{"id":288188,"date":"2010-02-07T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T05:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,yhoo:20050301:mma,article,yhoo-ept_sports_mma_experts-218069:1"},"modified":"2010-02-07T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T05:39:16","slug":"couture-keeps-getting-better-chokes-out-coleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/288188","title":{"rendered":"Couture keeps getting better, chokes out Coleman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the battle of the old guys — Randy Couture and Mark Coleman —
\nthe older dude was better. Couture looked faster, more crisp and full
\nof more energy as the 46-year-old set the tone early, bouncing jabs off of
\nthe 45-year-old’s face. <\/p>\n

Then Couture employed his bread and butter, using the
\nclinch against the cage and dirty boxing. Coleman looked beat at the
\nend of the first round. He fell victim to an easy takedown in the
\nsecond round as Couture almost immediately scored the mount. Couture
\nrained down punches and Coleman gave up his back. It was just a matter
\nof time before Couture locked on a rear-naked choke to finish it at
\n1:09 of the second round.   <\/p>\n

Couture is old in number but looks like he’s adding new elements to his game each time out. <\/p>\n

"It
\nseems to be par for the course," joked Couture about being called old.
\n"I’m having a blast. I feel like I’m improving every time out. [I’m] 46
\nyears young!" <\/p>\n

Couture said he’d been working on chokes before the fight. \n<\/p>\n

"I’ve been working on it, the chokes, rear naked choke and side choke," Couture told Joe Rogan.
\n"I felt if I got him on the ground, I wanted to headhunt. I got him on the
\nground and sometimes it works out."<\/p>\n

Coleman seemed shellshocked by Couture.  <\/p>\n

"Wow. The guy’s tough. He’s really tough. He’s a great fighter. He beat me to the punch. I was a little slow tonight."<\/p>\n

This fight was 12 years in the making. The fighters were supposed to meet back at UFC 17 but it never materialized.<\/p>\n

Coleman looked dejected but wants to keep fighting.  <\/p>\n

"I don’t know what the hell
\nhappened. Disappointed. Think that I can do better. I won’t quit. I’ll be back."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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