Mark Cuban, owner of HDNet and the growing HDNet Fights brand, says the all-high-definition cable station will broadcast a Randy Couture vs. Kurt Angle submission grappling match if the bout comes to fruition.
Cuban confirmed the broadcast plans in a recent interview with fightticker.com, a new site operated by our friend Pramit Mohapatra.
Angle recently talked about the potential match during a segment on TAGG Radio, a recap of which can be found here on MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com).
According to the Olympic gold medalist and current professional-wrestling performer, the match will be Angle's first in Rico Chiapparelli's Professional Submission League. Couture, the UFC's estranged heavyweight champion, has previously competed in the organization, battling Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza to a draw.
The date of the Angle-Couture fight has not yet been determined, but Angle believes it will take place in late summer or early fall.
"They are trying to make it happen and it will be on HDNet," Cuban said.
HDNet Fights, which has hosted two of its own shows to date, has also presented live and tape-delayed fights for a number of other organizations, including Strikeforce, the International Fight League, Hardcore Fighting Championships, Matt Lindland's SportFight and others. They've also hosted specialty programming, such as an Xtreme Couture smoker with Randy's wife, Kim Couture.
As Cuban told fightticker.com, that type of co-promotion is simply a way to grow the sport.
"Having all that entrepreneurial energy is great for MMA," Cuban said.
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Cuban: HDNet to Carry Angle-Couture Match
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