i agree with everything you said shnuff except for no-win situation for randy.

if he can get by vera he will get yet another title shot probably a record for most title shots ever and I LOVE IT…..GO RANDY and its free sweeeeeet

If Captain Paycheck wins this, he will get his 16th undeserved title shot. The man has never been a contender. GET TO THE BACK OF THE FN LINE GOD DAMMIT!!! Vera has good hands and can KO handy but he chokes during fights. It looks like his randy worship has sank him already.

thats captain america get it right. handy huh easy there big nog

I have a feeling you might be the only person watching on nov 14 that is not pulling for couture

no, it’s captin paycheck.

you know what nnr & stinky ive about had it with you guys disrespecting randy couture every time i see you post some crap about him like that paycheck bs

i usually find you posts informative but at this point i wouldnt mind getting my hands on your necks and torqueing on it

so now theres a grand total of 2 people who will be pulling for vera conradulations

Well Dia – For years It use to piss me off when people would say he would easily beat up Nog or when they spouted his credentials as if he was such a dominant champ. Or that without a win over him, Big Nog’s resume would have a big gaping hole. Now that he got trashed in that fight- I couldn’t care less about his career except when it gets in the way of other better fighters. I just don’t want to see randy fightfor a title -no one does.

i used to be a huge randy couture fan..

i am still a fan of randy the fighter.. just not randy the liar..

randy the person, is a money grubber liar.. he lied to everyone and was busted for it..

he really let me down with all his bullshit..

to be honest, im not ‘pulling’ for either fighter..

this fight is pointless, aside from it being a decent scrap.. definitely not main event worthy..

i do think randy will win though~ and he will probably get a title shot.

i don’t care about that either.. randy won’t beat shogun..

NoName, Get yer frakkin facts straight!!! Randy has had SEVEN title shots, SIX of which HE WON! His other 8 title fights were defenses where HE WAS THE STANDING CHAMPION! The only title shot Randy ever got that he didn’t win the belt was his tiebreaker with Liddell. How the frak do you call a title shot undeserved after the guy beats the sh1t out of the champion!?!?!

Stinky, what the frak are you even talking about? What lie?

Stink, I feel the sameway u do I’m a huge Couture fan, but it’s not beyond him to be self-serving. In his book, he’s a good guy, but it definitely shows his flaws. In addition Couture deserves all the title shots he’s received no question about it.

haha, shogun? shogun isnt even gonna beat machida.

i’m going for vera! does that make 3?

and shogun! does that make 2?

Why do people think that just because he won he deserved the title shot? Why did he get an immediate shot at Timmy even though he was coming back from losses? Or when he got his @ss kicked at King of Kings but as soon as he came back it was for a shot?

The moniker captain paycheck was coined soon after it was discovered that his dispute with the UFC over respect turned out to be a strategy to strong arm them. He started floundering back and forth about the reason claiming respect vs money or respect = $$$ blah blah blah. Anyways This isn’t the first time couture has been caught with his pants down when it comes to big money- i believe he split with RAW/team Quest after he ripped hendo off of $$$. No so Captain America if you ask i guess anyone.

I for one am glad he got a shot at Timmy because he was the most boring fn fighter in the ufc! I hated when he would have a title fight because that was 25 min of waisted time, which in turn had us never seeing any undercard fights. I also would like to see him against Machida (if he beats Shogun) because of his excelent game planning. I really think that Randy (Whether he deserves it or not) would give Machida his best fight!

Randy has to be the favourite for this fight, the man is a legend and was the first guy to win titles in two weight classes. No shame in losing to Brock and Big Nog, Lesnar is a monster and Nog is one of the greatest HWs of all time. I’ve always respected Randy as a competitor and a person, although I wasn’t too happy with him walking out on the UFC for more money I’m glad that he’s back. He is a warrior who gives it his all and is a master strategist, with great all-round skills.

Vera is talented but hasn’t been the same since the Mir fight, he can beat lesser fighters but against better opponents he folds. Randy will get the better of him in the clinch, wearing him down before taking Brandon down and controlling the fight, possibly getting a stoppage in the third after ground and pound. I don’t see Brandon coping in front of a hostile, pro-Randy crowd in the main event in a foreign country against one of his idols. He’s going to struggle with the pressure once again.

Couture should be able to win this and if he does so in dominant fashion, he will probabaly get fastracked for a title shot, as he is a big draw and a fight with Machida or Shogun would sell. The Rashad-Thiago winner would be next in line, unless Andy faces Shogun if he wins or Rampage comes back.

His gameplanning is a myth. He just seemed so brilliant because he kept fighting people with the same defensive liabilities aka strikers with weak either weak defensive wrestling or weak clinch games. Also because he pretty much fought the same type of fighters for the past 5 yrs he never fixed his own technical issues. It’s always the same type of fighter who smash on him – guys with good sub grappling games and standup to match. Machida is one of those guys and one of the few in MMA who counters in the proper sense of the word instead of weak-@ss MMA counterstriking. Couture would get raped worse than forrest.

Am I third or fourth in line for Vera? I’m glad Randy kicked Big Poopy out of the UFC, but other than that I’m not a fan.

I will be be number 4 going for Vera….But am pulling for Machida big time…NR and Stinky I agree withyou both. It is easy to see if you look at his record why people feel the way they do about Randy and his title shots. How many other fighters get title shots after coming off of losses or after 1 win like Randy has?

