Archive for February 8th, 2010

UFC 109 Main Event Fight

Two UFC Hall of Famers, Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman, faces off last Saturday in the first ever battle between two champions of the last decade, as the Main Event of UFC 109.

The battle took place before a sellout crowd of 10,687 fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, pitted two guys who started as national champions in amateur wrestling and later became heavyweight champions in mixed martial arts.

Randy at 46, appeared to be fast, employing his usual strategy of using a Greco-Roman wrestling-style clinch against the cage, his best position, to tire out Coleman and throw punches.

Coleman at 45 was unable to take Couture down or really get any strong offense going, and Couture was happy to keep Coleman in a clinch for most of the round.

In the beginning of the first round in their fight, Couture uses uppercuts to outscored Coleman and master the routine of his opponent. And on the second round, Couture threw more punches on the ground, forcing Coleman to turn his back, as Couture got Coleman again in the clinch and was able to fire punches again, before taking Coleman down – a position that Coleman said before the fight he needed to avoid.

Couture defeated Coleman via submission (choke) in the 2nd round of their fight, making Randy “The Natural” Couture a Champion again for UFC 109, and now, he has 18 wins and 10 losses while “The Hammer” has 16 wins and 10 defeats.