The UFC says he is still their heavyweight champion, but earlier this evening, Randy Couture mentioned during an interview that he believes he will be free and clear of his UFC contract and their legal dispute by July, opening the door for a fight with Fedor Emelianenko by October.

It’s well known that Couture has been trying to get out of his UFC contract for some time. There are several reasons for this, but the one that Couture points to more than others was the UFC’s inability to sign Fedor Emelianenko to a contract, setting up a long awaited and eagerly anticipated showdown between the two. Couture then knew that if the fight was ever going to happen, he needed to get out of his contract, and thus the dispute began.

For the sakes of both Couture and the UFC, I hope Randy is right about getting this settled by July. Randy is just sitting on the sidelines while things are tied up, and the UFC is embarrassing itself still advertising a guy on their website as their supreme champion while he’s publicly going around saying he wants nothing to do with them.

But beyond even that… what true MMA fan amongst us wouldn’t cut off one of our testicles to see a Couture/Fedor fight?

Tags: Fedor, Randy Couture