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The Rubber Match

Liddell vs Couture 3. Its has been called MMA's version of Ali vs Frazier.

Chuck Liddell 17-3-0 Key wins are Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Renato Sobral

Randy Couture 14-7-0 Key wins are Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Pedro Rizzo

Couture is an Olympic level Greco Roman wrestler with stand up skills and strength dirty boxing in the clinch
Liddell has a base in kickboxing with college wrestling experience, KO power in every limb, and great takedown defense.

The first battle when to underdog Couture. He beat Liddell to the punch and set up powerful take downs on his way to a ref stoppage in round 3. The second clash went to Liddell who used smart footwork and counter punching to put Couture to sleep in the first round.

Randy comes in as an underdog again---he makes great adjustments and is always in the best shape humanly possible. Liddell has been on a high and his hands seem unstoppable. He has the ablitly to end the fight at any time. Who is gonna win?

My pick is Randy Couture--he seems more focused, channeled anger almost. He signed a 3 fight contract and is still one of the best in the game that isn't ready to hang it up.

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