Post-UFC 125 Rumors: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields, Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida on Tap for UFC 129 in Toronto
by Kaleb Kelchner on Jan 2, 2011 11:58 AM EST
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With UFC 125: Resolution in the books, as usual, we've got a lot of stories coming out of the event. MMA Fighting has world of Couture vs. Machida:
Couture and Lyoto Machida have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 129 on April 30 in Toronto, MMA Fighting has learned from sources close to the fight. Couture also confirmed the fight when asked by MMA Fighting at UFC 125 on Saturday night.
The event will be the UFC's first in Toronto and will be held at the Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays.
So, it appears that "The Natural" will get his big fight he was angling for, and will NOT be retiring yet. Couture has some filming schedules he has to get ironed out before this can be set in stone...but money talks, Couture is going to make the time one way or another. This is a compelling fight to me, Couture is a master gameplanner, and Machida is still one of the hardest fighters to figure out.
Multiple sources are saying that the headliner for this event will likely be Georges St. Pierre defending his welterweight title against Jake Shields, which was expected, but good to hear none the less. UFC 129 is shaping up to be yet another mega event in Canada.
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Thanks for the info.
The event should do well just on the two matches that have been announced.
by MMA: No Heels Required on Jan 2, 2011 12:55 PM EST reply actions
Hell, they could put nothing but local guys on the whole card, then have GSP headline and they’d sell out…not good for PPV sales, but the Canadians are nuts for MMA, I met some when I was in Minneapolis when GSP fought Fitch…they just love it.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Jan 2, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
Couture should dust off the gameplan he used against Chuck in fight 1.
Rampage showed you can make Machida uncomfortable if you refuse to let him set range, and he can be controlled in the clinch. The problem’s going to be that Randy doesn’t have Rampage’s punching power to keep Machida from setting.
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