I can't imagine Dana coming out and saying "well we had a chance to sign the best fighter in the world but we just couldn't get it done and our #1 star fighter wants to fight the best in the world so he left the UFC." This should be interesting. Sucks for us but good for Couture.
Well I have my answer.
Gay.
they will make a spike all-enclusive staring Dana White
for the next 9 months they're going to act like randy retired b/c he wanted to do more acting. Then when randy vs. Fedor happens in 9-12 months at this new organization, they're going to have a new HW title holder that they're actually going to try and sell as being the best (b/c randy is old and fedor hasnt beat anyone... pretty much the same bullshit they've been feeding us about fedor).
Shockingly they are not spinning it all that much:
"I'm not surprised at all by Randy's decision. I talked to Randy several weeks ago and he said that if he couldn't fight Fedor, then he has nothing left to prove in the sport of mixed martial arts." - Dana White