Comments on: Report: Couture’s UFC return to be made official today

By: platypus

platypus — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:37:40 +0000

lots of guys here are worried that if lesnar fights randy its a surefire loss to randy. i think whoever randy decides to fight, he will be the favourite, unless its against fedor.

By: Sergio Hernandez

Sergio Hernandez — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:04:44 +0000

“If I was the UFC and with this new 3 fight contract, I’d have Randy fight Lesnar, if Randy wins, then he will fight Noguiera to unify the HW titles for an undisputed UFC champion, and if Randy can beat Nog (which I doubt) then he could earn his right to fight Fedor in the UFC. And the UFC can promote the Randy vs. Fedor as a PRIDE vs. UFC (Champion vs. Champion) event. I hope Fedor brings his PRIDE and WAMMA belts to the octagon.”

Didn’t Fedor, or rather his manager, always say that they wouldn’t want Couture in Fedor’s first UFC fight?

If Couture can get by Lesnar (unlikely) and Big Nog (somewhat likely) to unify the HW title, a tune-up fight for Fedor against the likes of Gonzaga to set up a unification bout between Couture/Fedor would be insane.

Although, it’s looking like they’re shooting for early 2009…

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:17:37 +0000

grrrrreat news!
i don’t care who he fights.. i’m just glad to see him back..

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:16:51 +0000

Anyone know how/where to watch the conference. If at all…

By: just another A hole!

just another A hole! — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:48:53 +0000

Has any one thought maybe he comes back to fight Anderson Silva??? If he was smart he would stay out of the heavyweight division!! There’s too many people who would crush him now.

By: aaronb

aaronb — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:24:03 +0000

Lesnar didn’t exactly get dominated in his loss. Other than Fedor, you would have to give Brock Lesnar a better than 50% chance to beat anybody out there.

By: screwface

screwface — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:22:15 +0000

id much rather see lesnar fight couture then nog. nogs best days are way behind him. he almost lost to sylvia and herring. it would be a decent fight to see nog vs couture, but i think more fireworks for fans with lesnar. lesnar is a much more dangerous opponent for randy. dana is smart. he gave tito lachida for his last match knowing that titos style would not match up thus makin tito look washed up (and i dont believe that to be true) was just a really bad matchup. and i believe dana is doing it again. lesnars style is to beasty imo for randy. but id love to see randy beat down their golden boy and leave with a strut. this is a win win situation for all parties involved including the fans. yes all arguments are correct, lesnar hasnt done much to deserve this and nog and randy would be the obvious choice. but from a ppv draw and firework standpoint, u gotta love this.

By: Sam Siavoshi

Sam Siavoshi — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:52:34 +0000

If I could kiss both Dana and Couture right now I would!
This is possibly the best news I have heard out of the UFC for quite some time, especially amidst the Rampage spectacle and the Couture court proceedings. My only question is how did they get Randy to come back to the UFC? Was it simply a matter of money that the UFC was not initially prepared to dish out, or was the alleged statement “Fedor is the only fight that makes sense for me” from Randy not really the whole story? Him fighting Lesnar, or signing a three fight contract for that matter, must have required the turning of a certain “golden key” to re-open Couture up for negotiations.

By: jim smith

jim smith — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:28:42 +0000

What has Lesnar done to justify a fight with Randy? A one and one UFC record? It’s insulting for Randy to have to fight an up-and-comer, even with the time off.

By: egad81

egad81 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:48:14 +0000

I hope Randy beats Brock because that would be AWESOME!

Maybe with the new boss in the mix more the UFC is loosening the purse strings.
Casino money is HUGE and so are the rivalries…. ZUFFA dont want to be TRUMPED into loosing MMA

By: Mike A

Mike A — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:32:41 +0000

what can he do vs. tha giant???

By: Bill Lumberg

Bill Lumberg — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:18:26 +0000

GREAT NEWS-

By: Mark One

Mark One — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:17:20 +0000

Great to see Randy back but what the hell does he get out of a match up with Lesnar. If he wins he beaten a rookie and he loses then he’s lost to a rookie regardless of the fact that said rookie is twice his size…

By: Panama

Panama — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:08:44 +0000

Then again, hold up. If Randy fights Lesnar, then Lesnar will be fighting for the HW championship. He doesn’t even deserve a shot at the title yet.

But I do see some serious subplots if Lesnar beats Couture. Lesnar will fight Noguiera next to unify the belt. If Lesnar wins, the UFC will hype Lesnar as the unstoppable force and juggernaut and the more reason to bring in Fedor.

Ultimately, I’d rather see Fedor fight Lesnar rather than Randy anytime, of course if Lesnar does begin to wreck havoc in the UFC.

If Randy loses, I would love to see him fight in a “Hall of Famers” matchup against Mark Coleman.

By: seth b

seth b — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:07:11 +0000

Not fair to Nog and sheds a foul light on the whole idea of an “interim champion” if Randy does not defend against the interim in his first fight. This is coming from someone who would love to see Couture v Lesnar, just after clearing up the title confusion. How is this for a card?

Randy v Nog.
Mir v Lesnar.

Winners fight for the title in the near future. These belts will stagnate and PPV buys will eventually fall if the focus is more on PPV buys than title reverance. What I mean is, if the UFC treats the titles like they are worthless (having interim titles that are worthless just to get some buys), eventually the fans will get the point and stop buying title fights because after all, they are worthless and will continue to be treated as so by the ufc.

By: Panama

Panama — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:03:03 +0000

If I was the UFC and with this new 3 fight contract, I’d have Randy fight Lesnar, if Randy wins, then he will fight Noguiera to unify the HW titles for an undisputed UFC champion, and if Randy can beat Nog (which I doubt) then he could earn his right to fight Fedor in the UFC. And the UFC can promote the Randy vs. Fedor as a PRIDE vs. UFC (Champion vs. Champion) event. I hope Fedor brings his PRIDE and WAMMA belts to the octagon.

However, I am sure the UFC wouldnt allow Fedor to come to the UFC for a one fight deal because if he wins the UFC belt or beats their champion then what?

By: Grappo

Grappo — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:55:41 +0000

Excellent!

By: JBAR

JBAR — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:53:44 +0000

Randy has always been one of the best at developing a gameplan for a fight that will neutralize his opponents strengths and expose his weaker areas (something he is passing on to Forrest). Lesnar’s size and strength will make it difficult in the clinch for Randy which is one of his favorite techniques so I am excited to see what kind of gameplan he comes out with to overcome this. I can see him using alot of leg kicks early to slow Brock down and trying to take this fight to the later rounds testing his conditioning, I can’t see a heavyweight in the world that would want to lock up with a fresh Lesnar early in a fight.

By: aaronb

aaronb — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:46:13 +0000

I still want to see other MMA Organ-I-zations flourish. Before there was competition on the horizon, all we had was 1 UFC PPV per month. Once competition came in and upped the anti. Presto!!!! We have a UFC PPV and a Free spike show almost every month. Not to mention free EXC/Showbox and DREAM shows every month as well. Despite what some people want to believe. Competition has made everyone step their game up. And the winners in all of this is

1. Us the fans

2. The fighters who can make a living wage

3. Future athletes, who would have tried something else 3 years ago. But now will give MMA a chance, now that they realize they can make some money at it.

By: warcry

warcry — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:33:02 +0000

This is the sort of news that dominates the day. Hell the year. It makes the EliteXC hijinx seem pointless.