Spike TV will hold a special media conference call today (Feb. 5, 2012) to officially announce the details of a partnership with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture.
The conference call will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. ET. Scheduled to attend will be former multi-divisional UFC champion Randy Couture and likely some Spike TV executives.
Couture is one of MMA's all-time legends, winning the UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight titles a whopping five times spanning a near 14-year professional career. At 47 years old, "The Natural" officially retired from competition following a second round knockout at the hands of Lyoto Machida and began to focus on a budding movie career as well as sports broadcasting and analysis with Fox.
Everything seemed hunky dory between Couture and UFC but everything quickly unraveled last week when word came out that "Captain America" had voided the final bout of coverage on his contract with Fox and had instead signed a partnership with Viacom which included being a coach on the debut of rival promotion Bellator Fighting Championships' inaugural reality TV series on Spike TV.
Needless to say, UFC President Dana White has been none too pleased with how everything has turned out, calling Couture "the furthest thing from a man" and stating he's glad to never have to deal with him again.
Couture has remained silent while White blew steam, at least until now. Stay tuned.
Brian Hemminger here. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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