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Ryan Couture would be 'pretty surprised' if his father came out of retirement for one last fight

Those hoping that Randy Couture will come out of retirement to fight Fedor Emelianenko on New Year's Eve will probably be let down. At least according to Couture's son.

Ryan Couture doesn't think his father getting in the cage again is in the cards.

"I'd be pretty surprised if he decided to do that," Ryan Couture said. "I don't doubt that he's capable of it, but I just don't know that he has the desire to."

It was announced at Bellator: Dynamite 1 on Saturday night that Emelianenko would be coming out of retirement to fight in Japan on New Year's Eve for a promotion run by former PRIDE president Nobuyuki Sakakibara.