
(Whaddya say, old-timer? One last job, for all the Lipitor?)
According to Sherdog, UFC hall-of-famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman have verbally agreed to a light-heavyweight headlining match at UFC 109 (February 6th, Las Vegas). Combined age for the fight: 90. At 46 years and five months old at the time of his decision win over Brandon Vera last weekend, Couture is the oldest person to score a victory in the UFC. (If only Ron van Clief had pulled off the upset.) Coleman, who made his Octagon debut at UFC 10 in July 1996, has had the longest career of any fighter currently under contract with Zuffa.
The pairing tells us two things. First, that the UFC realizes a razor-thin decision over Brandon Vera isn’t enough to throw Couture directly into a 205-pound title fight; he’ll need at least one more win over somebody he can beat, preferably by stoppage. And second, that the UFC is absolutely desperate for headlining bouts. Couture vs. Coleman may turn out to be a #1 light-heavyweight contender’s match, but it certainly doesn’t deserve to be. Unfortunately, there are no bigger fights available to main-event the card. Though a middleweight title match between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort was previously expected to headline UFC 109, Belfort says he may be fighting someone else at the February show.
Fun fact: In 1989, Couture and Coleman met in a freestyle wrestling match at the 1989 Olympic Festival at Oklahoma State; Coleman won by one point. So you can expect the UFC to start referring to this fight as a "MAIN EVENT GRUDGE MATCH."








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UFC 109 - Combined Ages
I love that picture of Coleman. It looks like he just spotted someone eating a banana.
LOL @ "I wonder if Coleman will kick Couture out of his gym so he can train?" That's a really good question!
Coleman vs. Couture
Renzo Gracie vs. Matt Hughes
Matt Serra vs. ?
I second that!
UFC 109:Geriatrics
That sounds reasonable. Although, none of those guys will have more than 2-3 consecutive LHW wins under their belt at that point, making a title shot kind of shallow(which is fairly normal for the UFC). Guess we mgiht end up seeing Tito Vs. Coleman after all. That will probably be labeled as GRUDGE MATCH considering Coleman's manager talked shit about Tito's cumdumpster wife. Out of all 4 guys, I don't see any of them beating Machida or Rua, I don't give a fuck if Forrest beat Rua, that shit would never happen again.
It's just kinda lame how the accolades get moved from fighter to fighter from one PPV to the next. Everyone hated Machida. He finished two fights... it's now an "era". Then he wins another decision and takes a verbal raping. When Jon Jones loses his first, he'll become Chris Leben 2.0. But fight fans are about as fair-weather as they come. Randy's been working hard in his fights. He's not gassing out in 4 minutes like Coleman.
Fear not, Randy. They may not love Captain America anymore and complain about money for your fights, but they'll still pay $200 for your jeans and $80 for a t-shirt to dress like you.
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