Dana White blasts Randy Couture: 'He acts like a nice guy, but he's not like that'

Dana (right) didn't like Couture (left) going to Bellator. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Not even a past of glories in the Octagon is a guarantee of a good relationship with UFC president Dana White. Tito Ortiz, the first big star of Ultimate under the management of Zuffa and today persona non-grata in the organization, he was the first Hall of Famer to fall out with the manager. Now, tension has grown between Dana and multi-champion Randy Couture, who signed last year with Bellator to run a reality show equivalent to The Ultimate Fighter in the rival organization. Couture was targeted by White during his comments about Rich Franklin becoming vice president of One FC.

“I have no problem with Rich Franklin. He asked to talk to us and told us about the situation. I will never criticize someone for wanting to improve their life. And all the guys I had problems with, Randy Couture and the others... Randy didn't have the courage to sit down with us face to face and talk about what he wanted to do”, said the director, in an interview with the website “Mixed Martial Arts”. . “In fact, Randy Couture will lie to your face when this happens. Apparently, Randy plays like a nice guy. But the reality is that he is not like that. He's not a good guy. You can ask anyone who has had to deal with him”, he added.

Now 50 years old, Randy Couture ended his MMA career with 19 wins and eleven losses. “Captain America” was champion of both light heavyweight and heavyweight in Ultimate and was the fourth name in history to enter the Hall of Fame organization, having become part of the select group in June 2006. In his last professional fight, Randy was knocked out by Lyoto Machida at UFC 129, in 2011. Couture recently starred in the film “The Expendables 3”, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson and several movie stars, in addition to the muse mixed martial arts Ronda Rousey. The feature film will be released in Brazil on August 21st.

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