Will The UFC Become The War Of The Ages?

Some people may be reacting with pure glee at hearing the news that veterans of MMA Matt Hughes and Randy Couture have both signed new contracts for six more fights with the UFC. As for me, my reaction has been one of utter amazement.

Of course I had been predicting that Randy would go over to Strikeforce to finally be able to fight with Fedor Emelianenko.

Maybe his soon to be ex-wife Kim is fighting for them, though, so it might be the source of too many memories for the big guy to encounter.

Naturally, since I feel most farm boys have enough sense to know not to plow their fields during a thunderstorm, I thought that the easily bored Matt Hughes would stay home on the couch playing video games with his kids and discussing the best way to cook a steak with wife Audra.

Guess that makes me a poor predictor of fighters' future plans, doesn't it?

Consequently, now I am wondering how these two oldsters in the sport will fair against the new upcoming generation of fighters.

Who will have the edge?

The kids with all the new innovations of the sport, or the veterans of the cage with their years of well-earned scars and experience?

It won't be long until we find out about Randy who is set to face Brandon Vera at UFC 105 in Manchester, England. (I love the song, "Manchester, England, England, across the Atlantic Sea. . .").

Unlike in the song, I am not a "genius, genius," although I would favor younger and more physically healthy Brandon "the Truth" Vera to win this particular match up.

I feel that the younger man will recover from his last battle more quickly than the "old guy,"  likely will be able to.

If Matt Hughes does meet Mike Swick, as my buddy Stoker predicts he will, I would have to go out on a limb and choose Swick to put Matt back in his arm chair "toot sweet." (*note to the editor, I know that is incorrect, I am just attempting some "sic" humor, so to speak).

Maybe Matt should take a page out of Randy's book and go down a weight class to stay more competitive and give himself an edge.

Who knows, Dana might even give him a super fight rematch with BJ Penn and make a couple mil. for them all. I would sure pay to see it.

Oh boy, at lightweight Matt could meet my energizer bunny Clay Guida, Diego Sanchez, Ken Florian, Nate Diaz, and Gray Maynard too!

How sweet would those fights be? (Oops, I am drooling all over the keyboaard).

But on the other hand, I would also love to see Matt Hughes take on another NCAA prepped wrestler like Josh Koscheck or his training partner Jon Fitch.

Both those guys have a loss to GSP in common with Matt and I would bet they could put the farm boy away too. I would even put money on it.

Now that Matt has re-upped with the UFC, I have so many suggestions for opponents that I don't think I can even list them all. Guess I may possibly muster up some enthusiasm for this situation after all.

If there is one thing I enjoy even more than seeing someone I love win a fight, it is seeing someone I dislike (Hughes, not Couture), lose one. Just another way to have fun.

Ah, the Grandma Dee curse!