To some people, it’s just another fight.  To those that have watched the UFC since UFC 1 like I have and have watched boxing for the past 30 years religiously, you know the Brock Lesnar vs Randy Couture fight has a chance to be the biggest fight in UFC and MMA history.

When I say big, I don’t mean money-wise.  I also don’t mean attendance or pay per view buys, although I think all 3 records could be broken.  When I say big, I mean big like HUGE for the growth of the sport.  This could be the single most important event for UFC and MMA since Dana White and Zuffa LLC took over the UFC and brought it to new levels.

At 45 years old, Couture is heading down the backstretch of his career.  He might not be the best Heavyweight in the world anymore, but then again he just might be.

Randy Couture

Nobody really knows at what age you lose that final step that knocks you down from great to good.  For most people it’s well before age 45, but there are athletic freaks, like George Foreman in boxing or even Julio Franco in baseball, who in 2006 batted .273 for the Mets at age 48!

At age 31, Brock Lesnar might be at the peak of his career.  He is a monster of a man at 6 foot 3 inches and 275 pounds.  And you won’t find much fat on that 275 pound frame

Brock Lesnar

So why, you ask, is this going to be the biggest fight in UFC and MMA history?  My answer…  If Brock Lesnar wins this match, especially with dominance, he becomes the Mike Tyson of the late 1980’s.  Lesnar will bring hundreds of thousands, if not millions of WWE fans with him.  People will wonder and watch to see if anyone can beat him.  The answer to that is, of course someone can.  Frank Mir did it.  But it was only after getting pounded un-mercifully for the first few minutes and then taking advantage of a dumb mistake by Lesnar to submit him.  Lesnar should continue to get better and better and should learn to not get caught in a careless position.  What if in the next year, he learns and starts to master the ground game and submissions?  Then what?  You can’t stand and trade punches with him.  You can’t out wrestle him.  If you can’t out submit him, he then might be unbeatable!

So who is going to win this fight?  Maybe I’m jumping on the Brock Lesnar bandwagon too early, but I think Lesnar in the first round.  I think he will take Couture down, get on top of him, and pound him into submission.  I could be wrong.  But, if I’m right, we are about to see a new MMA world.  A world where Lesnar is King.  A world where, if he is committed to being the best, Lesnar could dominate for the next few years, make millions and millions of dollars in fight income and advertising deals.  A world where the next fight that he fights, fills an arena to capacity, fills up sports bars and casinos and is the talk of the weekend, even if there are other sporting events going on.

If Brock Lesnar were a stock, I’d buy it.  If he were a business, I’d invest in it.  Just like any investment, you can win or you can lose, but I’ll take my chances with this one.  With risk, there is reward.  And the reward for Lesnar winning this fight is going to be as big as it gets!

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