Couture ready to retire

UFC veteran Randy Couture has announced his decision to retire after his UFC 129 bout with Lyoto Machida.

Couture insists he can not be persuaded to keep fighting as not even a bout with Fedor Emelianenko would change his mind.

“I believe this is my last fight,” said Captain America. “I know the UFC is probably going to have other ideas, especially with acquiring Strikeforce and all that. They’re probably going to try to draw me into another fight but I don’t think that’s going to happen. I want to stick to my guns and this is the last one.

“I will miss the competition immensely but I want to go out on my terms I want to go out when I think it’s time to go out and not because I lost this fight or lost that fight or because I had an injury that precludes me from training the way I want to train.

“I want to make the decision on my own.”