Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera Officially Announced for UFC 105 Main Event
The UFC officially announced today a main event light heavyweight fight between Randy Couture and Brandon Vera at UFC 105 on November 14 at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.
Couture, who will be making his return to 205 since a February 2006 knockout loss to Chuck Liddell, believes he has the ability to regain the UFC light heavyweight title.
He said, “I would love to be a six-time UFC champion, to set the bar very high in that regard, and that’s what I want to accomplish at 205lbs. That is my immediate goal. I am very intrigued by the current light heavyweight division, there are some great matchups for me here, and I believe I have to tools to win back the 205lbs title.”
Couture then added, “Brandon Vera is the first of these challenges at 205lbs. It would have been very nice to be the big guy in the Octagon for the first time in years but, having trained with Brandon and competed against him in wrestling many years ago, I know that he is as big and as powerful as I am.
Vera, who began his UFC career as a heavyweight, has won three of his last four fights since moving down to the light heavyweight division.
He said, “It will be an honour and a privilege to fight a living legend like Randy Couture. He has been someone that I have looked up to and I can’t wait to get in there in November. Even after my first UFC win back in 2005, I was begging the UFC to put me in with a legend like a Chuck Liddell or a Randy Couture. I always knew those are the sorts of guys who would bring the best out of me and, finally, I have my chance to prove myself against a true legend in the sport.”
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