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Lance Pugmire, the superb reporter for THE LOS ANGELES
TIMES covered Brock Lesnar's victory over Randy Couture for the UFC
Title ( CLICK HERE ) with this report:
Brock Lesnar has said life isn't about making
friends, and he didn't make many more Saturday in beating Ultimate Fighting
Championship's popular heavyweight champion Randy Couture by second-round
technical knockout.
But Lesnar, a former World Wrestling Entertainment
"champion," is used to playing a villain, and now he gets to do it in a real
sport.
"I may come off as a cocky . . . but I'm just confident," the
6-foot-3, 265-pound Lesnar said after knocking down the 6-2, 220-pound Couture
with a stiff right that he followed with more than a dozen blows to the former
champion's head before referee Mario Yamasaki stopped the bout 3:07 into the
round at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
"I just believe in hard work, and that
it pays off."
Lesnar, 31, imposed his will throughout against Couture,
45, making the mixed martial arts legend appear rusty from the near 15-month
layoff due to his contract squabble and lawsuit against UFC that the parties
settled in September.
"I don't think the rust is an issue at all,"
Couture said after the defeat. "A big guy caught me with a big shot."
In
only his fourth pro MMA fight, Lesnar strode into the octagon with Metallica's
"Enter Sandman" playing before a capacity crowd -- a bit of theatrics he was
used to as a WWE star. His pre-fight appearance was roundly jeered by a crowd
who clearly adore Couture, and Lesnar's popularity wasn't helped when he said to
Couture in a videotaped appearance, "You're just too damn old to be
here."
But the 2000 NCAA champion wrestler from the University of
Minnesota backed up the talk.
He won the first round on all three judges'
scorecards, reversing Couture's ploy to press him into the cage. Lesnar then
pulled out an old wrestling move, shooting Couture and forcing the champion to
do what he wanted to avoid, spending too much time underneath the bigger
man.
Couture (16-9) tried a few submission tricks, knowing that's what
got Lesnar in trouble two fights ago in a loss, but Lesnar's raw strength
overcame the attempts.
In the second round, Lesnar smashed a right to
Couture's head that he answered with a right that drew blood from Lesnar's right
eyebrow. Couture charged to press the wounded Lesnar backward, but Lesnar moved
away and delivered the telling right cross that struck Couture behind the
ear.
The older champion was down, and Lesnar unleashed a flurry that
almost went on too long as if Yamasaki felt he owed it to the champion to give a
response that never came.
"I can't believe it," Lesnar said in slipping
on his new belt. "Randy has a lot of [courage] . . . I have the ultimate
respect."
Lesnar will now await the winner of the Dec. 27 fight between
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir, who beat Lesnar earlier this year.
Couture still has two fights left on his UFC contract, but didn't elaborate on
his plans.
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