UFC has been having a hard time finding a main event for UFC 105 November 14th.09 but seems like they found it. Randy Couture and Brandon Vera have apparently agreed to fight however no contracts have been signed yet. Couture had mentioned after his bout with Antonio Rodrigo Noguera that he intended to drop back down to light heavyweight and wanted to fight as soon as possible while he still felt good enough to compete with the younger fighters in the UFC.Vera is 3-3 in his last 6 fights who has also fought at heavyweoght. Vera has always been known for his confidence and has stated he plans to one day hold the belt in both Light heavyweight and heavyweight. Surely having a victory over a man who HAS had both belts at one time or another would be a good start to eventually achieving his goal.
I see this being a clintch game. Both love the clintch however utilise it differently. Couture tends to clintch then use the dirty boxing to set up his take downs where Vera likes to clintch to set up his big knees. I don;t see Vera being able to clintch and still give himself the room to strike whn he has a fighter like Couture pressed against him. Couture will keep the gap tight and either win by decision or Ref stoppage.
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