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Mania Compadres’ say Coutures Undeserving? No-one gives me a compelling enough reason to think otherwise… I agree it’s somewhat arguable, but it makes alot more sense than it doesn’t and I’m not talking about the revenue$$$, I’m talking about ‘earned the right’, did Belfort earn the right?… it’s arguable, but when u look at a man’s body of work and who he beat or loss to makes the difference… Couture’s definitely earned the right if he beats Vera impressively. He only loses to the best of the best and over time has come back to beat the best of the best! If Courture gives a poor or losing performance against Vera then I’ll change my opinion. Almost all of fighter’s Couture has fought are guaranteed UFC Hall Of Famers or UFC Champions and he’s beaten enough of them. Couture shaped 2 different weight classes over the course of his career! Yeah’ time will catch up to him, he’s done at heavies, but nonetheless a recent UFC Heavy Champion,,, lets see what this workhorse soon to retire can do with one last run @ 205lbs!!!

Vera TKO, rogan is gonna ask him the same dumb question about being old and retiring, Randy is gonna give the same canned answer about interesting fights. Is anyone else getting sick of this?

NNR, they should stop giving the same dumb questions and let Couture’s fights prove otherwise.. If u don’t like the guy that’s 1 thing but saying he’s undeserving is another… I won’t debate u on hate value… not worth the character space.

Well i won’t pretend like my hate for couture isn’t well documented. Sure it has died down by a large margin now that my hero Big Nog beat him up. But i was actually referring to Rogan’s annoying and unoriginal questions.. Sadly enough the commentator talent level only a takes a bigger (Can you imagine goldy asking questions?).

The Couture-Vera winner should face the Lil Nog-Cane winner or the Rashad-Thiago winner so that there’s a legitimate top contender for the LHW title against Machida or Shogun as all 6 fighters all need a couple of big wins over top 10 competition before being worthy of a title fight. Couture/Vera-Lil Nog/Cane makes the most sense to me as a top contenders fight as both fights are taking place in the space of a week, so they have the same amount of time to prepare for the next fight, and it gives enough time for a top contender to be found once the Machida-Shogun rematch has happened. I’d like to see those fights on the same card.

The Rashad-Thiago winner should face the loser of Machida-Shogun, Rampage if he ever comes back, or the runner-up of my proposed 4 man tournament, as both fighters are top 10 but have been smashed by Machida, so they need another big win for another title fight to be marketable, though if Shogun wins (and after the first fight there’s a good chance of that happening) it would be a very marketable fight.

The only problem I see with this matchmaking is the friendship of the Brazilian fighters, as the Nog Bros are close friends of Andy and Machida while Cane and Thiago have made up, so that could stop 2 potential fights from happening.