Randy Couture’s coach says Machida fight could have been a different story had he been in his corner

Xtreme Couture boxing coach, Gil Martinez has been giving his thoughts on the recent knockout loss of Randy Couture by Lyoto Machida, predicting if he had been in the corner of “The Natural” on the night it would have been a different story.
Speaking via ESPN.com, Martinez said:

“Without sounding too self-involved … I think I could have been a little bit of a difference. In the first round, Randy was working on the game plan that we had. He was executing it 100 percent. In the second round, he made the mistake of standing in front of [Machida]. The whole plan was not to give Lyoto a direct target. Randy is a tremendous athlete and he is extremely coachable. That being said, I think a little reminder of the game plan during that break would have kept him concentrated and moving in the direction that we wanted. I think it would have been a huge difference in the fight.”

Machida put his octagon career back on track after coming up short in his last two fights and potentially put himself back in the mix for a shot at the title should he pick up another sometime soon. Stay tuned to MMABay for more news on when and where he’ll return as we get it.