Randy Couture Next Human Blanket?

I was reading Brawl Sports latest entry about Randy's friendship with Tim Sylvia "messing" with Tim's mind and a quote from Randy shot out at me that I wanted to share:

"I can certainly see where the best chance is for taking him down. It's not the open shot that Ricco (Rodriguez) and Jeff Monson and several of the other guys have tried. You need to get to Tim's body and clinch with him, get inside, not stand out in range and try to take him down. I think my mobility and wrestling technique will allow me to take him down."

Now, we all know that Randy has framed his comeback into the octagon as a pledge to the fans to see an exciting Heavyweight fight again because Randy feels that Tim doesn't give the fans what they paid for.

Read the quote again and please let me know if Randy has actually declared himself the newest Heavyweight human blanket. If so, doesn't that contradict what he has been saying to UFC fans from the start?

Randy Couture did say he was going to bring excitement back to the Heavyweight division or was I hearing and reading about someone else?

Are we going to see a fight or a takedown contest?

Heath Herring said it best at Ultimate Fight Night 8 after his loss to Jake O'Brien when he said he wasn't aware this was a wrestling contest. I am not defending Heath for his poor performance by any means but, come on!

Here is another piece from Brawl Sports on Randy's return:

"There's also nothing written in stone that says Couture must swing and grapple as a heavyweight in the four-pack. He hasn't ruled out dropping down to light heavy, if his foray against Sylvia goes south."

So Randy is not committed to staying in the Heavyweight ranks? Really, the best fight for Randy to have is with Chuck Liddell. They fought three times with Liddell winning the last two matches.

From reading the article, I got the impression that Randy isn't projecting much confidence in his return against the big man or maybe Randy is just a humble guy. I will go with the latter for the moment because I don't want to feel like I've been played by UFC marketing when this fight goes down.

What also amazes me is hearing Dana White say he wouldn't consider Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell because Wandy lost two fights in a row by knockout. Hey Dana, the same thing happened to Randy Couture (Mike Van Arsdale victory doesn't count in my book) yet you give him a year off only to return to a title fight.

I hope that Randy's takedown strategy is the precursor to a submission attempt. I hope and so do many people who have contributed to the MMA Fever Heavyweight Championship poll just below.

Please Randy, bring the pain, bring the pain... instead of the blanket.