Background
Before the first meeting between the two, Randy Couture fought at heavyweight and was heavyweight champion twice before the first match-up. Couture moved down to light heavyweight after two consecutive losses against larger grapplers Josh Barnett, and Ricco Rodriguez, both with the heavyweight title at stake.
Liddell was a rising light heavyweight contender before the first fight. Liddell had developed a feared reputation as a wrestler who could strike. Going on a 9 fight win streak before the fight with Couture, he had 11 victories with only one loss to submission specialist Jeremy Horn.
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