Couture vs. Lesnar

[ClubNinja]

I had a friend in college who transfered in from Minnesota.  He wrestled (and was a big dude).  His favorite story was about the time he wrestled Brock Lesnar and had his ass handed to him very quickly.  This UFC win should add some new life to that guy's ass-beating story.

[ChadTower]

As well as to Stephen Neal's... as if a couple Super Bowl rings aren't enough already.

[abrannan]

figures you would have something to say. couture was recovering, lesnar was slowing down. couture wasn't uncoscious. no reason to stop the fight. there was a moment about 5 seconds prior to the stoppage where I thought he was in danger of the stoppage. but he weathered that. It was a bad stoppage, plain and simple.

At the point of the stoppage, Brock had his arm inside of Couture's and was dropping repeated elbows straight into Randy's face uncontested, and picking up Randy's head along with his arm between blows, so he was taking it front (elbow) and back (mat).  There's no way anybody could get enough leverage to scramble out of those blows before serious damage was done.  It was a good stoppage, and shouldn't have come a moment sooner than it did (Randy was still moving and defending himself pretty well up until that elbow slipped in). 

[ClubNinja]

As well as to Stephen Neal's... as if a couple Super Bowl rings aren't enough already.

The punchline of Neal's story is a little better, too.

[lordtodd75]

First, I am not sure I would call them elbows. Randy was holding onto Brocks arm and the force of brocks movement was lifting Randy off of the matt. If anything that makes the blows less effective because there is no real point of impact. The fact that you say the blows were uncontested is not really accurate either. Randys arms were moving around in a deliberate manner which is how he was able to grab onto brocks arm in the first place. Sure randy was hurt and dazed after getting pounded on by that monster. But he was clearly conscious and he was improving his position. The fact is that lesnar is inhumanly strong and it seems to me that the attempted strikes weren't damaging Randy as much as it seemed, they pushing him more then anything.

[CCM]

I definitely have new respect for Lesnar.  The scary part is that he is just going to keep getting better.  In a few years nobody will be able to beat him. 

Guess nobody can argue that Lesnar doesn't belong now... Couture couldn't do a damn thing with him.  All he could do was control Lesnar while Lesnar was busy thinking.  As soon as Lesnar wanted out he was out.  Pretty much the only thing Couture did the whole fight was one pretty looking takedown that was more a product of Lesnar being tentative than it was of Couture driving through him.

I think Couture was doing fine until he got caught .  He bloodied Lesnar, was able to get up a few times when Lesnar had him down,  and I think Randy was the fresher of the two.  Not nearly as one sided as you make it out to be.

figures you would have something to say. couture was recovering, lesnar was slowing down. couture wasn't uncoscious. no reason to stop the fight. there was a moment about 5 seconds prior to the stoppage where I thought he was in danger of the stoppage. but he weathered that. It was a bad stoppage, plain and simple.

That's complete crap.  The first punch that knocked Randy down rocked him badly, then he got hit with a huge hammer fist clean to the face.   Couture was doing nothing to improve his position or stop the punches/elbows from Lesnar.  It was a good stoppage.  After the ref stopped it Randy actually fell down again when trying to get up.  Randy was hurt, plain and simple.  I'm a huge Randy Couture fan and wanted him to win, but you can't dispute that stoppage.

I just replayed it - Lesnar never secured Couture's right arm. He got on his knees beside him, draped an arm over his waist, and started face humping him with his fist (I refuse to call them punches no matter how much they might hurt).

Can't see it from here but I would swear he was kneeling on the right arm.  He did it to him up against the cage earlier in the round, too, but it was the left arm.  That is one of Matt Hughes' favorite tactics.

Nope, never controlled Randy's right arm....

At one point Couture's legs were complete jello after a clean shot to the head. 

Yea, that wasn't much of anything, Randy got wobbly, took Brock to the fence and recovered quickly... 

[CCM]

Are you kidding me?  You know who else went the distance with Herring and couldn't finish him last year?  Antônio Rogério Nogueira, current UFC interim Heavyweight Champion. 

I always get them confused too, but Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is the current interim UFC heavyweight champ, not Rogerio.

[Ginsu Victim]

I finally watched this fight last night. Even with Randy trying to defend, he was still taking a lot of unanswered blows, his head started bouncing off the mat, then the ref did his job exactly as he should. Randy was hurt and Brock was all over him.

Not how I wanted it to end, and I think Brock is a cocky ---tallywhacker---, but I can't disagree with the stoppage and I have a little more respect for the guy in-ring.

[havic626]

Are you kidding me?  You know who else went the distance with Herring and couldn't finish him last year?  Antônio Rogério Nogueira, current UFC interim Heavyweight Champion. 

I always get them confused too, but Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is the current interim UFC heavyweight champ, not Rogerio.

YOU KNOW THOSE BRAZILIANS LOOK ALL ALIKE!!!  j/k i know there brothers.....plz dont flame my azz for that joke.

[ChadTower]

YOU KNOW THOSE BRAZILIANS LOOK ALL ALIKE!!!  j/k i know there brothers.....plz dont flame my azz for that joke.

Twins... that's why everyone mixes them up.