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I had Couture winning the first and third round, and Vera winning the second. I felt like Couture really was able to control and dominate the fight longer.
Vera really disappointed me. I mean, I'm not a fan of his but I thought he would have been a tougher opponent for Couture. He seemed to let Randy close the gap too easily and clinch up, and then Vera would try to work a Muay Thai clinch, which turned out not to be tremendously effective. Vera was most effective when he stayed outside and started throwing body kicks and circled around after striking. But then he'd just throw a strike or combo and stand still, like he wanted Couture to clinch up with him. And then when he got Couture down, he didn't do a whole lot of damage. It looked pretty obvious he was tired from having Couture clinched up and pounding on him against the cage.
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