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Mixed Martial Arts (Official Thread)

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It's now official

Amidst a groundswell of rumor and speculation concerning former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture?s future, the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Tuesday announced that ?The Natural? is indeed returning to the Octagon.

Couture will face rising star Brock Lesnar in the main event of UFC 91 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Nov. 15. The fight will be a five-round, title bout, Couture?s first since resigning from the organization in October of 2007.

There was strong speculation the Nov. 15 event would take place in Portland, Ore., but UFC president Dana White said that despite ongoing negotiations to do an event in Portland, and future plans to do so, this fight would take place in Las Vegas.

In announcing the fight, White steered away from saying that Lesnar, with a 1-1 record in the UFC and 2-1, was the No. 1 contender for the heavyweight title. He offered no defense of the bout being for the title saying, ?We can basically put on fights that fans want to see? Mark my words, Couture vs. Lesnar will be the biggest fight in UFC history.?

The announcement appears to have ended a legal battle between Couture and the owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC, over the terms of his fight contract. Up until the announcement was made, the two parties were in arbitration proceedings to determine if and when Couture would be able to fight outside of the UFC.

Due to Couture?s absence, the UFC had crowned Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira its interim heavyweight champion. He is scheduled to defend his interim title against Frank Mir in December. White said that fight would still take place with the winner facing the winner of Couture and Lesnar sometime in 2009 to unify the heavyweight title.

Couture has reportedly begun training full time for the bout at his Las Vegas Xtreme Couture gym.

Stay tuned to MMAWeekly.com as we will have further in-depth coverage as the story develops?
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Ok so now i'll eat a bowl of shit pie for bagging on the UFC..Randy's paid,and I want to see this fight. There still is a chance he will meet fedor eventually so it's not entirely a pipe dream. Brock versus Randy will be like rocky v Ivan Drago..I'm still stunned it's going to happen.
 
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Buckin' A;1247376; said:
Lesnar doesn't stand a chance. Experience will kill him.
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I'd say Lesnar more than stands a chance. Regardless of whether he deserves this (for the record im a Brock fan but do not think he should be at this juncture) he is the most powerful fighter couture will have faced. Couture's wrestling specialty is Greco, not great for stuffing takedowns from a mass of earth the size of Lesnar. The two times Randy was put on his back by BIG men (Josh Barnet and Ricco Rodriguez) he was brutally pounded out. Brock could pull the upset
 
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BuckNutJoeHall;1248660; said:
I'd say Lesnar more than stands a chance. Regardless of whether he deserves this (for the record im a Brock fan but do not think he should be at this juncture) he is the most powerful fighter couture will have faced. Couture's wrestling specialty is Greco, not great for stuffing takedowns from a mass of earth the size of Lesnar. The two times Randy was put on his back by BIG men (Josh Barnet and Ricco Rodriguez) he was brutally pounded out. Brock could pull the upset
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And that's exactly what Dana's hoping for. That way, he has Randy under contract and doesn't have to let him fight Fedor.
 
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BUCKYLE;1248662; said:
And that's exactly what Dana's hoping for. That way, he has Randy under contract and doesn't have to let him fight Fedor.
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I listened to Randy on the radio yesterday and he claims Dana is trying to bring Fedor to the UFC so one of the 3 fights he's under contract for would be against Fedor, FWIW.
 
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BuckNutty;1248664; said:
I listened to Randy on the radio yesterday and he claims Dana is trying to bring Fedor to the UFC so one of the 3 fights he's under contract for would be against Fedor, FWIW.
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His idea is waiting til affliction goes under...He is hoping that is soon,and it probably will be
 
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Even if Affliction does go under relatively soon, Fedor still has a contract with M-1 Global that he would also have to get out from under.

I still think that the main sticking point this time around will be that Fedor will not want to be exclusive to UFC (he's never agreed to be exclusive to any organization), and there's no way in hell Dana will cave in to that.
 
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