The Kick That Sent Couture Into Retirement

Last night fans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario rose to their feet when UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture began his walkout for his UFC 129 bout with Lyoto Machida. With Couture announcing that he was retiring after the fight, win or lose, it was just a matter of how the former […]

Lyoto Machida Front Kick KOs Randy Couture [129]

Last night fans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario rose to their feet when UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture began his walkout for his UFC 129 bout with Lyoto Machida. With Couture announcing that he was retiring after the fight, win or lose, it was just a matter of how the former two-division champ would leave the octagon.

In the second-round of their pay-per-view bout, Machida lands a front kick, reminiscent of teammate Anderson Silva’s winning kick against Vitor Belfort at UFC 126, ending the fight and Couture’s career.

Couture lost a tooth because of that kick, but UFC President Dana White promised to get him a new, better tooth once he returns to Las Vegas.

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