The Ensanity
10-09-2003, 04:17 PM
FCF: Jumping to the hot topic at hand, you stated at the press conference that you would gladly give Ortiz a rematch, but under a certain condition...
RC: That's correct. I'll give him a rematch, but not until he fights Chuck Liddell.
FCF: What if Liddell does less than favorably in PRIDE?
RC: None of that matters. If Chuck wins PRIDE, then he's going to get a rematch with me. That makes sense. He'll hold the PRIDE belt and I'm holding the UFC belt in the light-heavyweight division; we should fight again and try to kinda unify those belts. If Chuck doesn't do well in PRIDE, if he doesn't get past Quinton [Jackson] or loses to Wanderlei [Silva], then it doesn't really matter. He's still a top contender in this weight class in the UFC and he and Tito should fight. Everybody wants to see that fight and Tito needs to answer that question.
Find out Couture's thoughts when we brought Vitor Belfort in the mix, as well as his plans for his next and final fight on his UFC contract. All in the next issue of Full Contact Fighter.
RC: That's correct. I'll give him a rematch, but not until he fights Chuck Liddell.
FCF: What if Liddell does less than favorably in PRIDE?
RC: None of that matters. If Chuck wins PRIDE, then he's going to get a rematch with me. That makes sense. He'll hold the PRIDE belt and I'm holding the UFC belt in the light-heavyweight division; we should fight again and try to kinda unify those belts. If Chuck doesn't do well in PRIDE, if he doesn't get past Quinton [Jackson] or loses to Wanderlei [Silva], then it doesn't really matter. He's still a top contender in this weight class in the UFC and he and Tito should fight. Everybody wants to see that fight and Tito needs to answer that question.
Find out Couture's thoughts when we brought Vitor Belfort in the mix, as well as his plans for his next and final fight on his UFC contract. All in the next issue of Full Contact Fighter.