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**Nefilim777** · 10-21-2009, 01:30 PM

I'd like to see Bonesy have a shot, I know its early days in his career but I really think that he could utilise that go go gadget reach against a counterattacker like Machida, could make for a very interesting match up.

WhatsLeft · 10-21-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruckus

Regardless of how he feels about a fighter on a personal level, Couture and Liddell are two names that are gonna make money. Its only a 'natural' business decision to have the big names fighting for the belt. That being said, those days are coming to a close, ie Liddell, simply because the talent pool has gotten bigger and more people are familiar with more fighters as the mma popularity grows. I want to see the best fighters fight each other. Evans/Silva makes sense to me, Rua/Machida makes sense to me...after that in the LHW division, if Machida wins he has already beaten the rest of the top tier with exception to Jackson, who is making movies and Forrest, who has to regain some momentum. So why not Couture, he either puts on a good fight because that is what he does, or gets KO'd into retirement.

I see where you're coming from . I guess i might be an oddball because Randy couture main events dont make me want to drop 50 bucks..maybe 3/4 years ago. Hell, i'd rather see jon jones fight machida ..he'd be 5-0 at that point in the UFC. I think that fight would be more exciting than Poppop couture trying to smother machida against the cage and dirty box him.

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this isnt anything new. Randy has been given titleshots all the time. All this guy has to do to get a titleshot is to win one fight. sometimes not even that. This has to be the only guy that can come of a loss and get a titleshot. Randy couture has defended his title successfully a total of 3 times and thats devided over 2 title runs. Its EXTREMELY annoying

Glad someone agrees. I know Joe Rogan/Dana pump up coutures "meh" record by saying 2/3 or whatever of his fights in the UFC have been title fights . I looked up some of his fights..now i understand the UFC roster wasn't as stacked but i'm sure there were others just as deserving as him.

**Davisty69** · 10-21-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by N1™

this isnt anything new. Randy has been given titleshots all the time. All this guy has to do to get a titleshot is to win one fight. sometimes not even that. This has to be the only guy that can come of a loss and get a titleshot. Randy couture has defended his title successfully a total of 3 times and thats devided over 2 title runs. Its EXTREMELY annoying

I'm a Huge Randy fan, but I agree it is annoying. I have always wanted to see him fight some upper level guys on the way to a title shot, and to earn it.

However, you can't argue with the reasoning behind it for the UFC. Randy is extremely popular and makes them some good money when he headlines a card. Hell, if I were them, I'd try and keep him in title shots all the time too, even there was only the slimmest justification for it.

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