I mentioned in my last post that Lesnar's next fight is against Randy Couture. I guess I wasn't paying attention when I first learned about the match, because I've only just found out that it's a title fight.
What a joke. Lesnar has only fought in three professional matches. He's only fought in the UFC twice, and he lost one of those!
The UFC is paying a lot of money for the guy, so I guess they feel like this is how to maximize their investment. As Lesnar himself said:
A lot of people lose sight of the bottom line: this is a business. It’s about making dollars by selling tickets, Pay-Per-Views, and merchandise. It’s up to the promoter to decide what is televised. I just train hard, then get in the octagon and fight.
As I said last week, I think that Couture will likely lose to Lesnar. While Couture has good hands and submissions, his strength is his wrestling. He's fighting someone who is not only younger, bigger, and stronger, Lesnar's collegiate wrestling record was 106-5. He's strong enough and skilled enough to put Couture, and any other fighter, on his back and keep him there. It will take someone with better submissions that Randy Couture to win from that position.
Which brings us to Lesnar's next fight, the winner of the Frank Mir vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira match. Both have the submission skills to beat Lesnar, as Mir has already shown. I'm not saying Lesnar couldn't win against either fighter, but it would be a boring fight. He'd most likely "lay and pray" his way to victory; he'll take down his opponent, control position on the ground, and stay just active enough to prevent the referee from standing the fighters back up. Repeat for five rounds and win on the judge's scorecards. The problem for Lesnar is that he'd have to be perfect. If he makes a mistake and gets in a bad position, the fight will be over, especially against Nogueira, whose submission skills are on a whole other fucking planet.
