Tim Sylvia wants Randy Couture to Bring It!

If you've noticed from the pre-fight hype interviews with Tim Sylvia, he is smart to take a page out of Chuck Liddell's book and tell Randy to "bring it to him" when they fight.

Tim has addressed why the past two fights have been less than exciting for the fans as he states that the fighters are unwilling to bring the fight to Tim. I'll leave this with you make up your own minds however, I do think that Tim was holding back quite a bit against Monson which is why Randy was and is talking smack about Tim for not being an aggressive Heavyweight Champion.

Really, this is all hot air that will dissipate once both fighters step into the octagon to "bring it" to one another.

Randy was recently interviewed by NBC Sports, Mike Chiappetta and Randy Couture says he's ready for Tim Sylvia

Couture has been sparring with some big men to get used to facing a giant like Sylvia and these are the folks that have been helping Randy push some beef.

"Q: Tim is 6-foot-8 and 264 pounds. It can't be easy to find guys close to that size to train with.

A: No, it's not. You can find them as heavy, but not as tall. I've got [MMA veterans] Wes Sims and Dan Christison, who are both 6-foot-8. I have Seth Woodill, who's a former wrestler who's had some fights. He's 6-5, 290. Then I have [UFC star] Frank Mir and Eric Pele. They're a little shorter, but above 270 pounds, so I've definitely had some beef to push around, or try to push around."

Wes Sims huh? Hey, that's the same Wes Sims that lost to Sylvia at Superbrawl 38 by TKO on 12/12/2004. Why would Randy want to train with a Tim Sylvia loser with the exception of Frank Mir who served up the Maine-iac's first MMA loss?

Interestingly enough, Tim chased his win against Sims with a submission loss to Andre Arlovski at UFC 51 by ankle lock.

Let's look at something here, Tim has two losses in his MMA career, both coming by way of submission. Tim did fight cautiously in his last bout against Monson because Monson is a submission specialist. Couture has gone on record to say that he is not a submission guy at all yet he has two recorded wins by submission.

If I were Randy, I wouldn't have accepted the fight against Tim as my comeback however, given that we now have no choice, I would work my butt off with Frank Mir to develop and perfect a couple of submission moves to surprise Sylvia with to finish the fight quickly.

Could Couture's banter about coming after Tim in the octagon be part of his strategy to initiate a submission win during the flurry of punches to be exchanged in the onset of the fight? I am guessing that there will be a melee soon after Big John McCarthy smacks his hands together and says, "Lets get it on, let's go!" at least, this is what Randy has been saying he'll do.

Tim Sylvia is also a sprawl and brawl fighter much like Chuck Liddell and we all know how their past two meetings turned out... by having Randy's lights turned out by the Iceman.

In my opinion, this is the only way Randy Couture has a chance at beating the giant. If Randy thinks he can walk into the octagon and trade shots with big Tim... well... just see how that's gonna work for Randy in this video clip and possible premonition of the UFC 68 headlining bout on March 3rd if Randy sticks to his pre-fight hype game plan.

This is Tim Sylvia fighting Randy Couture's UFC 68 sparring partner, Wes Sims.