Randy Couture

Also Known As: Randy 'The Natural' Couture, Randy Duane Couture, 兰迪·寇图尔

Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Everett, USA

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Birthday: June 22, 1963

Age: 61 years old

Gender: Male

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UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting
UFC 109: Relentless
UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera
The Expendables
No Rules
UFC 74: Respect
UFC 68: The Uprising
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar
UFC 54: Boiling Point
UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2
Clown Motel
UFC 15: Collision Course
UFC 13: The Ultimate Force
UFC 28: High Stakes
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
UFC 34: High Voltage
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
UFC 44: Undisputed
UFC 43: Meltdown
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
UFC 15.5: Ultimate Japan 1
UFC 46: Supernatural
Setup
The Expendables 2
Today You Die
For the Love of Catch
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Once I Was a Champion
Hijacked
The Expendables 3
3 Geezers!
F+
Blowback
Ambushed
MVP
Angle
UFC: Ultimate Submissions 2
The Bell Keeper
Stretch
Phoenix
Dark Angels: The Demon Pit
UFC Best of 2008
Gracie
Outlaw Johnny Black
UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields
Redbelt
Good Kids
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
The Making of The Expendables 3
Nine Legends
I Am Steve McQueen
Banned, Exploited & Blacklisted: The Underground Work of Controversial Filmmaker Shane Ryan
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
Pitfall
Fighter
The Row
UFC Hits: Volume 1
Antidote
The Hard Way
Cradle 2 the Grave
D-Day
Chuck & Tito
Criss Angel Trick'd Up
Final Kill
The Manson Brothers: Midnight Zombie Massacre
Alpha Code
Expend4bles
Big Stan
Chuck Zito: An American Story