UFC 91 will be held tomorrow night in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The main event will be a five round heavyweight championship fight between the champion, Randy Couture, and challenger, Brock Lesnar.
The UFC is billing this fight as the biggest fight ever in mixed martial arts history. While this fight is a big fight, most fans are eagerly anticipating next year's battle between Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn more than tomorrow's main event.
The fight between Couture and Lesnar better live up to its hype because the overall card for UFC 91 is very underwhelming. Fans might be interested in the Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson fight but the rest of the card is filled with fighters that the fans don't care about or have heard of.
The main event is very intriguing because you have a 45-year-old fighter who has not fought in over a year against a younger and stronger fighter. Couture will be giving up about 40 pounds to Lesnar in this fight. Couture has the experience advantage over Lesnar but Lesnar has the strength advantage.
Couture's game plan will be to try to Lesnar on his back. If he can't, then Couture could be in for a very long night. Couture will also try to implement his dirty boxing if they get in the clinch.
Lesnar is very strong and powerful and it won't be an easy task for Couture to get Lesnar down to the mat. Couture has to watch out for Lesnar's heavy hands as well.
Lesnar needs to avoid Couture's attempted takedowns and try to get Couture on his back. Once he gets Couture on his back, Lesnar will punish Couture with his ground and pound attack. Once Lesnar gets an opponent on the ground, it is hard to get back up due to Lesnar's strength and size.
Lesnar has never fought more than three rounds before so if the fight goes to the fourth and fifth rounds, Couture might have the advantage.
The winner of the Florian and Stevenson fight will be in line to get a title shot against UFC lightweight champion, B.J. Penn. Florian is the favorite to win the fight but Stevenson is a dangerous opponent.
UFC 91 will be shown live on pay-per-view beginning at 7pm PT on November 15.