Cuban Sues Zuffa

HDNet Fights, owned by Texas billionaire Mark Cuban, filed suit against Zuffa in district court in Dallas Wednesday.

The suit seeks a declaratory judgment concerning the contractual status of Randy Couture under his Zuffa promotional contract.

Cuban wants the Texas courts to clarify when Couture’s contract expires and therefore when HDNet Fights can offer a contact to Couture.

The law suit is a direct challenge to the murky terms of Couture’s contract with Zuffa, specifically the “retirement clause”.

Couture maintains that the term of his contract and non-compete commitment with Zuffa ends in  October 2008.

Zuffa maintains Couture cannot end his contract with two fights remaining regardless of the contract’s term unless he retires, in which case the term of the contract is suspended until Couture decides to fight again.