Barnett Calls Out Couture

Let's get straight to it and say that Randy did a phenomenal job at UFC 74 in defending his title. As a fan and a fellow Washingtonian I was happy to see him win. But as for the title itself -- it still sits in my house. No one in UFC ever beat me for it, and as far as I am concerned, no one in the UFC can be the heavyweight champion until they take that belt off of me in the cage.

At the post fight press conference, Dana White said "there isn't anyone in the world that can beat this guy" in reference to Randy. All this because Randy beat a guy that had less than ten fights and only one noteworthy win? That's not even a world championship level fight, let alone reason to proclaim the winner as "unbeatable". This comment was made even more ridiculous by the fact that I was standing right there, living proof that Randy Couture is definitely beatable.

"Unbeatable", Dana says. If he actually believes that, I'm more than willing to step into the cage and prove him wrong. It wouldn't even have to be for the belt. I already got the real belt. They can keep their pile of brass they purport as the UFC Heavyweight Title and put it on their next paper champ.

That was from Josh Barnett's MySpace site. Josh also defeated Randy Couture by TKO at UFC 36 for the Heavyweight Championship. However, he was stripped of the title after he tested positive for steroids and then went to fight in Japan. I smell a rematch but.....

Randy Couture broke his left arm blocking a kick from Gabriel Gonzaga in their recent title bout. Randy is not expected to return to action in 2007, so that give ole Barnett time to sign with the UFC and start working toward that rematch with Couture.

Also, Joe Stevenson broke his nose at the same UFC 74 card mentioned above, and cannot continue training for one month due to a medical suspension. All the UFC fighters for 74 tested clean with no illegal substances found! Yea for the good guys.