Entering the UFC he beat Graham, Belfort, and Smith to get the UFC title. He then tried his luck ot of the UFC goes 2-2 and gets the title shot and beats Randleman. He defends 2 times against Rizzo gets the wins, loses to Barnett, then loss is changed because of steroids. He losses to Ricco for the vacant hw belt. He has 2 fights at LHW beats Liddell then Tito gets LHW belt. Losses right away to Belfort. Gets an immediate rematch beats Belfort then losses to Chuck. Fights Chuck again after a one other fight and losses again. So now as a 10-8 fighter coming off of 2 losses he gets an immediate title Shot against Timmy, whether you like Timmy or not, coming off a 2 losses, who gets a title shot? You think Forrest is going to get a title shot now that he lost 2 times, even though he is a top 10 fighter? After beating Timmy beats Gonzaga, Losses to Brock, Losses to Nog, and if he beats Vera is going to get a title shot against a possibly 16-0 Machida or a Rua who could possibly be 3-1. I would say that is why people bitch. If you give any competitive fighter in the UFC those opportunities they could be considere Captain “Insert Country of Origin Here”. You think if Hendo got a title shot every 2 fights he would have held the belts as much as Randy? There are several fighters in the UFC if given the opps. that Randy got who have the same type of history, only it doesn’t happent that way.

Paycheck is a country?

“he pretty much fought the same type of fighters for the past 5 years”

Right, Bro! I’ve never understood how people even tell Liddell and Gonzaga apart, much less Vitor and Brock, or Tim Sylvia and Van Arsdale. Those guys all have nearly identical fighting styles…they’re practically sextuplets!

Dude, you say some dumb@$$ sh1t!!!

They all have the same weaknesses that he keeps exploiting. Who the f was talking about fighting style. Stop forcing people into either your striker, wrestler or submission artist categories – it’s not 1996 anymore. Differences happen in the details and all these guys had the same flaws when he exploited them – Weak clinch games, weak cardio and for the most part weak defensive wrestling except for Van Arsdale. He got anaconda choked by fn couture that’s all that needs to be said about his skills. Really dumb sh!t right?!! Now unless you can offer some deeper legit technical insight to disprove what i am sayin please kindly shut the f@ck up!!!

Fock that! WAR NNR! WAR STINKY! Fock Handy, Captain Paycheck…MOST OVER RATED FIGHTER EVER!!!!! Never earned a focking thing! Captain opportunist. Completely disrespected Nog, buy saying the ONLLY FIGHT WORTH IT FOR RANDY WAS FEDOR!!!…as if Nog wasnt ALWAYS RANKED HIGHER THEN COUTURE, and about a legit 5 times better of a fighter!

I dont like Fighters that dont earn title shots! So FOCK Couture! Hope he brings out the best in Vera and gets lit up like a christmas tree!

NNR, saying that all Randy’s opponents were the same because they all had weak clinch, weak defensive, wrestling, or weak cardio is absurd. Since Randy has always been known to have the best clinch and wrestling in the UFC and off-the-charts cardio. Compared to him almost EVERYONE is weak in those areas. That’s like saying that all Machida’s opponents were the same type of figher because they all had weak karate defense or all GSP’s opponents were the same type of fighter because they had weak takedown defense. Rediculously lame logic!

nice, i live downtown man… i actually walked right by nate diaz earlier today! dont know what hes doing down here but ya…

i think his last fight shows exactly why he sucks it was terrible

Guyver… how about you explain why Vera doesn’t suck & why he is such an interesting fighter that should catch our attention?

neeko, because hes ever improving, has KO power, great wrestling and nice subs, its stupid how u hate him jsut because he had a alittle slump in his career, like u cud do as good as him, ppl on here hav no respect for any of the fighters..

Vera has shown a horrible attitude and has flattered to deceive. He has lost to all of the top opponents he has faced and only had one TKO win since the Mir KO, which was against a complete can. He also made shocking excuses after losing, which is why he is criticised.

However by taking a tough fight on short notice and putting on a good performance he will win back the fans. He seems a lot more humble in this interview, even if he says dumb things, and a win over Randy would be the biggest of his career by far.

I loved watching Vera was KOing dudes, but I actually think he’s regressed somehow. I really hope he gets back to using his MT to dominate people, because when he does he is one of the most exciting fighters out there.

hmmm I don`t know about that dia maybe more comparable to a Browns against a another average ranking team like the Chiefs in the NFL its still ok to watch but nothing like a Viking and Packer game?

If you think the Browns and the Chiefs are average you aren’t watching enough football.

Randy never thought HE was bigger than the sport. He just thought the SPORT was bigger than the UFC. Between their lawyers and their PR koolaid vendors, I guess they proved him wrong.

I actually did see that. You’re right, what a moron.

Nothing unrealistic or unreasonable about wanting health insurance for fighters. The NFL covers player’s medical expenses and football is WAY WAY WAY more dangerous and has MANY MANY MANY more injuries than MMA! And for these undercard fighters who get paid 5 to 10 thousand per fight, one injury could wipe them out financially. I was uninsured for a while and got sick. I had to spend 1 night in a discount hospital and it cost me $8,000 just for a stomach pump and some IVs…no surgery. When I had a neck injury a few years later, the surgery cost over $100,000. How’s a fighter supposed to cover that on 5-10 grand 3 times/year. Health insurance is a completely reasonable expectation for any professinal athlete under contract with a major-league organization. A lot of what Randy was fighting for was respect for fighters and better treatment. It wasn’t so much about his own money as setting precedents for fighter’s rights. It’s one of the reasons the other fighters love and respect him so much. He tried to stand up to the Monarchy on their behalf cause none of them can afford to.