Originally Posted by The_Senator

The meaning of the main event is obvious: UFC wants Randy to pass the torch to a very expensive prospective fighter who could bring his WWE fans to the UFC. Aside from that, they want to spoil the most anticipated clash (not for me) between F.Emelianenko and R.Couture which can take place on Affliction PPV which is a lot of money. Just imagine Brock Lesnar defeating Randy, then nobody will be able to say that Coutute is the best contender for Fedor. Everyone will be talking of "the second coming of Emelianenko" who is Brock Lesnar; afterwards, Dana White will be talking about making Lesnar a TUF coach or something + he will be on the covers of all major sport magazins, which is a lot of money as well, but the main reason is to draw some WWE fans to pay to see "THE NEXT BIG THING IN ACTION AGAIN". So it not about Lesnar, it's about famous WWE/WWF superstars who draw attention (whether it John Cena, Triple H or Randy Orton). Otherwise, Dana White would have paid Lesnar $10 000 and put him to preliminary matches to gain experience. My opinion is that Lesnar is gonna win, but it is really tough to call, I just base it on Randy's age + 1.3 year inactive + his mental condition due to his lawsuits + my intuition. I really respect Randy as a fighter and a person but I think it's time to quit with MMA. He will not benefit much from beating Brock Lesnar (but Brock and UFC will). No offence to Randy fans.