SB Nation exclusive interview with Randy 'The Natural' Couture

I got a pretty cool opportunity to talk with Randy Couture yesterday while he was doing some press in New York.  I'm no Opie and Anthony, but we here at SB Nation and WKR are working to bring you the compelling content you so deserve. Randy tells us about his upcoming bout with James Toney, his thoughts on Brock Lesnar, whether or not he'd ever fight Anderson Silva, and his upcoming role in 'The Expendables.'

Since Fedor has essentially been dethroned, and you've gone up against Brock Lesnar and trained with him over at Death Clutch with Marty Morgan, do you think he's the legitimate number 1. heavyweight right now?

I think he probably is, yea. I think the level of competition he's been competing against lately is certainly some of the best in the world. He's taken on some pretty substantial challenges, and I think that puts him at the top of the heap right now. He's progressing each and every time he gets in there, and he showed more progress this last time with Carwin, managing to survive that first round. He did something no one would have thought he'd have ever done by submitting him.

I've only been up at Death Clutch for about 5-6 days during his Carwin camp, and it's a very interesting place. He's got a great camp and he's done a great job up there. Brock's got a lot of big guys, and it's really something to see that many 6'5, 265lb plus guys in the same place. It's a very peaceful, focused, and interesting place to train. I liked it. Whether I go back up there or whether he comes to train at my gym in Vegas is yet to be seen, we'll see what happens.

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