UFC QUOTABLES: Randy Couture breaks down Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez at UFC 121

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Cain's definitely going to give Brock a go. It's an interesting match-up. Both guys have great wrestling backgrounds, and I know from my own experience that my toughest fights were against guys with good wrestling backgrounds. If [Velasquez] can stay away and not end up underneath Brock early, not take any serious damage there, the longer it goes the better it is for Cain. He's one of those guys at that weight class who has an unlimited gas tank. He's not going to get tired... Brock is a huge athlete. Every time he's out there we see something else. In the [Shane] Carwin fight he took a beating and still came back and found a way to win. I think that was important for him... Hopefully [Cain] got a bunch of big guys to come in so he could practice being in that worst-case scenario, which is having a guy like Brock sitting on you and hitting you in the head and ramming you into the fence. Those are the things that a guy that size can really do to you. I think if [Velasquez has] prepared himself for that worst-case scenario, and has prepared himself to survive there, he'll be able to do that in the fight."

-Randy Couture talked to MMAFighting.com during the EA Sports MMA launch on Tuesday about this Saturday's UFC 121 main event between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez.

Penick's Analysis: Couture never actually gives predictions on Brock's fights, but he definitely talks up the opponent's strengths and what they might be able to do. One of the reasons Lesnar's fights are such events is that you just can't honestly know what to expect. He's continually evolving his game, and with each opponent he's had a different test. It seems with every fight that his opponent has something that he "won't be able to handle," and yet he continues to prove doubters wrong from fight to fight. This is going to be an excellent heavyweight battle on Saturday night, and anticipation is definitely reaching a boiling point.

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