Randy Duane Couture is an American actor, former US Army sergeant, former mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler.
82 Facts About Randy Couture
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Randy Couture is tied for the record for the most wins in UFC Heavyweight Championship bouts with former UFC Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.
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Randy Couture had the most title reigns in the UFC, with six.
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Randy Couture's last fight with Lyoto Machida marked his 24th fight in the UFC.
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Randy Couture is the fourth member of the UFC Hall of Fame.
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Randy Couture is one of only 2 over the age of 40 to have won a UFC championship fight, having done so four times.
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Randy Couture is one of the few MMA champions to regain a title he had lost, and the only to have done it three times.
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Randy Couture 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.
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Randy Couture partnered with Bas Rutten to open Legends Gym in Hollywood, California.
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Randy 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.
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Randy Couture has displayed a variety of skills in boxing and catch wrestling.
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Randy Couture is the only UFC fighter to win a championship after becoming a Hall-of-Famer and is the oldest champion in MMA history with his title victory over Tim Sylvia at age 43.
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Randy Couture was born in Everett, Washington, the son of Sharan Amelia and Edward Lewis "Ed" Randy Couture.
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Randy Couture wrestled at Alderwood Middle School in Lynnwood, Washington, then moved on to Lynnwood High School, where he won a State Championship during his senior year in wrestling.
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Randy Couture immediately hit a double-leg takedown and, after some ground and pound, moved to back mount and secured a rear naked choke submission to win in under a minute.
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On October 17,1997, at UFC 15, Randy Couture fought Vitor Belfort to determine the number one contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
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Randy Couture was an underdog, as 19-year-old Belfort was the UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament Champion, winning all of his matches with devastating punches.
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Randy Couture clinched again and wore Belfort down with dirty boxing.
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Randy Couture again took him down, and finished him with punches from back mount, for one of the biggest upsets in MMA at the time.
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In 1998, UFC matchmakers wanted Randy Couture to defend the belt against Bas Rutten, former King of Pancrase.
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Randy Couture instead signed with Vale Tudo Japan, and was stripped of the title.
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Randy Couture had his first and only match against Shooto veteran and grappling especialist Enson Inoue.
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Still in Japan, Randy Couture was signed up with Fighting Network RINGS, debuting against Mikhail Illoukhine on March 20,1999, in RINGS.
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Randy Couture submitted to a kimura, though the loss was controversial due to Illoukhine locking the hold while they were being re-positioned on the center of the ring.
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Randy Couture returned to MMA in October 2000, for the RINGS King of Kings Tournament 2000.
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Randy Couture won a unanimous decision over UFC veteran Jeremy Horn in his first fight, and then another over Pancrase veteran Ryushi Yanagisawa.
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Randy Couture was taken down in the first two rounds, but defended well from his back, negating most of Randleman's ground and pound attempts.
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In March 2001, Randy Couture continued in the RINGS King of Kings Tournament 2000 Final.
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won the tournament, and Randy Couture returned to the UFC.
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Randy Couture was stripped of the title and cut from the UFC.
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Randy Couture then faced Ricco Rodriguez for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 39, in late 2002.
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Randy Couture was again the underdog but, after outstriking Liddell for three rounds, took the fight to the ground and won by TKO via strikes from full mount, becoming the first UFC fighter to win titles in two weight classes.
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Randy Couture's glove opened a cut, and Belfort was declared the winner when the cageside doctor advised the fight be stopped.
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Randy Couture dominated all three rounds before winning by doctor stoppage due to a cut, and became a two-time UFC Light heavyweight Champion.
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Randy Couture faced Liddell for the third and final time in a championship match at UFC 57, on February 4,2006.
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Randy Couture was knocked out in the second round and, immediately afterwards, announced his retirement from MMA.
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On June 24,2006, on The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale, Randy Couture became the fourth inductee to the UFC Hall of Fame, joining Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, and Ken Shamrock.
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Randy Couture appeared in the Rob Schneider movie Big Stan, with fellow mixed martial artists Don Frye and Bob Sapp.
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On November 17,2006, Randy Couture fought and drew with Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in a submission wrestling contest.
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Randy Couture was featured in the season two premiere episode of the Spike TV show Pros vs Joes, which aired January 25,2007.
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Randy Couture returned for the finale, where he took part in a football-based round.
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Randy Couture's teammates were Willis, Randall Cunningham, Bruce Smith, Roy Jones Jr.
