MMA fighting

I heard through the grapevine that Randy "the Natural" Couture is going to announce he is coming out of retirement to face Tim "the-exceedingly-long-and-boring-lecture" Sylvia on March 3, 2007 for the heavyweight title in the UFC on Jan 11, 2007.

3 guesses as to who I'm pulling for?

I think Sylvia is capable of more exciting fights, the problem is, he loves winning so much, he fights not to lose rather than fighting to win. Think in Hockey terms, he's a walking neutral-zone trap. He will sit back and throw jabs at you all night long, lulling you to sleep. Once you get sick and tired of it and aggresively move in, big bad Tim backs up and jabs you some more. I just can't seem to watch his fights without taking a bathroom break or fast forwarding.

He's also one to talk smack. That's another one against the Tim-ster. Tito Ortiz talks smack to sell the fight, make money and he backs it up by going for the win. Tim smack talks, then sits back, jabbing at you with his gangly orangutan arms all night long.

If Couture wins, there's a bunch of interesting fight possibilities with the newly signed Mirko Cro Cop or the ex-champ, Andrei Arlovski.

Then that way, the UFC heavyweight title fight won't have to be on the undercard like it was everytime Sylvia has defended it, in UFC 65 (headlined by Hughes-St. Pierre II) and UFC 61 (headlined by Ortiz/Shamrock II)

In boxing's heyday, the heavyweight fight featuring Mike Tyson was the only match needed to sell tickets and ppvs. Proof the right heavyweight can carry things far, but the wrong one (insert Tim Sylvia's name here) can be downright disasterous.

Here's hoping Couture topples the sleep-inducing giant (and sleep in a bad way, not by knockout) at UFC 68!!