This is the UFC 109 live blog for Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman, the main event of tonight's pay-per-view card.
With a combined age of 91 and now light heavyweights, the two UFC Hall of Famers collide in a fight 10 years in the making.
The live blog begins below.
Coleman walking out to Lil Wayne's rock experiment. Couture enters to Ted Nugent's Stranglehold. Will we see Couture's first submission in four-and-a-half years?
Round 1: No touch of gloves. They size each other up. Couture misses a jab. He lands his next four. He's getting through. He lands a one-two. Couture lands uppercut and hook. Coleman also lands in the exchange. Coleman sneaks in a jab. Couture rocks Coleman. Couture lands another. Coleman is still up. Clinch fighting and Couture scores with uppercuts. Couture working with knees and lefts. Couture lands two straight nasty uppercuts. Coleman can't escape the clinch.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Couture.
Round 2: Couture lands a left, backs Coleman to the cage, and they are back in clinch. Couture takes Coleman down into full mount. Couture ground and pounds. Coleman gives up his back and Couture applies the rear-naked choke. Coleman is rendered unconscious.
Couture wins by rear-naked choke - Round 2, 1:09
With a combined age of 91 and now light heavyweights, the two UFC Hall of Famers collide in a fight 10 years in the making.
The live blog begins below.
Coleman walking out to Lil Wayne's rock experiment. Couture enters to Ted Nugent's Stranglehold. Will we see Couture's first submission in four-and-a-half years?
Round 1: No touch of gloves. They size each other up. Couture misses a jab. He lands his next four. He's getting through. He lands a one-two. Couture lands uppercut and hook. Coleman also lands in the exchange. Coleman sneaks in a jab. Couture rocks Coleman. Couture lands another. Coleman is still up. Clinch fighting and Couture scores with uppercuts. Couture working with knees and lefts. Couture lands two straight nasty uppercuts. Coleman can't escape the clinch.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Couture.
Round 2: Couture lands a left, backs Coleman to the cage, and they are back in clinch. Couture takes Coleman down into full mount. Couture ground and pounds. Coleman gives up his back and Couture applies the rear-naked choke. Coleman is rendered unconscious.
Couture wins by rear-naked choke - Round 2, 1:09