UFC Rejects Offer To Co-Promote Couture-Fedor

Source: Chron.com

We’ve been covering the story that disgruntled UFC star Randy Couture wants to fight Fedor Emelianenko, who is considered by many to be the #1 heavyweight MMA fighter in the world. To recap, Couture stated that he’s not retired and he intends to fight Emelianenko after his UFC employment agreement expires on October 11, 2008.

This week, Randy Couture reached out to the UFC and made an offer where they could co-promote the showdown along with M-1 Global, the company Emelianenko works for. Here’s what Couture told the Houston Chronicle:

“We got an official offer from M-1 to the UFC to do a co-promotion for the Couture-Emelianenko fight, and they (UFC) rejected that offer. Really, the only thing standing in the way for that fight right now is Dana and the UFC. Obviously, M-1 is happy to do a co-promotion like that. It only serves to help them. I think the UFC is looking at it the other way, and it’s like why do we want to help out another organization? The fans want to see that fight. At some point, you have to put that first.”

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