Due to the labour day weekend, it’s been relatively quiet over the past 24 hours surrounding any updates pertaining to the potential return of Randy Couture at UFC 91 in Portland, Oregon.We all know that Brock Lesnar is the rumoured opponent but as mentioned in yesterday, there are many people that have forgotten about the UFC Interm Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. It appears there are many people waking up and taking notice as is evidenced by this great piece entitled How to Properly Handle Couture vs. Lesnar.
We all want to see Couture come back, especially considering the perfect world scenario that sees Couture vs Fedor Projected For Superbowl Weekend, alongside GSP / Penn II…but lest we forget Affliction’s exclusivity on Fedor’s American fights.
UFC 88 goes down this weekend and I’ll be heading down to cover the event. We’ve all heard the saying ‘Sugar’ and ‘Ice’ Make Everything Nice, and that’s exactly what is projected in the main event with ‘Sugar’ Rashad Evans taking on ‘The Iceman’ Chuck Liddell.
The card is fairly stacked with Rich Franklin returning to the Light Heavyweight Division vs Matt Hammil, Dan Henderson Looks To Climb Back the middleweight ladder vs Rousimar Palhares, Karo Parisyan Ready For Olympic Challenge vs fellow Judoka Yushiyoki Yoshida.
Martin Kampmann Talks Nate Marquardt in this upcoming middleweight bttle while Kurt Pellegrino Looks In The Mirror At UFC 88 as he takes on Thiago Tavares, in a potential ‘loser goes home’ match. As always, the UFC 88 odds are showcasing some really good value.
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