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Tuesday September 7th 2010

UFC 109: Relentless Randy Couture Chokes out Mark Coleman

It was a battle between two UFC Hall of Famers. 46 year old Randy Couture controlled the entire fight against 45 year old Mark Coleman in what was dubbed as UFC 109: Relentless fight held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Randy Couture started the first round with good clean jabs to Coleman. Coleman returned with a right hand and hit Randy who backed up a bit. But Couture was as relentless as his punches, and landed a left hook on Coleman, and followed by knees to Coleman’s chin, two uppercuts and several more jabs.

Mark Coleman started the second round connecting a jab and a left hook on Couture. A takedown on Coleman after two right hand slams gave Randy Couture to control the fight, giving Coleman the losing rear-naked choke after exposing his back.

Coleman refused to give a tap but referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the fight 1:09 in round two as Coleman was passing out. The UFC 109: Relentless is Randy Couture’s 3rd fight in seven months.

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