I started to think about it, and this is Randy's first KO with a punch since he moved down a weightclass. When he was heavier, he was getting hit in the face by stronger guys and not going down.

This just makes me wonder how hard Chuck can actually hit if he is KO'ing a guy that was not KO'ed by people who are bigger then him. That punch to the face must of hurt realll bad.

I never directly blamed it on the eyepoke. Doctor cleared him, Randy wanted to fight so it's not a direct excuse. It still played a major part in the fight though.

Was it a waterboy style eyepoke?

No it was a open handed punch where the fingers scraped against Couture's face and in his eye socket.

That's 2-0 for Courture on the poke.

Nowhere near as bad as the Belfort one :D