{"id":46428,"date":"2012-12-04T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T00:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=46428"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:24:46","slug":"couture-responds-to-seagals-no-holds-barred-challenge-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/couture-responds-to-seagals-no-holds-barred-challenge-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Couture responds to Seagal&#8217;s no holds barred challenge | MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Randy-Couture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46160\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Randy-Couture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Randy-Couture.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Randy-Couture-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Randy-Couture-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a while back now, that Randy Couture joked that the only way he would come out of retirement is if the UFC were to offer him a fight with Steven Seagal.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Seagal didn&#8217;t take Randy Couture&#8217;s remarks as that of a joking manner, as he told the following to Ariel Helwani of the MMA Hour:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI always thought that Randy was my friend and a gentleman. I\u2019m kind of confused as to why he would say that,\u201d<\/em> Seagal said on the show.<em>\u00a0\u201cAll I can say is, I\u2019m here. Anybody can find me anytime and anyplace. If Randy really wants to fight me, he can fight me anytime he wants. It\u2019ll be for free, and it\u2019ll be some place where there are no witnesses.\u201d<\/em> When asked if this hypothetical match would take place under MMA rules, Seagal told Ariel Helwani, <em>\u201cI don\u2019t play by rules. That\u2019s not how I fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So the folks at MMA.TV decided to give &#8220;Captain America&#8221; a call to see what type of reaction he would have to the Seagal remarks:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m the one that started the joke as an off-handed comment I made to Jay Glazer \u2014 that I\u2019d only come out of retirement if it were to fight Seagal. Obviously now somebody has talked to him about it and it has gotten some legs,\u201d<\/em> Couture chuckled to MMA.TV over the phone today.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not surprised that he wants to do it in private, remote location where nobody could see it happen. Obviously I intended it as a joke. I don\u2019t think it would really happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Couture is clearly bemused by the actor\u2019s ominous-sounding statements. Asked if he was intimidated by Seagal\u2019s claim that the fight would be truly no holds barred, Couture neatly replied, <em>\u201cI don\u2019t think that changes the nature of the fight at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s safe to say that Couture is not going to take Seagal up on his battle-to-the-death challenge, then, right? <em>\u201cHey, it could happen organically I suppose,\u201d<\/em> Couture ended, simply.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a while back now, that Randy Couture joked that the only way he would come out of retirement is if the UFC were to offer him a fight with Steven Seagal. 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