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Brock Lesnar would beat Mir, lose to Nogueira

The winner of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir will take on Brock Lesnar to unify the heavyweight title. Here’s how the fights would go down:

versus Mir:

Coming in for revenge Lesnar would not make the same mistake again–rushing to finishing the fight on the ground. Mir certainly can catch Lesnar again because he is a BJJ wizard and Lesnar a BJJ beginner. But the ground and pound of Lesnar as well as his strength should allow him to be safe enough to survive submissions on the ground. At some point on the ground or feet a TKO should occur in Lesnar’s favor.

versus Nog:

Nogueira can take a beating from fighters as big as they come, like Bob Sapp, who beat him on every side of the ring in their battle in Pride years ago. Nog might be due to be taken out via TKO, but his excellent boxing and submission skills should allow him to prevail. What will be a key ingredient is his endurance and heart. Couture is great but Nog’s ability to endure a severe thrashing is second to none at heavyweight. In the end skill in all realms of the game will prevail and the more well rounded fighter will win–Nogueira.

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Kudos to Brock Lesnar on victory over Randy Couture

Brock Lesnar completely followed in Randy Couture’s footsteps Saturday night by becoming the UFC champion in his 4th fight. Couture accomplished the same feat when he entered into the sport and defeated Maurice Smith to win the UFC heavyweight title.

It’s a very impressive feat for Lesnar, who now becomes the man everyone is gunning for at heavyweight. Although he didn’t deserve the title shot, after only one win in the UFC and three fights under his belt,  Lesar made the most of his golden opportunity to secure the heavyweight strap.

The scary part is how far he has to improve. His striking is basic and BJJ perhaps even more rudimentary. When you add years of training with top notch individuals to his arsenal of outstanding wrestling, gigantic size, unreal power and strength, speed and natural athleticism, you have a great career ahead to look forward to.

Next up for Lesnar will be the winner of Nogueira vs Mir.

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Randy Couture talks UFC 91, Brock Lesnar on Best Damn Sports Show Period Tonight

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture will discuss Saturday’s UFC 91 fight with Brock Lesnar on Fox Sports Net’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period”.

The show premieres tonight at 9pm ET/PT, and re-airs at 11pm ET/PT, and 12:30am ET/PT.

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UFC 91 predictions: Brock Lesnar vs Randy Couture

theMMAdigest.com will be featuring predictions from members of the MMA community leading up to UFC 91.

“Much as it pains me to say, I think Lesnar will win. Couture is legend and a pioneer and has proven that he can beat bigger men. But at 45, with 15 months of cage rust, this is likely one puzzle even Captain America can’t solve. Lesnar is a freak. He’ll enter that cage at 275 lbs. and move like a lightweight. Power and speed unseen in a man his size. He may not be a ground expert, but don’t think he hasn’t been training submission defence since the loss to Frank Mir.  I predict a second round KO for Lesnar. Too bad, because Randy truly is one of the nicest and most knowledgable men in the sport.”

-Jose Rodriguez of the Toronto Sun

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Random Fact: Brock Lesnar’s clocked MMA time

Brock Lesnar has fought a total of 17 minutes and 39 seconds in MMA.

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ufc 91 video: Randy Couture training for Brock Lesnar

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ufc 91 video: Randy Couture on Brock Lesnar

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How will Randy Couture do off his back against Brock Lesnar at UFC 91?

Brock Lesnar has the ability to plant Randy Couture on his back and if that happens it will be very interesting to see how Couutre deals with that. In the past this was precisely the reason he left heavyweight–having bigger guys getting on top of him not not being able to deal with it. Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett were the prime culprits. This time around Couture has a much more colossal fighter who can get on top of him in Brock Lesnar. He`ll likely walk into the cage about 275 pounds and that is a hefty weight to have on top of you raining down fists.

Couture however feels he has progressed since the days where he was outmatched from the bottom against Rodriguez and Barnett. Indeed his experience working BJJ over the years and dealing with problematic positions from his back will serve him well against Lesnar. In training for Gabriel Gonzaga, Couture worked on these bad situations but they were not tested in the Octagon as Gonzaga never had a chance to work top position in the fight.

This time around Couture will not likely elude the stick situation of being on the bottom. With such a great wrestler as Lesnar standing across the cage for potentially 5 rounds, you expect we will see Couture fight off his back. It is sort of like when Couture fought Kevin `The Monster`Randleman and had to fight off his back–trying submission attempts and scrambling to get back up. This time around though the monster he is fighting is progressively larger and more frightening. Nevertheless Couture wouldn`t have it any other way. This will be a chance for him to show how far he has progressed in the MMA realm and that he can handle whatever comes his way in the cage.

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fast strike: Brock Lesnar talking fighting Randy Couture at UFC 91

“It’s a huge fight, the biggest fight of the year, period…But all I am thinking about is November 15 and ramming my size XXXXL gloves into his mouth.”

–Brock Lesnar talking about Randy Couture in the Sun 

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UFC 91 video: Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar In-Depth

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