Vera had some pretty spectacular fights against a bunch of nobodies and a fat post-accident Mir. I would love to see him put everything together, because he has the tools to be great.

I see Couture winning this one rather easily, which is to bad because I like Vera. Afterwards I expect to see COuture in a big fight at 205, maybe Rashad or Tito with the winner gettting a title shot

Vera could be amazing! He cut his bones in the HW division, so Randy’s strength wont overwhelm him and take him out of his game. Vera’s speed combined with Randy’s deteriorating reflexes makes Randy getting knocked out a big possibility. Vera’s Greco background shoud hep him avoid being pressed up against the cage and getting Manhandled by couture. sure Sylvia was able to press him against the cage for 15 minutes, but Tim is a lot Bigger then Randy and Vera was out of that fight mentally as soon as he brock his hand in the opening minutes of the fight!

Not really a fan of either fighter. I do think that Vera could be great if he ever realizes his potential. I gotta go with Vera in this fight, especially now that he is training with Big nOg!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ comments are putting me to sleep with this “Couture is old” “Vera will own him” BS. Couture wins by complete domination; quit hating, the guy is a legend and at 46 years old still a bad ass, just be glad you get to see him fight live cause there isn’t much time left. When he’s gone you’ll miss him; just like you’ll miss Wand, just like you already miss Chuck whether you were a fan of his or not. Quit being punks, whether you hate the guy or not he deserves the respect, he’s earned it. As for me, always been a Randy fan, always will be, one of the all time greats; you ppl that call him overrated or bash him for getting title shots and WINNING those belts can go F*** yourselves.

this is not hating on couture at all, i just see vera beating him, even knocking him out. i know im stretching a bit here, but he has a physique and tools similar to anderson silva. he just doesnt show it. i dont think nog is all that fast and he made couture look slow. randy cant exchange with vera. vera is toll tall and fast and way more technical standing. randy can only clich to the cage and vera will punish him with knees. i see a second round KO win for vera.

You didn’t really just draw a parallel between Anderson Silva and Brandon Vera, did you? Hahaha, come on now.

O damn, randy’s inconsistency casts him out of the all time great list. Maybe an all time good but simply not great. I don’t think there is anyone who would claim he’s done what guys like Hughes, Fedor, Nog, Silva, ect have. Am just sayin.

I absolute;y despise matt HUghes, but I would never deny him being a legend! why? Cause he has successfully defended his title countless times. how many times has Randy won a fight as a champion? Maybe twice? 5 time champion, with only 1 or 2 title defenses? Not very impressive. Take age out of the equation, and you are left with a GOOD but NOT GREAT FIGHTER!

Come on, guys! Look at the calibre of guys Randy has fought compared to Hughes!!! Hughes deserves HOF for defending the belt for so long, but if you look at who those defenses were against, only GSP and BJ would rank up there with the guys Randy has fought. Sakurai, Castillo, Riggs, Lytle…those guys were never on the same plane with Liddell, Ortiz, Belfort, Sylvia, etc.

John G,
 
COUTURE HAS MORE WINS IN TITLE FIGHTS THAN ANY OTHER FIGHTER IN HISTORY except Hughes, with whom he is tied. He has more TITLE WINS than Anderson(6), Tito(6), GSP, Chuck(5), Penn (4), or Franklin(3). RANDY is the most decorated champion in the sport, so get that cactus out of your ass and let it go, Bro!

Also, you keep saying Randy only defended a belt twice. In fact he defended 4 times, 5 if you count Belfort III as a defense instead of a capture, since their second fight was really a N/C. That one and the Barnett steroid-DQ shouldn’t even be on his record as losses. But it doesn’t matter how many Title wins were defenses and how many were captures. What matters is who walked out with the belt. And RANDY has walked out of more fights with the belt around his waist than any other fighter in history. (tied with Hughes).

John G, regardless of defense or capture, the simple fact is:

RANDY COUTURE HAS WON MORE TITLE FIGHTS THAN ANY OTHER FIGHTER IN MMA HISTORY!!! (9 title wins, tie with Hughes)

That’s more than Fedor (6: 4-PRIDE,2-WAMMA), Anderson(6), Tito(6), GSP, Chuck(5), BJ(4), or Franklin(3). RANDY is the MOST DECORATED CHAMPION in MMA HISTORY, bar none! So pull that cactus out of your ass and give peace a chance!

sorry for the repeat, it didn’t post the first time, so I tried again and then the first one magically showed up. But get used to seeing these stats cause I’m gonna start throwing them up every time these haters like John G and NNR talk trash about Couture’s record.

Anderson actaully said he thought Machida won 4 rounds to 1…he is the only one and slowly I’m rooting for Vitor

he’s also one of machida’s best friends

so you have to be dishonest or worse blind to the truth

crap card?? are you kidding?? i’m pumped for this card!!!

Down there???

apparently you americans dont learn grade 1 geography…

Every single UFC event is free in Europe.

Well in Sweden atleast :)

wtf is canada?

My comment was a Simpsons reference, not an unwitting attack on the American educational system.

I have 2 doctorate degrees and have gone to school for 26 years of my life in the US. I am embarrassed to say that I have never had a single geography class. My son is in college and I do not think he has either.

How can you learn history without geography? Guess you didn’t take much history either. Vera will knee his way out of the clinch and Vera can wrestle. However, Randy will land some shots and this will be a 3 round war like the Nog fight….I hope.

But you can actually locate Canada on a globe, yes?

Canadia is the mythical birthplace of maple syrup and Celine Dion. Just head for Valhalla and take a left at the first Hockey Pub you come to.