Randy Couture

Randy Couture

Date of Birth:

Jun 22, 1963

Place of Birth:

Everett, USA

Randy Duane Couture ( born June 22, 1963) is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion and a two-time light-heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Couture is the first fighter to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (heavyweight and light heavyweight). Couture has competed in a record 15 title fights. He also holds the most title reigns in the UFC with five. His last fight with Lyoto Machida put him in a tie with Matt Hughes in having the highest number of fights in the UFC at 24. Couture is one of the first members of the UFC Hall of Fame and many consider him to be one of the greatest in MMA history. Couture is currently ranked as the #10 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by Yahoo! Sports. Couture was an Olympic wrestling alternate and has lived in Corvallis, Oregon, throughout much of his career, where he served as an assistant wrestling coach and a strength and conditioning coach for Oregon State University. He established Team Quest with Matt Lindland and Dan Henderson, a training camp for fighters, based out of Gresham, Oregon, and headed by coach Robert Folis. In 2005, Couture moved to Las Vegas, where he opened his own extensive chain of gyms under the name Xtreme Couture. He currently trains at his Las Vegas-based gym. Couture also partnered with Bas Rutten in the opening of Legends Gym in Hollywood, California. Couture is generally recognized as a clinch and ground-and-pound fighter who uses his wrestling ability to execute take downs, establish top position and successively strike the opponent on the bottom. Couture has also displayed a variety of skills in Boxing, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; submitting three opponents using different chokeholds. Couture is the only athlete in UFC history to win a championship after becoming a Hall of Fame member and is the oldest title holder ever (in the UFC and MMA). Along with Chuck Liddell, Couture is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts into the mainstream of American sports and pop culture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Couture, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Gracie Gracie

1970

Redbelt Redbelt

2008

Good Kids Good Kids

2016

Angle Angle

2023

MVP MVP

2022

Ambushed Ambushed

2013

Phoenix Phoenix

2023

Stretch Stretch

2014

Final Kill Final Kill

2020

Alpha Code Alpha Code

2020

Big Stan Big Stan

2007

D-Day D-Day

2019

Fighter Fighter

1970

Pitfall Pitfall

1970

The Row The Row

2018

Antidote Antidote

2018

Blowback Blowback

2022

F+ F+

2024

No Rules No Rules

2005

Hijacked Hijacked

2012

3 Geezers! 3 Geezers!

2013

Setup Setup

2011

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