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Last hurrah for Randy Couture in UFC 102?
August 13, 2009
If it is, let’s hope it’ll be a good one.
In case you didn’t know, the card for UFC 102 on August 29 in Portland has already been announced with two former UFC heavyweight champions headlining the event. In case you didn’t get that, former heavyweight champions Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will meet inside the Octagon. Whoever wins this one could be billed as the no.1 contender for Brock Lesnar’s title.
It’s only fitting for both Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to meet inside the Octagon now since the last time both fighters were inside the cage, they lost the championship belts once wrapped around their waists.
Brock Lesnar won the UFC heavyweight title by beating Randy Couture before Frank Mir could beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to win the interim heavyweight title a month later. And since Lesnar already reunited the two heavyweight titles by beating the crap out of Mir in UFC 100, it’s only fitting for Dana White to go find himself a new no.1 contender for the now undisputed title.
Whoever wins this one could end that search.
‘’We’re extremely excited to be heading to Portland,’’ UFC President Dana White stated. ‘’When you get two mixed-martial-arts legends who are all heart and have wanted to fight each other for years, plus the fact that Randy has roots in Oregon, that tells me that not only will the crowd be electric, but it’s also a night where the fighters will be looking to cement their legacies.’’
Yup, since UFC 102 will be in Portland, you just know Randy Couture will be pumped up for this one.
‘’I’ve been saying it for years, that we will blow the doors off of it up there,’’ Randy Couture said in an interview.
‘’I grew up in Seattle. I lived in Portland for a long, long time. It’s one of those areas that I think because it’s so wet most of the year we spend a lot of time indoors wrestling. A lot of the combative sports are really popular there.’’
Can Randy Couture beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in UFC 102? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Randy Couture 1.53
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