On today's conference call to announce the upcoming Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar fight, I asked Couture how much he weighs right now, how much he'll weigh when he steps into the Octagon against Lesnar, and how concerned he is about fighting a significantly larger opponent."Yesterday after practice I weighed 224.5 and I would suspect that walking into the fight I'll weigh right around that," Couture said. "Early in my career [size] was a concern -- I don't think I was technically prepared to deal with the size difference. But I think I've developed. ... I think you just have to be a little wiser."
There's no doubt that Couture is a wiser fighter than Lesnar, but there's also no doubt that he's a smaller fighter. Lesnar has to cut weight to get down to the heavyweight maximum of 265 pounds, and he'll probably step into the Octagon against Couture weighing somewhere in the 275 range, for a 50-pound size advantage. That's significant.
And yet I think Couture, with his superior technique and experience, will come in with the right game plan and defeat Lesnar.
"I'm not ready yet," Couture said. "But I will be in about 10 weeks."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-02-2008 @ 5:53PM
James said...
Couture's the man! A definite W against Lesnar in November.
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9-07-2008 @ 8:39AM
tomsmothers said...
Man, this is going to be no contest!! I have been a fan of Lesnar since his WWE days but c'mon mothafuckaz, Couture is like that old Chinese master fighter with the wispy fu-manchu that just beats people's asses after they erroneously assume that he's BEEN over the hill several miles ago.
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9-05-2008 @ 1:25PM
BartB said...
I think this is a great fight, but right now I'm thinking that Lesnar will win. He's a brute. H U G E. That kind of definitive strength and size advantage is hard to beat. Both being wrestlers, Brock may be wiser to Couture's fighting than we give him credit. To me, submission is Randy's #1 victory option. I personally love the natural, but he's not getting any younger or stronger. We'll see, though.
- Bart from www.slcmma.com
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9-06-2008 @ 10:58AM
Don C. said...
I agree. Randy is not a submissions expert, nor is he a skilled striker. Granted Couture has more ring experience, but he and Lesnar fight with similar styles based on wrestling and ground control--I will take the 50 extra pounds and 14 years of youth.
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9-16-2008 @ 12:12AM
Mark said...
All I've got to say: Look what Randy did to Gonzaga. 29-28, Couture.
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9-07-2008 @ 1:52AM
jun li said...
Coutur will win because he is a smarter experienced and disciplined fighter. Remember he built tim Sylvia when Tim was the best in the world and tim had a huge size and reach and age advantage. Frank Mir beat Lesner & Randy is way better than mir as is Sylvia is much tougher opponent than Lesner.
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