Randy Couture Accepts Match With Minotauro Nogueira at UFC 101

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MMA Weekly has the scoop:

According to multiple sources from Couture’s camp, he has agreed to face Nogueira at the yet-unannounced UFC 101 sometime in August. The event may take place in Portland, Ore.

The UFC is now awaiting a response from Nogueira’s camp.

Previously, Couture was offered a fight with Nogueira in the first half of 2009, but his role in Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables,” set to film in late March, got in the way.

This is a huge match if it does, in fact, come to fruition.  I can't imagine Nogueira turning this bout down unless there were some type of physical or other personal issue that makes any fight in August an impossibility.  A win for the Brazilian against Couture would certainly raise his status in the states.  Any time "The Natural" steps in the octagon it's a much anticipated event, and this bout against one of Pride's former superstars should be no different.

[gracie bjj]

would be interesting to see,if nog comes in with his A game and randy comes with his A game it should be exciting,i think its a bad match up for randy,im a randy fan bigtime but i still thinks its a bad matchup for him.then again randy,s jiu jitsu game has come up big time from his younger days,last year he had a straight bjj match against some great brazilian jiu jitsu specialist and didnt get subbed.

its just that nogs so damn sneaky on his back and when nogs on his game he can stand with the best of them and hold his own.randy is randy and i learned to never bet doubt him,its gonna be a chess match for sure and a fight i think the fans would love to see,thanks bro

[smoothasf]

nog is no longer on the juice hes just and average fighter. the longer hes off the more average he gets.

[gracie bjj]

imo i think most of the former pride fighters where on ped(performance enhancing drugs).i do understand one could argue that the fighters like nog,wandy,cro cop are aging,but so are guys like randy.i just think that since pride never tested and the stakes where so high to win,one couldnt help think the fighter would use whatever he could to gain an edge,when you can be a millionare in pride fairly quickly if you are a top fighter its almost hard to blame the guys who used ped,to be honest,you got bodybuilders out there making peanuts compared to what the top pride fighters made doing so much steroids/ped that it would make what a fighter uses look like a joke.


from talking to a few pro mma fighters about thier steroid usage,one said he used alittle propianate and alittle anavar,nothing to androgenic but more on the anabolic side.a famous fighter with the initials p.b. told me thats what he uses anyway,i couldnt believe how open he was about to me.he said afew top guys use hgh since they can afford it and its a better choice for alot of reasons, one good reason is not getting busted by the athletic commission when they test them for banned substances,im not sure if the athletic commision test for hgh now cause this conversation i had with that fighter was atleast 5 years ago easy