We are just over a week away from what could be the biggest fight in the history of the UFC or MMA in general or at least until the next main event fight comes along a month or two after that. In the fight game, you are only as good as your last fight and to follow the time-tested credo of Raiders emperor Al Davis of 'Just Win Baby'. You can build and create stars, but ultimately their staying power will be dictated by their training regimens, injury susceptibility, win-loss record, marketability and overall lifestyle. Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar are two heavyweight fighters that the UFC can bank on. You could say it'll be the unstoppable force (Lesnar - the future, the ticking timebomb of potential looking to explode onto the prime landscape of the greenest of pastures) meeting the immovable object (Couture - the figurative battery that keeps going in his 40s) like Gorilla Monsoon did to compare Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. Some would say Couture is passing the torch to Lesnar, but Couture can still take a licking.
Randy has the all the requisite experience and is the more well-rounded of the two fighters. He is in my opinion the favorite, Lesnar must prove him wrong. Lesnar is a wild card, in time he'll be a dominant force in MMA. Brute strength and an unrefined skill set, will he be able to bring enough to the table to compete with the seasoned and masterful Couture. The clash of styles and personalities will make for great theater. You can't script many better bouts, just ask Vince McMahon, he's tried. I don't think he got the real Lesnar, the real Brock isn't entertaining being someone that he isn't. He was at his best when he was an extention of himself and even that character wasn't that good. Fans were able to overlook that because they could forecast what he could become.
As long as Brock is hungry, the sky is the limit, but will Randy's Diner serve him up a slice of humble pie? Tune in to find out.
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