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On January 11,2007, Randy Couture announced his return from retirement in an interview on the Spike TV magazine show, "Inside the UFC".
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Randy Couture announced he had signed a four-fight, two-year deal with the UFC.
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At the age of 43, Randy Couture defeated Sylvia by unanimous decision to become UFC Heavyweight Champion for a third time.
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Randy Couture controlled the pace of the fight for five rounds, smothering Sylvia with strikes and numerous takedowns.
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At UFC 74 on August 25,2007, Randy Couture successfully defended the title against Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga, defeating him via TKO by strikes.
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Randy Couture suffered a broken left arm when he blocked one of Gonzaga's kicks.
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On October 11,2007, Randy Couture announced he was severing all ties with the UFC, leaving two contracted fights, a position as an on-air analyst and the UFC Heavyweight Championship behind.
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Randy Couture received $250,000 for his comeback fight with Tim Sylvia.
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Randy Couture received a $250,000 purse for defeating Gabriel Gonzaga.
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Randy Couture complained Chuck Liddell was allegedly paid more than he was, despite losing his previous two fights.
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Randy Couture coached Oregon Fighter Musio Chavez for the Inter-collegiate Fight League.
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On October 18,2007, UFC president Dana White said Randy Couture remained the UFC Heavyweight Champion despite his plans to quit, and reiterated he would not release Randy Couture from the final two fights on his contract.
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Randy Couture held a press conference on October 25,2007, where he denied his departure from UFC was a "retirement", set forth his grievances about his pay, and reiterated his belief that he would be free from any contractual obligations to the UFC after nine months.
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On February 28,2008, Judge Jennifer Togliatti handed down the first ruling in the case, issuing a preliminary injunction barring Randy Couture from participating in an IFL event held the following day.
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On November 14,2009, at UFC 105, Randy Couture faced Brandon Vera.
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Vera landed effective strikes and scored a takedown, but Randy Couture won a somewhat controversial unanimous decision.
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Randy Couture fought fellow UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman at UFC 109.
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Randy Couture modified his training for this bout, focusing on catch wrestling and refining his boxing under coach Gil Martinez.
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Randy Couture made Coleman pass out to a rear-naked choke submission in the second round, getting his first submission win in over four years.
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Randy Couture was scheduled to fight Rich Franklin at UFC 115, but Franklin instead fought Chuck Liddell, replacing Liddell's original opponent, Tito Ortiz.
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Randy Couture instead faced three-time boxing world champion James Toney at UFC 118.
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Randy Couture dominated Toney, taking him down and mounting him within seconds, and quickly making him submit to an arm triangle choke.
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Randy Couture had stated he was interested in fighting either Lyoto Machida or Mauricio Rua.
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Randy Couture had stated before the bout it would be his final fight.
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On January 29,2013, Randy Couture signed with Bellator to be a coach in the first season of their reality show, Fight Master: Bellator MMA which debuted in June 2013.
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Randy Couture made a cameo appearance in the direct-to-video Steven Seagal film Today You Die and on the season finale of the CBS show The Unit, as a military guard.
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Randy Couture played fight commentator Terry Flynn in the film Redbelt.
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Randy Couture appeared on an episode of The History Channel show Human Weapon on September 27,2007, and starred in the 2008 film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior.
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Randy Couture played Toll Road in the 2010 movie The Expendables and reprised the role in the 2012 and 2014 sequels.
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Randy Couture did several public service announcements, one against crystal meth.
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Randy Couture starred alongside 50 Cent and Bruce Willis in the 2011 film, Setup, as an enforcer named Petey.
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On September 4,2014, it was announced that Randy Couture would be one of the celebrities competing on the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Randy Couture has appeared in 4 episodes of the TV series Hawaii Five-0 as Jason Duclair.
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Randy Couture appeared on Impractical Jokers as a guest during Sal Vulcano's punishment in the episode "Pantsing with the Stars".
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In 2019, Randy Couture starred alongside Luke Goss and Michael Jai White in the movie The Hard Way which was among the most popular watched movies on Netflix.
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In July, 2019, Randy Couture appeared on an episode of the Outdoor Channel show Gunnytime entitled "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work".
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Randy Couture was previously married to Sharon, Tricia, and Kim Randy Couture.
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Randy Couture continued to coach her and support her MMA career.
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In 2012 Randy Couture was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame presented by sports legend Dr Robert M Goldman.
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On October 23,2019, Randy Couture suffered a heart attack after training and walked himself to a nearby hospital.