BREAKING - RANDY COUTURE OFFICIALLY CUTS UFC TIES: The FIGHT NETWORK reports today that six-time UFC champion Randy Couture has officially cut ties with the MMA organizaton.
Excerpt: “UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture announced his resignation from the Las Vegas-based promotion, leaving two contracted fights, his job as an on-air analyst and his heavyweight crown on the table.
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“In South Africa shooting scenes for his lead role in the upcoming feature film ‘The Scorpion King – Rise of the Akkadian,’ Couture made the announcement official in a letter to UFC president Dana White.”
Couture, who previously *retired* in 2006, claims that the UFC’s inability to find him the proper matches played heavily into the decision. Other MMA observers (we aren’t one of them) think Couture is upset over being overshadowed by former UFC stable-mates Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
Since Couture is arguably the biggest draw in MMA right now (thanks in part to Chuck Liddell’s recent collapse), it doesn’t appear to be such a bad idea to go out on his own.
