{"id":183130,"date":"2016-01-19T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T22:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183130"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:21:03","slug":"randy-couture-explains-decision-to-turn-down-emelianenko-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/randy-couture-explains-decision-to-turn-down-emelianenko-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Couture explains decision to turn down Emelianenko fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heading into Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s MMA return on New Year&#8217;s Eve at Rizin FF there was much speculation as to who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fedors-surprise-opponent-officially-announced\/\">Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s opponent<\/a> would be..  Ultimately, Emelianenko fought and defeated Jaideep Singh, in the very first round of their main event scrap.<\/p>\n<p>Following the bout it was revealed that WSOF President and kickboxing legend Ray Sefo was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ray-sefo-says-he-turned-down-fight-with-fedor\/\">offered the fight<\/a>, as well as former UFC champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/coutures-happily-retired-but-still-interested-in-fedors-return\/\">Randy Couture.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Couture spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/01\/why-randy-couture-turned-down-an-offer-to-fight-fedor-emelianenko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> to discuss why he turned down the fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s not a huge money issue.  The kind of money they\u2019re talking about is significant. But it\u2019s more about doing the sport justice and doing myself justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 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\u2019m more worried about sustaining an injury that\u2019s going to affect the rest of my life.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading into Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s MMA return on New Year&#8217;s Eve at Rizin FF there was much speculation as to who Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s opponent would be.. Ultimately, Emelianenko fought and defeated Jaideep Singh, in the very first round of their main event scrap. Following the bout it was revealed that WSOF President and kickboxing legend Ray [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":165264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10079,2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Randy Couture explains decision to turn down Emelianenko fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/randy-couture-explains-decision-to-turn-down-emelianenko-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Randy Couture explains decision to turn down Emelianenko fight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heading into Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s MMA return on New Year&#8217;s Eve at Rizin FF there was much speculation as to who Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s opponent would be.. 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