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Couture stuns MMA world with retirement - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
Couture stuns MMA world with retirement
td.yspwidearticlebody { font-size: 13.5px; } By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports
October 11, 2007With little interest at age 44 of fighting anyone other than the man regarded as the best mixed martial artist in the world, UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture announced his retirement Thursday.
Couture, a five-time champion and UFC Hall of Famer, had hoped to land a bout with Fedor Emelianenko, the top-rated fighter in the Yahoo! Sports MMA poll of the world's best fighters.
But when reports surfaced Wednesday that Emelianenko had spurned the UFC to sign with the Russian-based M-1 Mix Fight organization, Couture opted to retire. The story was broken by Brian Knapp of The Fight Network, which has a business relationship with Couture.
"I'm tired of swimming upstream at this stage with the management of the UFC," Couture told Knapp. "It only makes sense at this point in my career to fight Fedor Emelianenko, and since he’s now signed with another organization, I feel like it's time to resign and focus on my other endeavors."
Couture's retirement stunned the MMA world, but not apparently UFC officials. Couture had breakfast several weeks ago with UFC president Dana White and owner Lorenzo Fertitta in which he indicated he would retire if he didn't get a match with Emelianenko.
"He told us he is at a crossroads and he said, 'Who else is there for me t
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18-02-2010, 11:44 #1
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Randy Couture stopt per direct met vechten
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18-02-2010, 11:47 #2
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october 11, 2007..
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18-02-2010, 11:47 #3
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anders post effe een artikel uit 2007
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18-02-2010, 11:52 #4
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EPIC FAIL
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18-02-2010, 11:54 #5
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Whahahaahah dit is inderdaad een fail van epische proporties :P
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18-02-2010, 11:54 #6
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HAHAHAHA! AAAAF GAAN als een gieter noemen ze dat!!
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18-02-2010, 11:54 #7
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lol
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18-02-2010, 11:59 #8
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moet toch zeggen dat ik wel ff een heel klein beetje schrok :P
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18-02-2010, 12:08 #9
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heheeh lekker up to date
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18-02-2010, 12:12 #10
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ok... vond het ook al vreemd. missen is menselijk.
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18-02-2010, 12:13 #11
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zeker, maar een artikel posten zonder het eerst te lezen is gewoon kansloos.
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18-02-2010, 12:17 #12
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Sja, een slimme zet is het allerminst natuurlijk. Originally Posted by dirk5
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18-02-2010, 12:22 #13
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Biiyen had beter verwacht van je man....
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hahaha ik dacht al
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Reps voor deze meesterlijke aktie... made my day!!!
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Zou trouwens wel zomaar een recent artikel kunnen zijn..
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hahahah Originally Posted by joost
so right!
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