UFC 91: Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar In-Depth

by Nick Thomas on Oct 30, 2008 3:59 PM EDT in MMA News

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Can't wait!!

I can’t wait for this!

I’ve learned to never doubt Couture, but Lesnar is big, powerful, fast, and explosive… but he’s still very green, and he’s fighting a very experienced fighter.

I’m very curious to see what Couture’s game plan for this fight will be.

The Heath Herring fight showed me that Lesnar is serious about MMA, and how well he has developed in such a short time. I know Herring isn’t going to be knocking off one of the top 5 heavyweights, but it was a 15-minute ass whooping.

by Randomus on Oct 30, 2008 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

Official site is now live

http://91.ufc.com/

Very well done.

by DirtyML on Oct 30, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

Don’t forget to use mousewheel to scroll through all the fights/previews/bios.. There is also a section for the “tournament” overview with previews for Nog/Mir as well.

by DirtyML on Oct 30, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the official UFC 91 linkage! :)

by Randomus on Oct 30, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it me or does Rogan look like he’s had work done on him… I must be used to the beard.

by mmalogic on Oct 30, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions

CANT WAIT EITHER!

the ufc is billing this as the biggest mma fight ever, so i cant wait to see what else they come up with on the net and in the media. when this fight was 1rst announced it was all over espn, and now that 90 is over i can just imagine the hype machine they are going to put behind 91. i would pay for ufc 91 just for this 1 fight. for real, but im glad that florian/stevenson,maia/quarry and my darkhorse for fight of the night barncat/mclovin, are included. ive heard some rumors about gonzaga/hendricks maybee being the upset like cigano/werdum was. we’ll see.

by bdw on Oct 30, 2008 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

part of me wants lesnar to win so we can see if he can handle a BJJ guy as good as nog (not mir, he will pummel mir in the rematch. no worries as nog will pummel him though)

but part of me wants to see two legends go at it (nog, couture)

if mir happens to beat nog…. it will ruin everything. i have no desire to see mir face brock or couture

by dbcb on Oct 30, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

I'm actually down for a rematch

If Mir ‘happens’ to beat Nog, then he ‘happens’ to win his belt and ‘happens’ to be in a position to be the undisputed HW champion. I will never begrudge a fighter for winning, no matter how much I hate seeing him fight or how bad it fucks up my wet dreams of match possibilities.

Being a douchecock, however, does earn you my ire. I’m looking at you, Diaz brothers and Bisping after the Hamill robber – er, I mean, fight.

by Derek Suboticki on Oct 30, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

LESNAR

lesnar’s camp has come out and said that brock is equivalent to a purple belt in jits and would bet the house that if there is a submission, it will be by brock. the plot thickens! this fight has a great storyline behind it so far, age vs youth, big vs small, is brock for real? is randy gonna finally hit that too old stage?(i think brock is for real, but dont know FOR SURE about randy’s age). i wont doubt the man till i see him look old.

by bdw on Oct 30, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

purple really?

that is right below a brown correct?

by dbcb on Oct 30, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

white < blue < purple < brown < black
as far as I know.

by szucconi on Oct 30, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

BELTS

yes, i believe it is. hard to belive. this wont be an end to the hype though. brock has already stated that randy is too old and makes for a good heel. i can even see randy coming back with a few comebacks as the fight nears.

by bdw on Oct 30, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that for real? Can you hook up a link where they said that?

If Lesner figures out the RNC and the guillotine I fear for Randy’s safety.

by Day Man on Oct 30, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions

LINK

im pretty late in my response, but it was said on the latest MMA LIVE. wich is on this site right now. im sure you probably already seen it by now.

by bdw on Oct 30, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

They were saying the same thing before the Herring fight. They said nobody could submit him in the gym before the Mir fight.

These guys are paid to build him up. Why would you believe this shit?

Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones

by jemaleddin on Oct 31, 2008 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Can’t wait to see more previews for Gears of War 2.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Oct 30, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Headbutts

I just hope Randy doesn’t use his head as a weapon in this fight as well. I see him clinching, then pushing up, ramming his head up into Brock’s nose. If that happens, I want to at least see a point taken from Randy this time.

by Tommy7 on Oct 30, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions