With a week left to go until their title fight, we asked some MMA pros and our readers on who they think is walking out of the MGM Garden Arena heavyweight champion:


GINA CARANO, professional MMA fighter (7-0) and "Crush" on NBC's American Gladiators
You train with Xtreme Couture, Randy Couture's gym. What's Randy telling you?
Me and Randy, we have this unspoken friendship that is just great. You meet that man and he's just a one of a kind. I've never met anybody with that kind of a presence and that kind of an impact and he doesn't have to say anything. His presence is wonderful.

What's going down on November 15?
I think that everybody knows that this is going to be an extremely tough fight, especially because Lesnar's a monster, really, and he moves his monster body very well. He's like a monster that moves with extreme agility. But Randy's the game-planner and there's no fear, no saying no in that man. I think that if anybody can achieve anything in this life, Randy can. Like you said, if the worse thing that happens in life is that you lose a fight, then that's the worst thing that happens, but it would be amazing to see him go crush this monster.

Verdict
Randy's gonna win, okay? Randy's gonna win!



AARON FISHER, professional fighter (18-9-1 overall) and head Muay Thai instructor at Camp Undefeated
Who has the advantage in the standup game?
Skillwise, Couture has the experience, the skill, the better people to work with all aorund. As far as Lesnar's standup, he's new to it. He's still has to take some time to figure it out. He's still really big so you can't deny a giant hand swinging at you.

How about on the ground?
Once again, Couture. I understand Lesnar's done a lot of stuff outside of the WWE, he's a decorated wrestler. But Couture's pedigree is much more impressive and has always fought bigger guys.

Verdict
I think Couture will win by decision. Lesnar's size will allow him to push Couture through all five rounds.



URIJAH FABER, professional MMA fighter (21-2) and former WEC World Featherweight Champion
You've met Randy Couture a few times, correct?
Yeah, Couture was actually there for the beginning of my career. I spent a lot of time training with him and I really look up to him.

Any specific advice that he told you way back that you bring to your fights now?
Just "The best never rests." That's his saying. Whenever he'd sign autographs, that's what he would write: "The best never rests." He led by example mostly. He's not a real outspoken guy. He just trains hard and you can see he keeps learning. The only way a 44-year-old man can make improvements and be in the place that he's in.

Verdict
Jeez. That's a hard one to say. Fifty pounds of muscle with a strong wrestling background is hard to beat but Couture is the type of guy that's always going against what logic says. Logically, I would say Lesnar to win the fight, but from a fan standpoint, I would say Couture.



YOU!
We asked you who was going to take the title and here's how you scored it (as of publish time):

	Randy Couture by Submission		29%
	Brock Lesnar by KO/TKO		29%
	Randy Couture by KO/TKO		23%
	Brock Lesnar by Judge's Decision		11%
	Brock Lesnar by Submission		5%
	Randy Couture by Judge's Decision		3%