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Gabriel Gonzaga Says He Plans On Submitting Randy Couture

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Gabriel Gonzaga Says He Plans On Submitting Randy Couture
During a resent phone interview Gabriel Gonzaga said “he would like to submit Randy Couture in their UFC fight”.

Gonzaga feels that showing UFC fans that he is one of the best fighters on the ground will help them understand that he is not a fluke. If he knocks out Randy Couture people can still say he got in a lucky shot but if he submits Couture people will have to admit that it was his skills.

Couture will be much more of a challenge on the ground than Cro-Cop was in his last fight. Those elbows that softened up Cro-Cop will be harder to apply to the head of a strong wrestler like Randy Couture. Gonzaga hopes to do the reverse from last fight and soften Couture in the stand up and punish him on the ground.

I guess we will all find out Saturday Night in Las Vegas at UFC 74.

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Eduardo (sharuto) Says, in 8-23-2007 at 01:35:34 from 66.174.92.165

I believe this is true, Gabriel has a better ground game, than Couture. I’m sure that what Gabriel say’s is really going to be the outcome of this fight. Gabriel’s Jiu jitsu well over power Couture on the ground. I’m also a student of BJJ. I train With Wander Braga in the Gauntlet BJJ, in Upland.

Jose Gonzalez Says, in 8-30-2007 at 16:58:50 from 68.165.232.148

I knew Couture would win. He is the better conditioned fighter and has more experience in the game. Of course Gonzaga might have better KO power but Couture is a much faster and better skilled fighter.

Chris Arends Says, in 8-31-2007 at 13:44:19 from 89.220.4.18

This was a great fight. If the fight had go on the ground Courture would have de disadvantage but BJJ fighters are not so good in clinches but they are excelent on the ground (3D fighting). Great fight….

harleycon5 Says, in 9-22-2007 at 22:39:00 from 74.61.152.70

Randy Couture was definitely the better fighter in this event. He kept up the pressure and didn’t often give Gonzaga the space to wind up and blast him. On one of the few power kicks that Gonzaga was able to deliver, Couture’s arm was broken, although you would never know it by the way he fought; Randy definitely has heart, I can tell you that.
The broken nose suffered by Gonzaga was a big factor, because it took much of the fight out of him, but either way I think Randy manhandled him. I wonder if Couture had been the one with the broken nose if he would have floundered the same way. I don’t think so, as I am sure his experience helped him hold it together as evidenced by his fracture arm.

You can’t help but admire Randy “The Supernatural” Couture, as he is one of the best in the fight game, and at his age is definitely a MMA legend.

chris jr Says, in 2-11-2008 at 18:35:48 from 12.214.213.26

gonzaga didn’t plan on having his face smashed in by the natural.