Brock Lesnar will face Randy Couture for the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in Las Vegas Saturday.
It would be a classic matchup of youth versus experience. Couture, 45, is the crafty mixed martial arts veteran, the standard-bearer for the sport for more than a decade.
Couture is also a member of the old guard of amateur wrestlers who turned to fighting when doing so offered little money or fame.
At the same time Lesnar, 31, is the up-and-coming star, a former World Wrestling Entertainment fan favorite.
Lesnar is part of a growing trend of amateur wrestlers who hope to make top dollar as professional fighters.
In the 1990s, amateur wrestling standouts like Couture, Mark Coleman, Don Frye, Kevin Randleman and Dan Severn fought their way to U.F.C. titles.
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Lesnar, 31, is the up-and-coming star, a former World Wrestling Entertainment fan favorite.
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