Couture No More

The reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World, 44 year-old Randy Couture announced his retirement today. A former 5-time UFC Heavyweight Champion and already a UFC Hall-of-Famer, Couture sited that there was nothing left to do in the MMA world but to fight one person, and that was Fedor Emelianenko, who just recently signed with a M-1 fighting league in Russia. Once that no longer became a possibility, Randy said no more to the Octagon.

This is completely shocking news to me! I was a huge fan of UFC when it aired on Spike, and pretty disappointed to see a legend that was respected all over the MMA world walk away. But he does make a point. There were no other challenges for him in UFC and why not retire at the end of your game. I mean, we're not gonna see "Rampage" Jackson or Chuck Liddell bump up a weight class, and a guy could get old waiting for Brock Lesnar to come aboard, so this is probably the best move he can make. I hope Couture doesn't completely walk away from UFC though as he was great in the announcing booth with Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan, but it sounds like he is. Anyways, best of luck, Randy, in your future endeavors, and here's to the next UFC Champ!