UFC ® 91: Brock Lesnar Vs Randy Couture - 15/11/08 - World Heavyweight Championship

UFC® 91: Couture vs. Lesnar - Saturday, November 15, live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Date Time: Nov-15-2008 7pm PT / 10pm ET Event Type: PPV Live Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada Title Sponsor Image Description: It’s the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history! 3-time UFC® Heavyweight Champ Randy “The Natural” Couture returns to the Octagon™ and puts his title on the line against the biggest opponent of his career, wrestling powerhouse Brock Lesnar. Can the legend prevail? Or will a new hero rise? The upcoming bout between Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar is being billed as “the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history.” While I’m a bit skeptical about the bout’s billing, it is without a doubt, a highly interesting fight. After a lengthy contract dispute, UFC heavyweight champion Randy “The Natural” Couture will return to the cage to face former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar. Couture was last seen defeating Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74. Lesnar’s last fight ended with a dominating three round decision over veteran Heath Herring at UFC 87. The buildup for this fight has been tremendous thus far, with most fans seemingly split between favoring Couture based on his experience or Lesnar based on his size and strength. To explore both sides of the argument, I needed a little help. So without further ado…. “In Randy Couture’s corner is a master of words and whoop ass. He’s a freestyle blogger who’s never encountered an argument he didn’t think he could win. Ladies and gentleman, from the Houston Chronicle… Jared Barnes!” “In Brock Lesnar’s corner is an up and coming contender. His writing style is quick witted and light hearted. Ladies and gentleman, the best looking MMA blogger from the Seattle PI…. Tom Kim!” Jared comes out swinging first: While Brock Lesnar is bigger, stronger and younger than Couture, he’s simply too inexperienced to pose much of a threat to the champ. Couture is the best tactician MMA has ever seen and he’s going to explore Lesnar’s weaknesses, find them and then exploit them to get the win. There are so many places Couture can take Lesnar that he’s never been in a MMA fight. Lesnar’s never been hurt with strikes, been trapped against the cage, been put on his back, gone 5 rounds, had to exchange strikes or has had to prove himself capable of fighting through adversity. Couture will make Lesnar uncomfortable, Lesnar will make a mistake and then Couture will finish the fight. Couture is better than Lesnar in every technical aspect of the game. His striking, wrestling and submissions are superior to Lesnar’s. He’s better in the clinch and in scramble type situations as well. While Lesnar has proven himself to have powerful strikes, he wasn’t able to finish Frank Mir or Heath Herring by KO or TKO and he won’t be able to finish Couture either. Prediction: Couture via TKO in round 4 Tom counters: Randy may have a major experience advantage over Lesnar, but he has never fought anyone like him. Lesnar has to cut weight just to make the 265 pound heavyweight limit. That means he’ll likely weight about 285 pounds come fight time, which is about 50 pounds more than Randy. To put that in perspective, that’s about the difference between a standard Chihuahua and a standard America Pit Bull! I understand MMA is a sport of skill, but the size difference cannot be underestimated. In the past, Randy has had difficulty dealing with much larger, wrestling based fighters like Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett. He may have fared well against Tim Sylvia and Gabriel Gonzaga, but Tim is primarily a striker, and Gonzaga never once managed to get top position on Randy. Brock will not have that problem however and will manage to put Randy on his back. As well rounded as Randy is he has never been especially good off his back and has just two submission victories in his entire career. To beat a beast like Brock, you either have to be a serious submission threat off your back (ala Frank Mir) or a threat to KO him standing. Randy is neither and that’s why he’ll lose. Prediction: Lesnar via decision “After a long, hard fought battle, the winner of this outstanding argument will now be determined by the judges. Ladies and gentleman, the winner by split decision… Tom Kim!” (At least in his opinion anyway)

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20 comments

  1. Bulgaria4life
    January 19, 2010 at 6:47 am

    oohhh so you are a brit even better well mate i live in Ireland and as you know we dont like you that much ,,r u awere how many types of roids cant be found? types like JSR? or TIP? you dont even know them so dont argue wit me about it mate

  2. lbrm123
    January 19, 2010 at 8:41 am

    @Bulgaria4life… You told me you are from Ireland. So why have bulgaria in your name? :S Just get off this video comment thing. Your a mug. Get gone. So what if you dont like us because we kicked your ass. You sound like your a junky the way you ‘think’ you know about ‘roids.’

  3. ComradeMaelstrom
    January 19, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Because… he doesn’t??!!
    : /

  4. Bulgaria4life
    January 19, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    hahahahahahah yea we are shit that is why the first wrestler was Bulgarian you idiot Dan Kolev read a bit man and then come here and post childish coments pls .

  5. 2012jjoykutty03
    January 19, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    @chance212122 thz man

  6. 2012jjoykutty03
    January 19, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    @killasaurus13 i know rite this ppl r freakin idiots just cuz they cant b tough they think the UFC wrestler took steriod thats y they r tough

  7. RestLessIP
    January 20, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    Does anyone knows Randy Couture’s entrance song in Lesnar vs Couture ( real life version ofcourse )

  8. fuckthispost
    January 21, 2010 at 12:31 am

    fuckin sweet song havnt hurd this since wrestling…..when brock left wrestling sucked “FAKE AND GAY”

  9. jackieaojr
    January 21, 2010 at 8:37 am

    lesner against hong Choy

  10. TopDoobie
    January 21, 2010 at 10:17 am

    Hong Choy is shit lesnar would kill him

  11. bladesypher
    January 21, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Brock Lesnar MUST be on steroids : /

  12. PoopLoungeProduction
    January 21, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    @bladesypher I think he is… He always says, “yes, I’ve passed all my drug tests”, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t used steroids. They just haven’t tested him at the right time.

  13. MajinBoo321
    January 22, 2010 at 2:21 am

    I also agree with you and bladesypher. Like seriously, look at his size……… 6 foot 3 and he is that huge? Look at the rest of fighters who are 6 foot 3 or 6 foot ish. They aren small compare to brock. I am 90% sure he is taking steroids. I seriously want to see Brock’s brother. If his brother is no way near his size, then Brock is taking steroids. Now a days, there are more then one type of steroids, so u can’t test them all. Also people can use drug filters which cleans out the body.

  14. KimfromSoCal
    January 22, 2010 at 8:28 am

    If UFC was able to attract more heavyweight fighters, we would see a huge surge of many “Brock Lesners”, problem is, they are all playing in the NFL and making much more money, Remember, in fighting, only a few can be on top and making the big bucks and that is why they are doing something else like playing other sports. As for the steroids, if you can find a picture of Brock from about 4 or 5 years ago, lets take a good look at the bone structure in his face and head, that will tell you.

  15. djdynamite123
    January 25, 2010 at 12:56 am

    He will have took growth hormonal stuff when he was in his wrestling days etc, but he looks like he’s big boned and brad anyway, he isn’t THAT big really compared to some in wrestling who supposedly have never took out illegal :| Don’t know though.

  16. chavitavb
    January 25, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Hahahaha… Google and Youtube the shit he does.. You won’t belive it. They way he keeps fit is crazy. He never took steriods he is a clean wrestler. Hard work pays off.

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    January 26, 2010 at 9:07 pm

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    January 27, 2010 at 11:20 pm

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  19. creaker10
    January 28, 2010 at 8:44 am

    xaxaxaxaxa

  20. Gunskie
    January 28, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    was, not anymore. that’s why he’s getting smaller.

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