Comments on: If Couture thinks UFC 102′s performance is not a disappointment, UFC 105′s probably will be

By: Yehia El Behery

Yehia El Behery — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:14:43 +0000

Couture has nothing more to prove, win or lose he is the greatest. I only want him to win because I don’t like Vera so much.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:07:43 +0000

It has always bothered me when wrestlers give up trying to ground and pound in place of a stand up war. I think that Sherk is the best example of this. He has completely gotten away from what made him dominate. He now try to stand and trade with guys who are much younger and much quicker then him. Not to mention he has T-Rex size reach.

Either way i think this will be a good fight. I see Randy trying to get it to the ground but paying for it every time he does so. I think it is about time that we see the Vera we were supposed to see when he made the drop to LHW.

By: ian

ian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:45 +0000

No chance. Vera has been poor since returning from his hiatus he will not be able to handle randys in your face tactics. This fight is all set for randy to fight the winner of silva/evans in a title contender decider in my opinion

ian

By: wardog

wardog — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:57:44 +0000

Hopefully he realizes that Vera is a much better striker than Nogueira and I think if he gets into a clinch game with Vera he may also loose. Couture never matched up with BJJ guys well, even with his submission defenses he still gets caught out of position by them. If he tries to out strike Vera he may get KO’d.

Boxing in MMA is overrated I think and a lot of these guys who focus on it end up loosing in the end, especially to Muay Thai fighters. The stances, ways you throw a punch, and other aspects of boxing leave a fighter open to counters from other styles. Just my humble opinion.
Bill

By: evan

evan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:43:11 +0000

(not a single takedown attempt, come on).

Did you not remember him getting swept on multiple occasions in the fight?

He shouldve stayed in the clinch a lot longer with Nog, and gone for some tds near the bell.

By: Josh Stein

Josh Stein — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:43:02 +0000

I don’t think that Randy’s takedown-free gameplan was that bad an idea. He wanted to stay away from the guard, and that’s a pretty good idea for Randy, given that he’s run into problems with good grapplers before.

That said, I think Randy Couture is going to keep fighting well. He’s a great fighter, and hopefully he’ll beat Brandon Vera soundly and start to mix things up at 205 a little bit.