is finding a way as soon as I’m clear of my UFC contract, my fight contract, to make that fight happen with Fedor Emelianenko.”

Couture was on the show to promote a new show called “Fight Science” airing on the National Geographic Channel. It will debut a mixed martial arts feature in an upcoming episode.

[demonsweat]

Man I hope they can get that fight worked out soon. Fedor seems so indestructable, but Randy seems to be super human as well. Damn, i get chills just thinking about it.

Let's get it on!