Couture agrees to fight Nogueira

According to multiple sources from Randy Couture's camp, Couture has agreed to face Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at the unannounced UFC 101 event sometime in August. The two were expected to fight in early 2009, but Couture's role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, set to film in late March, got in the way.

If Nogueira accepts the fight, and I can't see why he wouldn't, this should be huge. Couture is always a huge crowd draw and Nogueira needs to fight his way back to relevancy after his abysmal appearance against Frank Mir. If anything, this'll be the largest fight between the two oldest looking guys in the UFC. I know Nogueira is only 32, but the guy's been in so many wars it looks like he's pushing 70. Halfway through the fight I expect they'll just jump onto their Rascals and start chasing each other around the Octagon.