| Couture-Liddell III Saturday Who's watching this? I will be. We're having a big party at the house of my boxing trainer.
This will be the biggest fight in UFC history in terms of attendance (sold out 6 weeks in advance, setting a new record) and PPV buys (early estimates are that they could reach 500,000 buys).
I like both Liddell and Couture but if I have to pick one guy to win, it would have to be Randy. He's such an inspiration to me, as he's a guy in his 40's who's in better shape than most people half his age and can still compete with the top fighters in the world.
Chuck will again look for the quick knockout but if he can't get that, then I think he'll be in trouble the longer the fight goes b/c he hasn't had to go more than 3 rounds in any of his last 5 fights. I don't know if the fight goes 5 rounds if Chuck can keep up with Randy for that long.
Hopefully Randy will stick to his gameplan and try and counterpunch with Chuck while looking to score a takedown and then get in some ground and pound.
My prediction: Couture by ref stoppage in the 4th round.
Rest of the undercard isn't great; a lot of heavyweight fights which are usually bad if they go past the first round. But the Nick Diaz-Joe Riggs fight should be good. |