trossi
trossi
glad to see your post....i played ortiz a month or so back at -180(it`s in one of my boxing futures threads).......the age(couture is 41)has to be a factor.....i know what it feels like to be 41 and i can tell you,it ain`t 31....
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the moving down in weight had me very worried when i took ortiz.....couture is used to fighting much bigger men....but,recently,they`ve been hammering him........but some guys that know the sport have told me that couture was usually fighting guys bigger than him at heavy,and that ortiz may actually be the bigger guy....they also tell me that they believe ortiz may be the stronger guy.....not sure if that`s true...couture was totally blown out by ricco rodriguez and josh barnett.... very good,not great heavyweights,imo.....but much bigger than couture.....
both have outstanding wrestling backgrounds(couture`s is really outstanding)....
but,41 is 41....and ortiz appears to be in his prime and at the top of his game.....he`s nasty...and has taken alot of flack about ducking chuck liddell,who couture ended up beating for the interim title....
not feeling as sure about this as i did previously.....ortiz talking about making movies....the fact that couture is used to fighting bigger men....
but 41 is a little long in the tooth for this kind of intense combat.....and couture has been in some very hard fights.....they have to take a toll....the last few years,ortiz has been dishing out the beatings,not taking them.....ortiz has been a bit inactive lately...in boxing,that`s very bad....in full contact fighting,maybe the rest and healing are a good thing....but you still have to be sharp....and you stay sharp by staying active....
that said,i still like ortiz,but,i may buy a little back....couture is one tough s.o.b., and i have the utmost respect for him...
a super match-up.......
btw...trossi,what`s "80% felt"?
