If there was no wrestling background with Lesnar it would be a different story, but that is not the fact here. And like a quote in Rocky IV,"it could be a painful one."
Brock Lesnar, round two TKO.
Kevin Curran
Brock Lesnar has shown that he is a bull in a china shop when it comes to the lighter fighters in the division, so now he is going to take on one of the lightest fighters in the UFC heavyweight division, Randy Couture.
This fighter also happens to be a surefire UFC hall-of-famer, resilient beyond belief, oh yeah and a former champ. Randy also has the skills in wrestling to keep Lesnar in check. If Randy can win the war on foot he has a good shot.
Brock Lesnar is the biggest baddest dude to fight in the UFC in some time. While Randy relies on athleticism, Lesnar has all the tools Randy has and more. Also, Lesnar has hown weakness in the ground game as far as submissions, Randy does not possess a top submission game.
So what stops Lesnar from stomping him out?
At this point in time nothing is stopping him. Randy has been busy starring in crappy movies for a little over a year now and has not been near a cage in a little bit longer than that.
Lesnar is young, strong, big, fast, athletic, big, strong, and did I mention big? Randy has it in for him alright.
Yours Truly
I tried to get some writers that I thought would pick Randy, but they declined to submit any pieces to me. The fact of the matter is that I agree with everyone else in this article. Randy is at a severe disadvantage in this fight. I won't add anything else to that. I have another route that I want to take with my analysis.
I am of the opinion that Randy Couture is the most overrated heavyweight in the history of MMA. He is a great fighter, worthy of the Hall of Fame, but as a heavyweight, there are far too many people that think he is one of the ten best pound for pound fighters in the world.
It just doesn't make sense. Let's take a closer look at his heavyweight record.
Record: 12-5
Key Wins: Vitor Belfort, Maurice Smith, Kevin Randleman, Pedro Rizzo twice, Tim Sylvia, Gabriel Gonzaga
Key Losses: Josh Barnett, Ricco Rodriguez, Valentijn Overeem, Enson Inoue, Mikhail Illoukhine
The last two wins and the first two losses listed are the ones that we should be paying the most attention to here. As far as the last three losses, you should be saying "who?" when you hear their names.
As for those last two wins, they will be the only wins Randy has over heavyweights in the past six years on the night that he fights Lesnar. Think about that. As for those two wins . . .
Since Sylvia's loss to Couture, he won ugly against Vera, and was finished by Nogueria and Emelianenko. Sylvia hasn't been impressive since his first win over Arlovski back in April 2006, a fight where he was closed to finished, but capitalized on Arlovski leaving himself open as he went wildly for the kill, winning by TKO.
Following Gabriel's loss to Couture, he was TKO'd by Werdum, and won against a tomato can by the name of Justin McCully. Gabriel's only key win is held over Mirko Cro Cop by a stunning head kick. To this day he remains a one-kick wonder. Two wins over top ten heavyweights is good, but Couture is not one of the best ten fighters in the world, and not even close to it anymore.
He is not ready for Lesnar, just look at the two aforementioned losses. They are to two big grapplers that used their size advantage to aid in their victory over couture: Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett. Probably the two most accomplished Heavyweights that Randy has ever faced.
These two fighters were the reason that Randy moved down to Light Heavyweight. He couldn't handle the size. Both of them finished the fight via TKO. Expect a similar fight. Randy Couture's worst position is on his back. That's where he'll be.
In case you didn't notice, I got Lesnar. And that sums up the picks of a Bleacher Report writers for this article. Let the debate continue!
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