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Randy Couture would come out of retirement to fight Steven Seagal

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#1 ·

If you've ever watched old kung fu flicks, you're likely to have seen a couple of geriatric masters with white hair and poor eyesight putting on a martial arts clinic to defend their respective schools or traditions.

Could life imitate art?

Probably not, but it's still fun to speculate what would happen if Steven Seagal finally shed his shroud of secrecy and stepped inside a cage (or ring) to put his money where his mouth is.

And Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture would be waiting to greet him, according to comments from the Expendables 2 movie star on G4TV’s Attack of the Show (via MMA Weekly).

"No, I think everything I set out to do, I managed to pull off, and it has been an amazing journey for 15 years. Not unless (Steven) Seagal wants to sign up."

"The Natural" was forced to retire after one of Seagal's students, Lyoto Machida, sent his incisors into the upper deck of the Rogers Centre last year in Toronto. And what better way to exact revenge on "The Dragon" than by defeating his master?

The storyline practically writes itself.
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Ok, so is this article completely 100% serious and likely to actually occur? No. But MMA news has been slow today so.... I'm sure it'll be a fun discussion about what would happen if it did anyways :laugh:

I'd love to see this, it'd be absolutely amazing.
 
#22 ·
I know it's a little off topic today, but I was thinking; how bullshit was the Couture/Toney fight? Has anyone ever had their first MMA fight in the UFC, against a hall of famer, who's style is designed to beat yours? I know Toney is a horrible boxer now, and he can barley even stand up, but they shouldn't have pulled such a dick move to try and 1-up boxing. Putting a complete new comer to MMA, with zero ground experience, in there with Randy Couture is a complete joke and really petty of those in charge. A former boxing world champion wanted to sign up and fight in the UFC. Can you imagine if Toney actually did good? I don't think it'd ruin MMA's image, I just think it would be a highly marketable name to have on THEIR roster.
 
#34 ·
James Toney specifically called out Randy on multiple occasions. It's the fight that he wanted. After long enough Couture just said okay.

That is why we watched a Hall of Famer choke out a garbage full of pudding.
Toney also called out Rampage, who promised to stand up with him. I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet wants to see how an MMA fighter does against a HW champion boxing in a stand up fight (even though Toney can't really be called a boxer at this point). Why was this fight never made then? It was picked for someone who had little to no chance of losing, could go in against a guy who'd never had an MMA fight in his life. Really unfair, even if Toney did call him out. Diaz called out Silva yet everyone on the site has uproar, but are cool with Couture Vs Toney?
 
#39 ·
I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet wants to see how an MMA fighter does against a HW champion boxing in a stand up fight (even though Toney can't really be called a boxer at this point).
I've read that sentence three times and it makes less sense every time I read it.

It's kind of like saying everyone on this planet wants to see how a Biathlete would do against a Shooter in the 50m prone event. Do you want to see that?

Neither does anyone else.
 
#24 ·
James Toney specifically called out Randy on multiple occasions. It's the fight that he wanted. After long enough Couture just said okay.

That is why we watched a Hall of Famer choke out a garbage full of pudding.
 
#27 ·
I know this fight would never happen, but I would actually love to see it.

But I would still prefer to see JCVD fight Segal in a santioned fight. That would be swee tot see and Gene Lebell even if he's 150 years old now. :laugh:
 
#28 ·
I bet it's a bit of sour grapes that Couture's acting is pretty bad...lolz! Seagal might be out of shape now, but he made his millions, was a bonafide 80's and 90's action star, and hooked up with one of the hottest models of the time...Kelly Lebrock. Weird Science anyone...
 
#40 ·
Randy would squish him like a grape, lol.

LOL at Seagull ever being able to compete at anything other than amateur combat sports even in his prime.

He had plenty of opportunities to fight Jim back in the day and he hid under the bed till they passed.
 
#48 ·
I saw this article on a non MMA related site. Segal is ready anytime any place.

Couture recently quipped that he would stay retired, “unless Seagal wants to sign up.”
The 60-year-old Seagal is willing to accept the challenge.
“I have to wonder what his intentions may have been in saying that,” said Seagal. “I always thought that Randy was my friend and a gentleman. I’m kind of confused why he would say that, but I’m here, anybody can find me any time and any place. If Randy really wants to fight me, he can fight me any time he wants”
“It would be for free, and it would be some place where there are no witnesses. I’m hoping it wouldn’t get to that, and I don’t know why it would come about, but if that’s what he wants, he can get it any time he wants.”
“I don’t play by the rules. I’m sure one person will walk out. I’m a man of honor. I’m a gentleman, but I am a warrior, and if he needs to find me, he knows where to find me.” [MMA Fighting, Transcribed via MMA.tv]
 
#49 ·
Tough words.... from a tough man

quote Couture recently quipped that he would stay retired, “unless Seagal wants to sign up.”
The 60-year-old Seagal is willing to accept the challenge.
“I have to wonder what his intentions may have been in saying that,” said Seagal. “I always thought that Randy was my friend and a gentleman. I’m kind of confused why he would say that, but I’m here, anybody can find me any time and any place. If Randy really wants to fight me, he can fight me any time he wants”
“It would be for free, and it would be some place where there are no witnesses. I’m hoping it wouldn’t get to that, and I don’t know why it would come about, but if that’s what he wants, he can get it any time he wants.”
“I don’t play by the rules. I’m sure one person will walk out. I’m a man of honor. I’m a gentleman, but I am a warrior, and if he needs to find me, he knows where to find me.” [MMA Fighting, Transcribed via MMA.tv]
 
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