Ortiz vs. Couture Signed; UFC Light Heavyweight Title to be Unified in September

[realkaps]

Cesaro has a serious case of the correct.....

[Fallout]

anyone can be beat

How many of you thought Fedor would beat Nog? Or that Syliva would TKO Ricco?

[lightweight]

Creed has caught a serious case of the...more...correct.

[realkaps]

Everyone is on Coutures bandwagon sense he beat Chuck, which isnt an easy task and Im not taking anythign away from Randy, But different fighters make for different fights. Just cuz he schooled chuck doesnt mean he will do the same to Tito.......

[Fallout]

I have always loved Randy. Please don't accuse me of jumping on the waggon.

I knew Ricco would beat him because Ricco is a skilled grappler who had about 30 lbs on him. Hell, Randy schooled him for 2 rounds before Riccos size caught up with him

[rtbrouwer]

that's some kickass news!

[Mitch78]

The fights of Chuck vs. Randy and Tito vs. Randy can't be compared.
Randy has always looked good when he fought against strong stand up fighters (Rizzo, Smith, Belfort and now Chuck) but he had a lot of problems with good groundfighters his losses against Ricco and Barnett ended with submission strikes, and that's exactly Tito's strength maybe the best in lightheavyweight. So it seems to be that Tito is a bad matchup for Randy because of his fighting styles and strengths. But in the fights with Ricco and Barnett,Couture always were a lot of lighter than his opponents and now Tito and Randy nearly got the same weight. And don't forget Tito never fought anybody who got nearly the groundfighting skills of Randy.

So i think it will be a open fight, but i think Tito will win this one.

[Mitch78]

Originally posted by Mitch78
... Tito never fought anybody who got nearly the groundfighting skills of Randy.

Ihave to correct this one a bit, I mean with MMA rules not ADCC or something!!!!

[Aaron Bizarre]

but Tito and Randy are about the same size. At least same weight. when he fought Barnett and Ricco he was an aging heavyweight with alot of mass to push against younger,bigger and stronger guys. He wont have the deck stacked so much against him at LHW.

[realkaps]

Tito is stronger than than Randy, I can almost guarantee that....