Legends to Clash

MMA legend Randy Couture has accepted a fight with Nogueria.  UFC 101, rumored to be in Couture's old stomping grounds in Portland Oregon, will be the stage for this epic clash.

Though Big Nog’s best days are behind him, and Couture's only fight in the last few years was a KO at the hands of a monster, It will still be fun to watch. Too bad it wasn’t 3 years ago.

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Couture Vs. Cro Cop A Possibility

In an interview with Arianny Celeste, Randy Couture disclosed that there is a possibility that he might fight Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 99 scheduled for June 13 in Germany.  The odds of the matchup occurring depends on how long a movie takes to wrap that Couture is featured in this spring.

UFC 99 is already scheduled to feature a 195 pound catchweight fight between former Pride champ Wanderlei Silva and former UFC champ Rich Franklin.

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99 Problems But A PPV Ain't One

Say what you will about Dana White and the Ultimate Fighting Championship MMA empire he built, but it stands as one of the few recession resistant enterprises around today.

With the most recent UFC 94 event breaking Las Vegas live attendance and pay per view records, White looks like he will continue growing his brand of MMA promotion while others falter and flail.

UFC 100 is scheduled to be held somewhere around July this year, and may be the pinnacle event of 2009.  It's rumored that the UFC is planning to have every weight class to have a title fight, barring any injuries to the participants.

Many aspects of fight fans' lives are being tightened during this economic downturn, but the belt's not yet hitting the UFC notch. 

Matt Hughes: "My last two fights against Georges, he felt greasy"

UFC 94 happened this past Saturday, and although it didn't live up to the hype it was still a great night of fights. Georges St. Pierre completely dominated the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds of the much anticipated fight showing that he was the much stronger, and more improved fighter of the two. Towards the 3rd, and 4th round BJ looked completely helpless,and GSP was close to finishing the fight.

The fight was called after the 4th after BJ's corner threw in the towel. That should be the end of that right? Wrong! NSAC is investigating into the allegations that GSP's corner put Vaseline on his body making him greasy, giving him the advantage of being harder to submit.

But now another fighter is adding his opinion to the mix. Here is what Matt Hughes wrote on his website  about the incident:
"Now, on to what everybody is talking about, the greasing. I’m not the only one who has said that GSP felt greasy during a fight. I know Matt Serra has mentioned it and, even in their first fight, I think BJ said something. I’m not saying GSP did something wrong and I’m not saying that it would have changed any outcomes of any fights; but what I am saying is, for my last two fights against Georges, he felt greasy."

It's here that I would like to borrow another catch phrase from Brokenstyle..."What?"

It looks like grease gate is in full swing, and we can look forward to months of accusations and finger pointing on top of a heaping pile of denial. When did the Matt Hughes fights happen? Oh that's right, over a year ago. So why it's coming out now is a bit of a stretch.

Though I'm sure St. Pierre will be made out to be the bad guy in this, the point is he's just the better fighter. Do I think he should have an unfair advantage?

Of course not.

But we have all seen the UFC behind the scenes training of GSP, and a guy that works that hard is unlikely to find a way to cheat. I don't think a bit of vaseline made Matt Hughes yell, "Tap,Tap" or BJ Penn's corner "Throw In The Towel." So let's be aware of this but let it go and look forward to Thiago Alves V. Georges St. Pierre, or BJ Penn V. Kenny Florian. That's the future, and the past is past.