Couture vs. Lesnar

UFC's president, Dana White, announced last week that UFC 91 on November 15th will be between Randy Couture, the reigning Heavyweight Champion, versus Brock Lesnar. Couture, unarguably the most well known MMA fighter in the world, is fresh off a 9 month legal battle with Zuffa and at age 45 is looking to step inside the octagon once again to defend his title. I have a number of problems with this arranged fight; Lesnar has only 3 MMA fights and only two with the UFC, a loss to Frank Mir by submission and a win against Heath Herring that went the full three rounds. There is really very little known about Lesnar's fighting ability other then he packs a punch and relies on that as his only real weapon. He won the 2000 NCAA World Championship in wrestling and has a couple of titles in the WWE, which we all know means nothing in the real world of MMA. Lesnar also doesn't have the maturity to be in the UFC either; this was clearly shown when at the sound of the final bell in the Heath Herring fight Lesnar jumped up and started pointing and laughing at him even though Lesnar was unable to finish the fight after a first round punch that left Herring dazed for the remaining two rounds.

Couture has nothing really to gain from this fight but has everything to lose. He is a three time Heavyweight Champion with the UFC and is one of the most respected fighters of all time.
Can Couture win this fight? Sure he can, but he will have to avoid going toe-to-toe and boxing it out, this guy hits like a Mack Truck. Ground and pound is probably his best option even with Lesnar's experience as a wrestler I haven't seen anything from him that proves he really knows how to wrestle with skill instead of just brute force.

The winner of this fight will go on to face the winner of the Nogueira vs. Mir fight on December 27th.