The SoapVox

Here goes another of my out-of-subject posts…but…I can’t resist…again :)

Back in March, 43 years old Randy Couture returned from a year in retirement and took on a fighter who was 13 years younger, 6 inches taller, 42 pounds heavier, and almost 12 inches longer in reach, for the UFC Heavyweight Title…and destroyed Tim Sylvia through 5 rounds of total domination.

Forward to Saturday, August 25…and Randy is back in the octagon, defending his title at age 44, against a guy who is, again, over 15 years younger, 30 pounds heavier and who just came from destroying Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic, considered by most as *the* premier heavyweight striker in MMA today…and Randy destroyed Gabriel Gonzaga through two and a half rounds, to earn a TKO.

This guy gets better with every fight, and he’s been fighting for ten years now…he’s got 24 fights in those ten years, and 15 or 16 of those fights have been championship fights. Yes, he has lost…but he has also won. When almost all your fights are with the very very top of the foodchain, you win some and you lose some, it’s only natural. He’s the first fighter to get championships in two divisions (heavyweght and lightheavyweight) in the UFC, he’s the first (and only) 3 time heavyweight champion, he’s two time lightheavyweight champion…and last night’s was probably one of his best 3 or 4 fights, ever.

As cliche as it sounds, Randy is like wine…he gets better with age…and Father Time will have to keep forgetting about catching up with The Natural…this guy is immortal.

Right now, I can only see one fighter being able to give Randy a fair fight, and that’s Fedor Emilianenko, long considered the best fighter in the world, bar none. And…truth is….I wouldn’t bet against Randy even in a fight with Fedor.

WAR RANDY!

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