23.01.2016, 11:34
Wie bereits schonmal berichtet war auch Randy Couture ein Moeglicher Gegner fuer Fedor Emelianenko bei RIZIN New Year´s Eve. Doch Couture lehnte ein Angebot ab, nach eigener Aussage weil er nach vier Jahren Pause nicht in Fight Shape gewesen ist:
Und wenn er wirklich zurueck kommen wuerde, dann brauechte es einige Zeit und er wuerde 1-2 Tuneup Fights bestreiten wollen:
Zitat:“It’s not a huge money issue. The kind of money they’re talking about is significant. But it’s more about doing the sport justice and doing myself justice.
At 52 years old, to put my body back through all that and do the things I know I need to do to do it right is a lot to ask. I’m more worried about sustaining an injury that’s going to affect the rest of my life. This is not an easy sport. There’s a serious possibility that, not just in the fight, but in the training process trying to get my body back into the shape that I need, I sustain a serious injury. I’m not sure that it’s up for that challenge, to be honest.”
I’m in decent shape, but that’s not the same as being in fight shape. So for me to come out now after four years of layoff, it would be a big challenge.”
Und wenn er wirklich zurueck kommen wuerde, dann brauechte es einige Zeit und er wuerde 1-2 Tuneup Fights bestreiten wollen:
Zitat:“If I was to seriously consider it, and they were to come up with a number that made that worth it to me, to put all the other stuff that I’m doing in my life on hold and get back into the gym and get back on the fight path, I would need some time, and I’d want to run in and do a tuneup, or two, before I fought a guy like him.”