Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz will make an upcoming guest appearance on MADtv that airs May 5th at 11 pm ET/PT and at 10 pm Central Time.
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April 26, 2007
Couture undeterred by Gonzaga
During an interview on Sherdog's Beatdown radio show, Randy "The Natural" Couture talks about taking on Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 and whether a fighter as big as Gonzaga reminiscent of Josh Barnett and Ricco Rodriguez would be problematic for Captain America:
"Those were big guys that gave me problems. And I said then that yeah those styles at that time in my career were issues for me. I did well against strikers and more pure strikers, and both those guys were very very good grapplers and I found myself underneath a much bigger opponent with a good grappling base and that's gonna be a long night for a lot of people, myself included. I think I have technique and ability now that I didn't possess then to survive and not be stuck underneath, even a guy with Gonzaga's grappling ability and I'm gonna fight tooth and nail not to end up there first and foremost. That's really the last place I wanna be underneath a 245 pound Gonzaga with a good ground and pound skill and a good grappling base. And I'm sure that he'll go back and look at those tapes and think that's where he wants to put me. I have to use my mobility again against a bigger fighter and find angles and vary my attack so he's not sure whether I'm throwing striking or throwing a shot cause I know he's gonna be worried about me putting him on the ground as well which he didn't have to worry about with Mirko."
"Those were big guys that gave me problems. And I said then that yeah those styles at that time in my career were issues for me. I did well against strikers and more pure strikers, and both those guys were very very good grapplers and I found myself underneath a much bigger opponent with a good grappling base and that's gonna be a long night for a lot of people, myself included. I think I have technique and ability now that I didn't possess then to survive and not be stuck underneath, even a guy with Gonzaga's grappling ability and I'm gonna fight tooth and nail not to end up there first and foremost. That's really the last place I wanna be underneath a 245 pound Gonzaga with a good ground and pound skill and a good grappling base. And I'm sure that he'll go back and look at those tapes and think that's where he wants to put me. I have to use my mobility again against a bigger fighter and find angles and vary my attack so he's not sure whether I'm throwing striking or throwing a shot cause I know he's gonna be worried about me putting him on the ground as well which he didn't have to worry about with Mirko."
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