Couture-Vera was just a repeat of Sylvia-Vera

by AnnieAgee on Nov 15, 2009 2:12 PM EST

As usual, Randy Couture found a way to just win. It wasn't pretty, but it sure was effective. Did anyone else feel like they were watching a replay of Tim Sylvia vs. Brandon Vera? It was basically the same deal. Sylvia kept Vera pressed against the fence for the vast majority of the fight. Vera managed a takedown, even passed to side control, but couldn't manage to do much with it. The outcome would be different, of course, given that Vera managed a knockdown against Couture and never really damaged Sylvia, but the gameplan and execution were basically the same. The funny thing is that conventional wisdom after the Sylvia fight said that Vera was just too small to deal with the big heavyweights. Now that he's dropped to 205, he succumbed to the exact same tactic. Seems like the issue is not so much size but strategy.

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Haven’t seen the fight yet?

by CSKit on Nov 15, 2009 2:51 PM EST reply actions

I think she(or he? don't want to get that wrong) hasn't watched either fight..

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 15, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

This is the same person who wrote an article about how the free Strikeforce show was unacceptable, tragic, horrendous, etc etc.

BTW nice avatar. ;)

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by mythbuster on Nov 15, 2009 6:51 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks. That's my favorite country.

I will now support Jason MacDonald and Kalib Starnes!

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 15, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions

AND Georges St. Pierre, David Loisseau, Jason Day, Sam Stout, Ryan Ford, Sarah Kaufman…

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Nov 16, 2009 6:53 AM EST up reply actions

Kalib Starnes could beat them all.

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by mythbuster on Nov 16, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions

Robin Scherbatsky too.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 17, 2009 12:00 AM EST up reply actions

I don't know about that

Sylvia landed a ton of punches than Couture and it was more of a ranged striking match. Just head over to fightmetric and compare the stats. Sylvia threw 106 punches to Coutures 62 and landed more than double as many strikes.

Vera’s problem in that one was not being able to get inside of Sylvia’s long reach. Also, I didn’t fall asleep during Vera-Sylvia

by HighNoon on Nov 15, 2009 7:29 PM EST reply actions