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The Ultimate Fighting Championship 15 video of Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort. The fight was way back in October of 1997 at the Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. |
Randy always has been my Fav fighter. Wish we could have him fight soon. I hope the Drama with him and the UFC gets over with soon.
Vitor was on the juice when this fight occurred. He was too heavy and gassed quickly. This fight was considered somewhat of an “upset” at the time. Good stuff.
What an ass-whooping at the end there. The old rules with knees and kicks to the head of the downed opponent, the long rounds, and with the stoppage that came about a minute after it would if the fight were to happen today…Vitor got messed up. Great fight til he gassed out.
Now that is a classic
wow he went about 30 seconds without inteligently defending himself
I think this fitht was a classic, Randy couture is definately a force to be reckoned with
gotta love capt. america
Couture was just smarter and way more experienced then Vitor, he proved that technique could beat physique.
Hopefully Vitor comes back to good form after all the stuff that has happen to him.
As usual thanks for posting this fight(s), this site has to be the best site mma fans have.
Serious can of whip ass….Vitor was officially no longer a phenom after that fight…
Great fight from Randy. Can not wait til Randy go up against Fedor but my money is on Fedor. Already betting $1,000 in Fedor against Tim Silvia, cant wait for the fight at the Honda Center.
I remember this one….I was hoping Vitor to win, in a similar highlight reel KO. Props to Randy though…Loved the fight with Maurice Smith too.~
that fight was amazing, couture unleashed a natural world of hurt to vitor
wow randy looks young lol
back in the good old days when stoppages were fair and fights were finished properly, that would have been stopped on the feet with the bullshit reffing going on these days. nice fight
lol Randy NEEDS I MEANE NEEDS TO GET A FIGHT IN BEFORE HE IS OLD AS FCK SERIOUSLY. Randy needs to stop acting stupid and go to dana and ask for a fight because no one i mean no one would want him after this year ends to fckin old.
Love the old days. Looking back I reckon this was one of the first true “future” MMA bouts, set the tone for what was to come. Both had skills way before their time. Great fight from two legends.
Agree with the knees and proper ref stoppages too..
it was pleasure to watch this -back in 90’s it was pure man’s fight-thanks mma tko
So unprofessional when you have a commentator so partial to a fighter. The best MMA commentator is Joe Rogan.
that fight mentally broke vitor belfort.. he wasn’t ever the same fighter after that…
I think that Brian KEnny said it all..
“that fight mentally broke vitor belfort.. he wasn’t ever the same fighter after that…”
His sister got kidnapped and killed in Rio later on just to make things worse.
Amazing fighter he made people who didnt know anything about Vale tudo in Brazil realize that Brazilians could box etc.
Fun fighter to watch, lots of respect to him.
Vintage!
vitor belfort was the st pierre of the day, what happened didnt he get caught roiding now he comes off as a looney in his interviews cant wait to see how he does the 19th im rooting for him.. ill even put money on him ahhh hes fighting terry martin never mind