UFC 109: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman Breakdown

Ecspecially because considering their age, who looked worse for the wear in their last fight? Definately Couture.

i laughed at that and the weight issue. i believe they both cut the same weight. whether you’re picking couture or coleman, why be an idiot and give the nod in the age category to the older guy? if me and couture fought, i would have a HUGE age advantage… but that doesnt mean i stand a chance. if this guy wants to be so lopsided in favor of couture, why not just make the categories things couture strongly outweighs coleman?

Why even bother putting age in there when you’re just going to say it isn’t a factor.

Of all the fighters out there, I would expect Couture more than any other to be dispassionately realistic when evaluating himself and his abilities. He always seems very rational and accurate in breaking down his own fights both before and after the fact. At the end of the day, though, he’s a businessman just like any other and understands how to promote himself.

To be fair, I’m sure in many ways he is still improving and still feels like he’s learning and becoming more experienced as a fighter, so it’s not just simple hype. And while his speed and his ability to take damage have obviously started to drop, I don’t know that I’d say his wrestling has visibly fallen. Even in the Vera fight, in which he couldn’t get the takedown against an opponent who was also well versed in greco-roman wrestling, he still managed to control him for the majority of the fight.