- Randall "Randy" Duane Couture is an American actor, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler
- During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Couture became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner
| Born: | 22 June 1963 Comment | | How old is Randy Couture in 2024? / Age: | 60 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
Randy Couture Net worth 2024 (estimated)
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Who is Randy Couture? / Facts
- Couture is the first of only two fighters to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (along with B.J. Penn)
- Couture has competed in a record 15 title fights
- He holds the most title reigns in the UFC with five
- His last fight with Lyoto Machida marked his 24th fight in the UFC, the fourth largest number of fights in the UFC (Tito Ortiz is first with 27, Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck are tied at second with 25)
- Couture is the fourth member of the UFC Hall of Fame
- He is the only person over the age of 40 to have won a UFC championship fight, having done so four times
- Couture has also been one of the few MMA champions to have recovered a title he had previously lost, and is the only fighter to have achieved it three times (twice at Heavyweight, once at Light Heavyweight)
- 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
- Couture partnered with Bas Rutten to open 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 displayed a variety of skills in boxing and catch wrestling and has submitted four 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
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