Todd Beard has made quite the name for himself in the past week by threatening Lorenzo and Dana, predicting the demise of Station casinos, and burning his bridge with Randy Couture. Todd Beard went on the Scott Ferrall show and made vague statements about Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta threatening him personally:
“They are not just threatening it (Affliction’s business model), they threaten us personally, which is hysterical,” Beard told host Scott Ferrall. “Dana White, Lorenzo Fertita, they are tough guys — old school mafia guys, or wanna-be old school mafia guys that their grandfather built their business and they are nothing. They’re nothing.”
This makes it sound like Dana and Lorenzo threatened to take a hit out on his family, but of course that is not what happened. Sources indicate to Bloody Elbow that the "threat" is a threat of a lawsuit. One of the biggest unreported stories out of the year long Randy Couture saga is Randy Couture's deposition. Randy's new contract gives him immunity, but there is supposedly some damning information that came out for other parties. I suspect that we will eventually see the UFC file a suit against Affliction for tampering with Randy Couture's contract. Regardless of whether they did it, it's hardly something Affliction needs right now.