Couture asked for the Lesner fight...thats the only way he was going to end his little hissy fit with the UFC for not being able to sign Fedor....

As much as I respect Couture, im taking Lesner. Couture hasnt fought in over a year is only 220lbs. His last notable wins were against Gabriel Gonzaga and Tim Silvia, neither of which could wrestle with Couture. Lesner can wrestle and is alot faster than Tim Silvia...Lesner is very inexperienced, but no fighter i have seen has been thrown to the wolves like Lesner has in his 1st two fights in the UFC. Lesner is big, strong, fast, athletic, has strong wrestling skills, has huge fists, and is learning the MMA style very very fast....

As far as Frank Mir and Heath Herring being "No Names" wow man you dont watch alot of fights. Heath Herring has fought in Pride, Dream, And the UFC. He has had over 30 professional fights and gone the distance with some of the most elite fighters in MMA multiple times...Lesner pounded on him for 3 rounds... Frank Mir is a former UFC champ and a UFC VET heprobaly has the best submission game at heavyweight....Lesner had Mir beat and was stood up without warning for 1 punch to the side of the head...He again took him down at will and pounded on him some more before being caught in a submission...

Lesner was in Pro Wrestling, so he can talk and hype a fight up...Yep its acting...its done in Boxing as well. Lesner and Couture are gonna keep talking all week to entice PPV buys and will be best buddies after this fight....