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Originally Posted by gobbla
My question is "How good at submissions does Randy have to be to beat Brock?"
I certainly don't know, but how good of sub defense can Brock possibly have? Herring turtled and got raped (but didn't finished). It would seem odd if Randy did the same thing\allowed the same thing to happen...at least for 5 rounds anyway. I just can't help but to think that experience is going to go against Brock. He could absolutely win, no question. But does anyone really feel comfortable saying 100% that he will?
*Off Topic*
I already said Nog is my favorite for the whole thing: What would be the ideal situation for the UFC out of this? If Nog wins the whole thing then no one could argue that Fedor is #2...no one could be that stupid to believe it. Dana might say it, but come on. How would the (if it would) HW MMA landscape change if one of the other three pulled out the upset?
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I think that's the question. How good do Randy's subs need to be? Good enough to sub Brock. I think Brock is a bad match-up for Randy: a huge athletic heavyweight with a strong wrestling base. I realize Randy beat Randleman years ago but Brock has almost half a foot and nearly 100 lbs on Randleman while maintaining a high level of strength & athleticism. If they stay standing I think Randy will land the majority of strikes but sooner or later Brock will land a few hard ones that could drop Randy. On the ground I don't picture Randy GnPing Brock to a victory. He might but Brock is a huge heavyweight and Randy's going to have a very hard time holding him down and scoring points for the majority of the fight. So I picture Randy having to win by submissions or using dirty boxing from the clinch.