Dana White: Randy Couture Offered to Fight Antonio Nogueira

Even though the court papers are flying regarding this situation, i.e. the UFC just filed an injuction against Xtreme Couture of the IFL preventing him from being affiliated with the event held in New Orleans on Friday night, thus having to name the team 'Team Tompkins', the UFC has offered Randy Couture a fight with interim heavyweight champion Antonio Nogueira. I'm not sure if he's sitting by the phone but White might be waiting for a long time to hear from Couture.

Ok that was a major run on sentence, but so is the Couture-UFC situation. This is one instance where I don't blame Dana White. Couture only wants to fight Fedor but seriously, do you think Randy Couture can defeat Fedor Emelianenko? Yeah I know, don't ever doubt 'Captain America' and what Couture has done is pretty remarkable but c'mon.

This is an easy one to figure out. Couture is probably a bit worried about his legacy (which he shouldn't be), that he probably knows that the other heavyweights would fare pretty well against him.

I don't think you can say that Couture is that invincible in the current UFC heavyweight division. I'm sure he has his doubts that, at his age, he can defeat Big Nog and in his mind, that would tarnish his legacy a bit. Not only that, throw Tim Sylvia against him again and I bet it's a different fight. Even Andrei Arlovski, in his timid ways, still has a chance against Couture.

At this point, Couture doesn't want to lose to mediocre talent. They're not mediocre talent but his reputation says they are.

Randy Couture has done some amazing things in his MMA career but defeating Fedor isn't going to be one of them. This fight, if it does happen, won't stand a chance in living up to the buildup simply because of the struggle it's going to take in order to put it together.

This is simply an opinion but if you feel different, please feel free to comment with your opinion. Even if you feel the same but for different reasons, let's hear your comments.