UFC Turns Down “Couture vs Fedor” Offer from M-1

Randy “The Natural” Couture recently told the Houston Chronicle that he tried to arrange a co-promotion between the UFC and M-1 Global for a match against Fedor Emelianenko. Couture claims that Dana White and the UFC rejected the offer in his discussion with Steve Sievert.

“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.”

It seems like Couture is doing everything he can to make this super fight happen. It doesn’t surprise me at all that Dana White and his orginization aren’t chomping at the bit for this mega fight to happen.

The only way we will ever see who is truly the greatest heavyweight fighter undisputed in the world is if Fedor comes to the UFC and that could take a while. By the time that does happen, if it does, Couture will be but a fading memory in the mind of fedor who will no doubt have fiercer competition to worry about by then.