Minotauro Nogueira: "It was my dream to fight this guy."

By Gavin Vincent September 02, 2009"Randy is a legend in this sport and it feels great to fight against a legend. Being in this sport for so long... it was my dream to fight this guy. Seeing him in the UFC, I wanted to fight him and I was given the chance in his home-town... so thank you for everyone being here. You guys made a beautiful show. I was ready to fight with him. I know his plan could be to stand and box with me... my last fight [vs. Frank Mir] was the worst fight of my career. I was hungry and the loss made me hungry. I used my jui-jitsu to try and do an alligator choke but today I finally know my boxing skills worked. I took him down twice but I won this fight mostly standing up." -Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) discusses his victory over UFC hall of famer Randy Couture (16-10) just moments after the main event from UFC 102. Nogueira previously lost to Frank Mir (12-4) in what was mostly a boxing match at UFC 92. Mir is still the only man to finish No...