What made Randy Couture emerge from retirement? Well, former UFC light heavyweight and two-time heavyweight champion Randy Couture had mixed feelings after watching Tim Sylvia reigning the heavyweight division. The following is Rany's response after watching Sylvia vs Monson.

“I definitely think watching that fight solidified my feeling that coming back at heavyweight rather than light heavyweight is what I wanted to do,” said Couture, who retired after his second loss to light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in February of 2006. “And more than a technical thing that I saw was just Tim’s attitude in entering that fight. And I think it started with the (third) Andrei Arlovski fight. Giving him the benefit of the doubt against Arlovski, as explosive as he is, and both guys kinda having knockouts, you expect maybe a little more conservative performance in that situation. But then to see it again with Jeff, when he clearly had Jeff in trouble and was the better fighter that day, and dealt with him not only on his feet but on the ground, I thought Tim could have showed the burning desire that got him the championship in the first place and stepped up and won that fight decisively, and he just didn’t do that. Not to criticize anybody, they’re both great competitors and Tim’s a friend and I like him, but that really has nothing to do with it.”

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MMAbuzz said:

... Sounds like Randy's going to push the pace or force Sylvia to push the pace. Either way Cro Cop is waiting in the shadows.

February 09, 2007