If Sylvester Stallone has his way, Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will lay hands on each other long before they enter the Octagon.
The legendary couple is slated to face one another in a heavyweight contest at UFC 102 on Aug. 29 in Portland, Ore. But before fans see the former UFC champion and his Pride counterpart come to blows, Stallone might orchestrate a test run in his new film “The Expendables,” currently shooting in Brazil.
Couture -- a budding thespian who’s had roles in “The Scorpion King 2” and the CBS military series “The Unit” -- plays “Toll Road,” one of five mercenaries sent to South America to overthrow a dictator alongside action movie staples Jet Li, Jason Statham, and Stallone, who also directs.
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