Randy Couture is no stranger to dealing with the UFC on a contractual basis. That’s why he was consulted when Francis Ngannou was struggling to reach terms with the UFC brass.
Couture, a UFC Hall of Famer and former two-division champion, infamously clashed with the UFC brass in the early 2000s as he tried to get free from his contract to take a fight with Fedor Emelianenko. He was one of the first big stars that had long, public conflicts with the promotion over things like pay and contract restrictions.
There were some parallels with his situation and that of Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight titleholder who parted ways with the organization earlier this month after failing to finalize a new contract.
