Reply With QuoteFuck Sylvia...let me post my Randy thread real quick...
Randy “The Natural” Couture officially renounced his retirement last night on “Inside the UFC” on Spike TV, “I've just signed a new four-fight contract with the UFC.” Not only that, but the 43-year old former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion verified the news which broke on MMAWeekly Radio on Tuesday evening, “My first fight will be on March 3rd against the big man, Tim Sylvia. I'm going back after the heavyweight title.”
Today, the “big man” and current UFC heavyweight titleholder Tim Sylvia commented on the news that Couture has decided to return and challenge for his belt, “Am I surprised? Absolutely, fully surprised.” But along with that surprise came a lot of respect. Sylvia isn’t one of the many questioning the UFC Hall of Famer’s abilities as he steps back into the Octagon, “He’s Randy. He can do anything he wants. When everybody counts him out, that’s when he’s at his best.”
Sylvia did, however, disagree with Couture’s recent assessment of him. Speaking with host Joe Rogan on “Inside the UFC,” Couture exclaimed that, “I think in the Monson fight, [Sylvia] showed a conservative attitude that's not going to get him where he wants to be ultimately. He fought not to lose instead of going out and fighting to win. He could have finished that fight.”
“I don’t agree with that,” said Sylvia. “I go out there to win. I wanted to knock [Monson] out, but he wouldn’t stand and trade with me. He was trying to go to the ground all five rounds.” The champ continued, “I defended his takedowns. I tried to finish the fight several times on the ground and the triangle was tight, I really thought I had him there. I always go out there trying to finish the fight.”
But that is really neither here nor there come March 3rd in Ohio when the two step into the Octagon together and the cage door slams shut. The bigger question now is what Sylvia brings to this fight when the two collide. “My size, my reach, my striking ability… he’s been knocked out twice by Liddell. Chuck and I are a lot alike. I believe I’ll knock him out,” responded Sylvia.
Obviously, both men see something that leads them to believe they will walk out of the Octagon the champion on March 3rd, but there is still a lot of respect between these two world-class athletes. “I consider [Tim] a friend, but that won’t preclude me from going out and getting after him,” Couture stated last night.
Just as respectful, Sylvia was also just as confident. “Randy is a great fighter. I even called him and wished him the best of luck. And he’s still going to be a great fighter after the fight,” said Sylvia before adding, “But he wants to take my belt from me and that is something that I will not allow.”
*Baltimore Ground Control*
www.groundcontrolbaltimore.com
BSP - ''Taking Over The World One Influential Girl At A Time''
![[AEM] TEAM420's Avatar](customavatars/avatar1209_64.gif "[AEM] TEAM420's Avatar"){kind=avatar}
![This is [AEM] TEAM420's Country Flag](http://ninjashoes.net/forum/flags/usa.gif)
Fuck Sylvia...let me post my Randy thread real quick...
Randy via lightforce greens
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the greatest show, the greatest thing ever.
"You gotta get off the ice brah" - Dog Chapman
"If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do." - Angel
"This will be the best party ever... because it will be the last." - Drusilla
im honestly not looking forward to this fight.
If randy wins in any fishy way, something is up.
""Life is a state of mind, Life is what you think it is. Your own life is what you think it is. Everything is what you think it is. You have no grasp of reality, so you fill that vacuum with your interpretation of it. The influence that someone/something has over you is only the one you grant to that someone/something. Same goes with your own feelings, it's in your power to change them. "Life is a state of mind." Nothing has any influence over you but the one you grant it."
"Only the weak succumb to brutality."
Randy by kneebar!
Tim is the gayest Champion ever (besides Mir and Ricco)
I will not remove this sig until Wand is UFC Champion
Rampage, Minotauro Nogueira, Saku, Hunt, Frye, Genki, Ninja, Shogun, IGOR, Aleks, Minowaman, Kharitonov, Henderson, Nick Diaz, Luiz Azeredo, Pele Landi, TK, JZ Calvancanti, Manhoef, JDS, Penn, Kikuchi, Goodridge, Melendez, Yoshiki Takahashi, Ryan Gracie, Thiago Silva, Fujita, SNAKE Diabate, Baroni, Chael Sonnen, McFedries
WAR PATRIOTS
ricco is definatly the gayest
hmmmm..... i really think this is getting to much for the natural...
Hey! Leave Ricco outta this!Originally Posted by ChristianO
"Ain't no fighters in England! Dey all BUMS!"
-James "Lights Out" Toney
Blackie Sherrod, talking about a heavyweight contender: “He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.”
haha, "Chuck and I are a lot alike."
==================================
"Yeah I called you fat, look at me I'm skinny."
============================
It's true, I can't figure out why they both are still champs...
Good article. Timmy is gonna get destroyed.
I'm going fo Randy obviously, but if Timmy doesn't talk trash before this fight it will raise my respect level for him from non-existant to just a little.
But it'll all come down to the post-fight interview to see if that respect stays, he's usually a huge douche when it comes to post-fight interviews.
Does this mean Randy won't be doing commentary on March 3?
P.S. Thanks for the article
war randy WAR!!!! do you guys think if randy wins, chuck will try to fight for HW title?
im creepin wit my eye on the prize.
recently ive experienced some of the best and worst moments of my life and it was all rather extreme. one thing i have learned is that balance always remains.
be your own hero.
yeah i bet, this may all be part of a big set up to just make chuck look even more like the god they are trying to make him in the end. They have randy fight tim, randy win, then chuck step up to fight for the hw title to hold both belts. But that being said, i hope and pray randy beats the living piss outta tim, but i think its gonna be a tough tough tough fight for him.
Exactly.
thanks for posting the interview. I cant wait for this matchup as either way, something's gonna happen that will make the next wave of matchups a bit more interesting.
The Greatest of All Time
Tim having respect for someone and not coming off as a complete assfuck? WTF? Anyways thanks for the article. I give this one to Randy, but not by much. I hope he crushes Tim. That way, Mirko can fight him sooner.
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks