In the main event of UFC 105, Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture has been matched up with Brandon "The Truth" Vera in Manchester, England at the Manchester Evening News Arena. Couture's last fight in the light-heavy weight class was in UFC 57,February of 2006 against Chuck "The Ice Man" Liddell which he loss by knockout. And made it 1 for 3 againt Liddel. After losing to Liddels he bumped up to heavyweight and took on Tim Sylvia at UFC 68 and won by unanimous decision. Then won Gabriel Gonzaga by TKO in UFC 74. Then got pumbled by Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 and lost by unanimous decision to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in UFC 102. After losing his last two fights people started to question Couture being in the heavyweight division. At 46 years old this MMA warrior is still going strong. He has beaten six former UFC champions like Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell and he beat Vitor Belfort two times.
Since Vera's split decision loss against Keith Jardine on UFC 89 he has had 2 back to back wins against Michael Patt do to TKO by leg kicks in UFC 96 and a unanimous decision against Krzysztof Soszynki in UFC 102. 7 of 11 of this skilled Muay Thai striker and grapplers career wins were by knockout or technical knockout. One of them being a 69 second TKO over former heavyweight champion Frank Mir.
Other confirmed fights in this event include a middleweight bout with Michael Bisping and Denis Kang. And a welterweight bout with undefeated Dong Hyun Kim and Dan Hardy.
This UFC should be interesting. Can’t wait to see Couture back in lightheavy. Don’t miss it. UFC 105 November 15th!!!
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