Randy Couture

Randy Couture (2010)

Randy Duane Couture (born June 22, 1963 in Lynnwood , Washington ) is an American martial artist and actor . He is the founder of the MMA training organization Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts and fought 30 fights in the UFC from 1997 to 2011 . His nicknames are The Natural and Captain America .

Martial arts career

Wrestling

Randy Couture started at the junior high school with rings and won during his time at the High School , the Washington State Championship . Upon graduation, he joined the United States Armed Forces , where he served six years. A large part of his service time he worked as a wrestler, for a short time also as a boxer .

After leaving the army, he enrolled at Oklahoma State University , where he continued wrestling. During that time, he became a triple NCAA Division I All-American in the 190-pound weight class of the college championships . In the Greco-Roman style , he took first place in the seniors three times in the American championships. He was also a substitute wrestler for the US Olympic team on several occasions.

Mixed martial arts

He made his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in May 1997 and won his first UFC heavyweight title in December. His next title came in 2000 in a fight against Kevin Randleman . After two defeats in 2002, he moved to the light heavyweight class. After further titles he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2006. After losing to Lyoto Machida on April 30, 2011, Couture retired at the age of 47. His professional martial arts career included 19 wins, seven by knockout and four by submission, and eleven losses.

Couture also coached the first season of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter .

Struggles

result	Balance sheet	opponent	decision	event	date	Round	time	place	Remarks
victory	1–0	Tony Halme	task	UFC 13: The Ultimate Force	May 30, 1997	1	1:00	Augusta , Georgia , USA
victory	2–0	Steven Graham	Technical KO	UFC 13: The Ultimate Force	May 30, 1997	1	3:13	Augusta , Georgia , USA	Winner of the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament
victory	3–0	Vitor Belfort	Technical KO (strikes)	UFC 15: Collision Course	17th October 1997	1	8:17	Bay St. Louis , Mississippi , USA
victory	4-0	Maurice Smith	on points	UFC Ultimate Japan	December 21, 1997	1	21:00	Yokohama , Japan	Won the UFC Heavyweight Championship
defeat	4–1	Enson Inoue	Task (armbar)	Vale Tudo Japan 1998	October 25, 1998	1	1:39	Japan
defeat	4-2	Mikhail Illoukhine	Task (Kimura)	RINGS: Rise 1st	March 20, 1999	1	7:43	Japan
victory	5–2	Jeremy Horn	on points	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block A.	October 9, 2000	3	5:00	Tokyo , Japan
victory	6–2	Ryushi Yanagisawa	on points	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block A.	October 9, 2000	2	5:00	Tokyo , Japan
victory	7-2	Kevin Randleman	Technical KO (strikes)	UFC 28: High Stakes	November 17, 2000	3	4:13	Atlantic City , New Jersey , USA	Won the UFC Heavyweight Championship
victory	8-2	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	on points	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Final	February 24, 2001	2	5:00	Tokyo , Japan
defeat	8-3	Valentijn Overeem	Task (guillotine choke)	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Final	February 24, 2001	1	0:56	Tokyo , Japan
victory	9-3	Pedro Rizzo	on points	UFC 31: Locked and Loaded	May 4, 2001	5	5:00	Atlantic City , New Jersey , USA	Defended the UFC Heavyweight Champion title
victory	10-3	Pedro Rizzo	Technical KO (strikes)	UFC 34: High Voltage	November 2, 2001	3	1:38	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Defended the UFC Heavyweight Champion title
defeat	10-4	Josh Barnett	Technical KO (punches)	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	March 22, 2002	2	4:35	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Lost the title of UFC Heavyweight Champion; Barnett tested positive for steroids.
defeat	10-5	Ricco Rodriguez	Task (strikes)	UFC 39: The Warriors Return	September 27, 2002	5	3:04	Montville , Connecticut , USA	UFC Heavyweight Championship
victory	11-5	Chuck Liddell	Technical KO (punches)	UFC 43: Meltdown	June 6, 2003	3	2:40	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Became Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
victory	12-5	Tito Ortiz	on points	UFC 44: Undisputed	September 26, 2003	5	5:00	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Became UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
defeat	12-6	Vitor Belfort	Technical KO (Cut)	UFC 46: Supernatural	January 31, 2004	1	0:49	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Lost the title of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
victory	13-6	Vitor Belfort	Technical KO (Doctor Stoppage)	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	August 21, 2004	3	5:00	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Victory of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
defeat	13-7	Chuck Liddell	KO (punches)	UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2	April 16, 2005	1	2:06	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Lost the title of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
victory	14-7	Mike Van Arsdale	Task (Anaconda Choke)	UFC 54: Boiling Point	August 20, 2005	3	0:52	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA
defeat	14-8	Chuck Liddell	KO (punch)	UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3	February 4, 2006	2	1:28	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
victory	15-8	Tim Sylvia	on points	UFC 68: The Uprising	March 3, 2007	5	5:00	Columbus , Ohio , USA	UFC Heavyweight Champion
victory	16-8	Gabriel Gonzaga	Technical KO (punches)	UFC 74: Respect	August 25, 2007	3	1:37	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Defended the title of UFC Heavyweight Champion; Fight of the Night
defeat	16-9	Brock Lesnar	Technical KO (punches)	UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar	November 15, 2008	2	3:07	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA	Lost the UFC Heavyweight Championship
defeat	16-10	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	on points	UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira	August 29, 2009	3	5:00	Portland , Oregon , USA	Fight of the Night
victory	17-10	Brandon Vera	on points	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	November 14, 2009	3	5:00	Manchester , UK	Light heavyweight
victory	18-10	Mark Coleman	Task (Rear Naked Choke)	UFC 109: Relentless	February 6, 2010	2	1:09	Las Vegas , Nevada , USA
victory	19-10	James Toney	Task (arm triangle choke)	UFC 118 - Edgar vs. Penn 2	August 28, 2010	1	3:19	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
defeat	19-11	Lyoto Machida	KO (front kick)	UFC 129 - St Pierre vs. Shields	April 30, 2011	2	1:05	Toronto , Ontario , Canada	Announced retirement

actor

As an actor, he had various supporting and leading roles in television series and movies, including Born 2 Die (2003), Today You Die (2005), King of Queens (2006), Big Stan (2007), The Scorpion King 2: Rise One Warrior (2008), Redbelt (2008), The Expendables (2010) and its sequels The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014). Another role was that of secret agent Paul Ross in Hijacked (2012). In the film The Hard Way (2019) he played a corrupt federal agent.

Web links

Commons : Randy Couture  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Randy Couture in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jeremy Wall: UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10 . Toronto 2005.
2. ↑ wrestlinghalloffame.org - Randy Couture ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ultimatefighter.com Retrieved April 8, 2011.
4. ↑ Randy Couture in the database of Sherdog (English)