He has a wealth of knowledge and experience to use his wrestling while avoiding subs. Subs is the ultimate worry.
Are people really excited for this match? It seems to me like it's just going to be a bunch of hyperbole from Goldberg and then some half-assed clinches and take down attempts before Coleman gasses horribly three minutes in and proceeds to get stopped on strikes. I'll be really surprised of Coleman brings anything to the table at all, and certainly not enough to beat someone as smart and marginally well conditioned as Couture.
I actually think thats exactly how it goes just throwing in Randy landing alot of punches standing up to.
I'm excited about it being a wrestling match. I would like to see their wrestling skill and strength matched up. However Randy looks like he wants to keep it standing, dirty boxing, clinching etc If they wrestle alot, I think it will be interesting.
Better late than never. I've wanted to see this fight for years. Couture is still a top fighter, and Coleman is still at a higher level than Bonnar. I don't believe Randy could have defeated Mark several years ago, but he should be a slight favorite now.
A slight favorite? Coleman's "comeback" has been one win and one loss, both times gassing early. He was getting tooled on the feet in the win until idiot Bonnar decided it was a good time to throw some dumb technique at him that put him totally off balance and got him under Coleman. If Bonnar doesn't **** that up, he wins the second round just like the first and then wins the fight. Couture isn't what he used to be, but he doesn't make dumb mistakes and doesn't gas. I see this as the most predictable fight coming up. Couture is the favorite, and he should be a HUGE favorite. Okay, I just checked Bodog and Couture is -500. The only bigger favorites are Marquardt over Sonnen and GSP over Hardy. So yeah, that sounds about right.