Randy Couture comments on the latest victory in his storied career
UFC “Hall of Famer” Randy “The Natural” Couture has given his thoughts on the latest victory in his long and illustrious career, this time over Brandon Vera at UFC 105 in Manchester, England, admitting it was a close call on the night.
Speaking to MMAWeekly.com, Couture said:
“It was a tough-ass fight. I wouldn’t have been terribly disappointed had the decision gone the other way. He did a great job against the fence making it real difficult to get ahold of his hips and take him down. He countered the high single that I take a lot of guys down with. I had to kind of shift gears.”
“My corner said, hey, it’s a (stalemate) in the clinch, you’ve gotta start opening up and start fighting inside, trying to short punch, off-balance him, throw the hands more and throw some elbows, and I think that made a big difference at the end of the second round and in the third round. But it was a close fight.”
“Could I have done some things better, could I have opened up more, yeah, but Brandon’s a dangerous guy. I don’t want to stand around in front of Brandon. My game plan was to get in his face and pressure him a lot. I’d hoped to be more effective in the clinch against the fence, and that’s a credit to Brandon.”
“But I take nothing away from my performance. I went out there and did what I trained to do. My conditioning was great, I felt strong through all three rounds, and was able to get it done.”
Couture has certainly moved himself onto the periphery of a title shot which could be granted should he put together back-to-back wins. With many fans calling for him to rematch Tito Ortiz should “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” get past Forrest Griffin this weekend in Las Vegas the next few months could be very interesting for “The Natural”.
Dai dai, Ortiz asfalta Griffin, va contro Couture, asfalta anche lui e di nuovo giro titolato.
E' incredibile, mi stava sulle scatole Ortiz ma da quando ebbe quel litigio con Dana, tutto è cambiato. Da "Dans is my bitch" in poi è diventato il mio mito!!!
Spero davvero in un futuro rematch con Machida.