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UFC 74:
Respect set for August 25th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
in Las Vegas. Randy Couture will defend his UFC Heavyweight
Title against Gabriel Gonzaga. Also former UFC Welterweight
Champion
Georges St. Pierre will take on top-rated contender Josh
Koscheck.
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Randy "The Natural" Couture
is coming off a gigantic win over the former Champ Tim
Sylvia. Randy completed dominated the 6'8" giant to gain
the heavyweight title in UFC 68. This will be his toughest
fight yet! During UFC 57, Couture lost to Chuck Liddell by
knock out. Randy Couture is 44 years old, weighs 220 lbs.
and stands at 6'2". He is fighting out of Las Vegas,
Nevada. He holds a MMA record of 15-8-0. He is a great
wrestler and dangerous
in the clinch. |
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Couture is one of the greatest takedown
artists of all-time. In addition, his ground and pound skills,
cardio, and heart are unquestionably upper tier. Further, he's
a better than average striker with very good defense on his
feet and a chin to boot. Of course, Couture's weaknesses are
his age and size.
Gabriel Gonzaga holds an overall MMA record of 8-1 with three
(T)KO's and five submission victories to his credit. Along
with this, he's a big heavyweight (242 pounds) with
outstanding jiu-jitsu/ submission skills. Further, the
assumption that he had weak striking skills went right out the
window once he knocked Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic out cold.
With his thrilling destruction of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at
UFC 70: “Nations Collide,” Gabriel Gonzaga is set to face
Randy Couture for the heavyweight title.
This will be one hell of a fight. Randy most likely could have
controlled the ground game against Mirko. He’s going to have
his hands full with Gonzaga who destroyed Cro Cop on the
ground.
This is definitely a fight that could go either way both are
good on the ground and can strike well. Even though age
advantage goes to Gonzaga I still feel like The natural will
pull it out somehow.
Canada’s favorite George “Rush” St-Pierre takes on Josh
Koscheck in a welterweight battle. St-Pierre recently lost his
last fight to Matt Serra in an embarrassing fight. St-Pierre
has beaten some seriously good fighters in the past and is
looking to get his title back. Rush excels in takedowns, his
ground-n-pound is exceptional and he has some serious
strength.
His opponent will be Josh Koscheck who is an athletic fighter
who can go the distance and is a wrestling style fighter. His
last fight against Diego Sanchez was an absolute bore.
He respected his opponent too much and didn’t want to initiate
anything. St-Pierre is 5’10”, 170lb while Koscheck is 5’10”,
170lb, so they’re pretty much the same in this department. If
Koscheck had
troubles with Sanchez he’s definitely going to have a hard
time against St-Pierre.
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Yushin Okami +140
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UFC 74:
Respect" fight card
Main Event: |
Heavyweight
championship bout: Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga |
Main Card:
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Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs.
Josh Koscheck |
| Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs.
Kurt Pellegrino |
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Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Kendall Grove |
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Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane |
Undercard:
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Light
Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. David Heath |
| Middleweight bout: Travis
Lutter vs. Ryan Jensen |
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Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs Antoni
Hardonk |
| Lightweight bout: Marcus
Aurelio vs. Clay Guida |
Preliminary Card Fights:
Clay Guida b. Marcus Aurelio
Clay Guida won via split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29).
Thales Leites b. Ryan Jensen
Thales Leites won via submission (arm bar) at 3:47 of Round
One.
Frank Mir b. Antoni Hardonk
Frank Mir won via submission (kimura) at 1:17 of Round One.
Renato Sobral b. David Heath
Renato "Babalu" Sobral won via submission (anaconda choke)
at 3:30 of Round Two.
Main Card Fights:
Patrick Cote b. Kendall Grove
Patrick Cote won via KO (strikes) at 4:45 of Round One.
Joe Stevenson b. Kurt Pellegrino
Joe Stevenson won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27,
29-28).
Roger Huerta b. Alberto Crane
Roger Huerta won via TKO (strikes) at 1:50 of Round Three.
Georges St. Pierre b. Josh Koscheck
Georges St. Pierre won via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28,
29-28).
Randy Couture b. Gabriel Gonzaga
Randy Couture won via TKO (strikes) at 1:37 of Round Three.
He retained his UFC Heavyweight Championship. |
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