Do you realize what this means? Randy Couture uses emoticons.
It’s been anticipated and speculated upon for some time, but it looks like "The Natural" has officially called it a career via Twitter. He actually seems kinda surprised that we expected him to fight again.
If he doesn’t get tempted to try it again maybe just one more time, Couture will ride off into the sunset with a 19-10 record and a Hall of Fame legacy. He will presumably continue running gyms, training fighters, and making movies "when something interesting comes up". (Ed. note: He’s come a long way since "Fighter #8".)
Years from now, you will probably slap a kid who says "Who is Randy Couture?" in a snotty tone you won’t care for, which will of course make Thanksgiving 2031 awkward for everyone involved, especially when your daughter shows up, drunk, and with that loser again. She could clearly do better, but at that point she’s only keeping him around to annoy you, and predictably, it works. I tell you, those kids in the future, they won’t have any respect.
Feel free to share your warmest memories of Captain America in the comments, or, if you’re really brave, you can venture over to the forums.
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His record isn't amazing, but he was always up for fighting anyone, jumping up and down weightclasses. He whooped Belfort when no one else could, beat Ortiz' ass when he was the best LHW in the world, fucked up Liddell when he was knocking everyone else out, and knocked out a giant Tim Sylvia who was ruling (albeit a weak) heavyweight division. He has a lot of upsets in his record, wasn't a flashy guy, and has been in the UFC forever. He has also fought in Rings, where he was one fight away from fighting Fedor (damn, the only fight that I would've liked to see Randy fight).
Now, what some people don't get (I don't know how:S) is Tito Ortiz of now, is definitely not the same as comparing to the one Couture beat. Tito was a legit fighter, freakishly strong, young, with a great gas tank, and scary GnP. That's like me saying Rich Franklin knocked out Chuck Liddell, as did everyone else in the last year, so of course Chuck wasn't thaaat good. It happens to all fighters, especially CroCop, holy shit haha.