UFC tonight-Lesnar vs. Couture
Damn, I wish that I had pay-per-view. :(
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Brock Lesnar (pictured) meets Randy Couture in UFC 91 today for the UFC heavyweight title.
Brock Lesnar’s career in mixed martial arts only began about 18 months ago. Randy Couture stepped away from the sport around the same time, fed up with contract squabbles and his inability to land the big fights he really craved.
Their unlikely meeting tonight in Las Vegas for the UFC heavyweight title might be the most watched event in the history of their sport. Yet it’s more than a clever publicity grab by MMA’s dominant company, which seized the chance to match its 45-year-old champion against the sport’s fast-rising new star.
It’s also a tantalizing contrast of styles, temperaments and résumés, matching a respected pioneer of the sport against a crowd-pleasing former pro wrestler who brought a leather coat and a lasso to the octagon last time out.
When it’s all added up, UFC president Dana White expects his canny matchmaking will create the biggest pay-per-view audience in the still nascent sport’s history, exceeding the 1.05 million buys from Chuck Liddell’s fight with Tito Ortiz in December 2006.
“I’m not one to ever turn down a fight, and I understand why they thought people would love to see us fight,” Couture said.
Lesnar also realizes he’s on this stage after just three pro fights because of his accomplishments in NCAA wrestling and his showmanship in the WWE.
“You can see the evolution of the monster,” the thick-necked wrestler with a mean streak said. “We just try to make him more scary and make him more threatening, polish him in just about every angle that we can polish.”
Lesnar, Couture to battle for UFC heavyweight title | Sports | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
