Josh "Baby Face Assassin" Barnett is targeting Randy Couture after his successful title defense over Gabriel Gonzaga this past weekend at UFC 74. On his MySpace Blog, Barnett wrote the following:
"UFC Heavyweight title? Not in my eyes. Current mood: angry Category: Sports
Let's get straight to it and say that Randy did a phenomenal job at UFC 74 in defending his title. As a fan and a fellow Washingtonian I was happy to see him win. But as for the title itself -- it still sits in my house. No one in UFC ever beat me for it, and as far as I am concerned, no one in the UFC can be the heavyweight champion until they take that belt off of me in the cage.
At the post fight press conference, Dana White said "there isn't anyone in the world that can beat this guy" in reference to Randy. All this because Randy beat a guy that had less than ten fights and only one noteworthy win? That's not even a world championship level fight, let alone reason to proclaim the winner as "unbeatable". This comment was made even more ridiculous by the fact that I was standing right there, living proof that Randy Couture is definitely beatable.
"Unbeatable", Dana says. If he actually believes that, I'm more than willing to step into the cage and prove him wrong. It wouldn't even have to be for the belt. I already got the real belt. They can keep their pile of brass they purport as the UFC Heavyweight Title and put it on their next paper champ."
From the looks of it, Barnett is trying to make his way into the UFC since the UFC never really offered him a contract after ZUFFA purchased PRIDE earlier this year. I don't think that the UFC has any real need for Barnett at the moment since their Heavyweight division is already loaded with talent. It'll be interesting to see how Randy responds to this if at all.
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