Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:20 pm EST
Couture doesn't know if Penn's conditioning is up to snuff
Randy Couture doesn't pull any punches and his allegiances don't get in the way when he breaks down a fight. We're finding more and more fighters who are making a case for B.J. Penn in the Penn-Georges St. Pierre mega-fight. Couture isn't one of them. The 45-year old is in the gym year-round and he doesn't know if Penn has that dedication:
"He still has the same achilles heel, that he's had for a longtime," Couture told Cage Writer. Is he going to be able to keep the pace that Georges is going to set for five rounds? Ultimately that will be his undoing."
Watch Cage Writer with Couture:
Couture is confident that GSP is rock solid with his mental game. He doesn't think Penn can break him in the cage:
"Since the letdown in the Matt Serra fight, we haven't seen any chinks in that armor at all. Not only at the level we saw him but he's taken it another level up from there. Everybody has a breaking point, is B.J. Penn able to get in there early enough and sustain the gas to keep that pressure on him and get him to that breaking point?"
Couture spoke very highly of Lyoto Machida. He is very intrigued by Machida's style.
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i remember gsp took quite a beating the last fight with bj. didn't he go to the hospital while bj went to a party after thier first fight? bj seems to have rededicated hinself,and he has vengence on his mind. bj by tko or tapout.
lol....unless he pulls an andrei arlovski and does something stupid!
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dope....as i said before...i'm a fan of mma-ufc,affliction,kotc,strikeforce and i'll even admit to watching elitexc. and i admire dana for what he's done right. but he's not perfect,much to your dismay and surprise. open your eyes! the kim references are tongue in cheek.....you might see that if you'd get dana whites d!ck out of yours.
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As for Cofield's observation of GSP speaking about his mindset at certain times during his fights I found that insulting because GSP is only taking a very OBJECTIVE look at his mental game to be able to do what he has done and what I concur again with Randy is bring it up! Learning from his mistakes and attitudes to better himself. So There!
My opinion of how to beat Machida is also int he other thread I see that is how to beat both him and Spider because they fight witht he same thing in mind--if they can hit you they can hurt you. Anderson is just THAT much more agressive though but the same stands---do not stand straight on these guys
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Sorry guys but I have seen it misspelled one too many times DOUCHE god! get it right thanx!
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but he still has had some boxing training with albeit minimal skill.
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but he still has had some boxing training with albeit minimal skill.
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how was ur conditioning in ur last fight? If I remember correctly, u didn't make it out of the 2nd rd... he did kick some ass in the scorpion king 2, though...
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