********UPDATE: VIDEO REMOVED BY ZUFFA***********
Found full fight video online but you know it won't last long. I'll try to update if it goes down. All I have to say is that after a short period of training, it's obvious that Lesnar is a big problem. I know that historically size hasn't made a big difference in combat sports (boxing/MMA), but we may be witnessing a big shift in the sport. What I mean by that is that technique, skill and strategy have been able to overcome sheer size in the past (Tank Abbott, Kimbo Slice, etc.) - but last night we saw a technically sound, hall-of-fame fighter that had a great strategy just overwhelmed. Randy said that he was not rusty (we all know that he hasn't been eating potato chips on the couch for 15 months) and felt just fine. Just like in boxing, after Mike Tyson's reign, there was a shift in the size of heavyweights that saw boxers like Lennox Lewis, both Klitschko, Nikolay Valuev, Lyakhovich, etc. Smaller boxers found themselves a big disadvantage from the start with the sheer size of these giants.
Will the same happen to MMA? If Lesnar keeps improving, things will be very interesting and I'm looking forward to a Mir matchup should he get past Nogueira.
Part 1
YouTube - UFC 91 - Brock Lesnar Vs. Randy Couture Full Fight [1/3]
Part 2
YouTube - UFC 91 - Brock Lesnar Vs. Randy Couture Full Fight [2/3]
Part 3
YouTube - UFC 91 - Brock Lesnar Vs. Randy Couture Full Fight [3/3]
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