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Originally Posted by Bazza89
Theres a flip side to that coin though TBF. Being new to the sport does mean you improve quicker but you also have a lot of ground to make up on someone thats been doing this for as long as Randy.
Lets face it, Brocks got good wrestling, (i'm still not convinced how good as Jake OBrien took Herring down and kept him there for 3 rounds not long ago) but he's never trained striking or BJJ up until a couple of years ago. He's not gonna turn into a Crocop/Nog hybrid overnight like some people are making out.
Ang TBH I'd rather have seen Randy-Werdum, IMO it's a lot more interesting match-up stylistically. Randy-Brock will interest more casual fans of course but I'd have much preferred Randy-Werdum.
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Werdum obviously deserves the shot far more than Brock, but it goes without saying, from a business standpoint Dana and the Fertitta's would gain much more profit in revenue and PPV buys with Couture/Lesnar than Couture/Werdum, which is ideally the reason behind steadily building the Brock train without continuing to mold his legitimacy in the sport.
I favor Randy in the wrestling realm, having far more international experience than Lesnar, while Brock is handily the bigger man with more strength and explosiveness to his command. The physical gallantry in which Lesnar possesses, while having many intangibles, could very well determine the difference between a win and a loss.
Experience unequivocally goes to Randy, in addition to having superiority in every facet given Brock's rudimentary training in comparison to the former. Although this is the type of fight not worth betting on for the many unknown variables Brock still raises, along with Couture's year-long inactivity, especially at his age. The longer the fight goes, the presumable advantage Randy inhabits with the more polished cardio.
This is definitely tough to gauge. Randy has overcome the size and age hurtle throughout his entire career. If the fight goes into the clinch, Randy should have no problem negating Brock's shear power by trumping it with predominate technique. If Randy can't defend and nullify Brock's shot, he'll be working tooth and nail on the bottom trying to repeal Brock's onslaught. Considering Herring is much larger than Randy, Brock should have no problem employing great body control from top position, provided he can muster through the takedown. I'm going with Randy here based purely on experience and having more of a reliable, battle-tested base over Brock who is still vastly inexperienced and doesn't have the same skill level that Randy does, in any area. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Brock completely dominates Randy with constant pressuring and wading in frequently for a shot, but I'm more than sure that Randy is prepared anything Brock brings to the table.