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Everyone's seen the story now where Randy claims that the UFC turned down an offer to co-promote the fight.  However, he didn't really give any details, and for all we know they offered to do it on a M-1 show while mentioning UFC a few times.  However, if you assume it is a legitimate offer, I think the narrative saying that there is no upside for the UFC in doing this is wrong. ... [link]

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Why the UFC should work with M1 (and why they shouldn’t)
Published 12/21/2007 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap
... ) is finally starting to turn me on … to the idea that the UFC is being stupid in refusing to work with M1 to make Randy/Fedor happen. By now you all know that M1 offered to do a co-promotion with the UFC but the UFC turned it down. Rome says that the downside of M1 doing this on their own is worth the UFC swallowing their pride and playing along : Imagine this:  10 minutes into Sportscenter, the anchor interviews former UFC champion Randy Couture, who has succeeded in court against the UFC, and has now signed a 4 fight contract with a new startup organization.  He will fight ...

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