Randy "Natural" Duane Couture (born June 22, 1963) is an American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, and former collegiate wrestler. Couture is one of only two MMA fighters to have held a championship title in two different divisions (heavyweight and light heavyweight) while in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) (the other one being BJ Penn), as well as the only five-time champion in UFC history, earning him the nicknames "The Natural" and, later, "Captain America". He is considered by many to be the most popular fighter in MMA history, and is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame. Couture has been an Olympic wrestler alternate, and 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 chain of gyms under the name Xtreme Couture, with additional locations in Vancouver, Washington; Wellington, Florida; Lombard, Illinois; and most recently Independence, Missouri. He currently trains at his Las Vegas-based gym. Couture has also partnered with Bas Rutten in the opening of Legends Gym, located in Hollywood, California. Couture is generally recognized as a clinch and ground-and-pound fighter, utilizing 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, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submitting two opponents using different chokeholds. He holds notable wins over Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort , Pedro Rizzo (twice), Kevin Randleman, Jeremy Horn, Maurice Smith, Gabriel Gonzaga and Tim Sylvia. He is also the only athlete in UFC history to win a championship after becoming a Hall of Fame member. (more)
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Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts:
Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts is a mixed martial arts training organization headed by UFC Champion and former co-founder of Team Quest Randy Couture. Xtreme Couture includes MMA training facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lombard, Illinois, San Die
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Chuck Liddell:
Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17, 1969), also known as "The Iceman" is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A former UFC light heavyweight champion, Liddell has an extensive background in
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B. J. Penn:
Jay Dee "B.J." Penn (born December 13,1978 in Kailua, Hawaii) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who is currently the Ultimate Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion. Penn is known fo
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Kevin Randleman:
Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (born August 10, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Randleman's background is in Collegiate wrestling. Wrestling at 177 pounds, Randleman was a two time Division I NCAA Champion for The Oh
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Gabriel Gonzaga:
Gabriel "Napão" Gonzaga (born May 18, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), is a professional mixed martial arts fighter currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Wander Braga, is
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Team Quest:
Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp with two facilities, one located in Gresham, Oregon and the other in Murrieta, California. The Oregon facility is headed by Team Quest President and head coach, Robert Follis. Notable fighters that tra
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Ultimate Fighting Championship:
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquarted in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC began a
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Corvallis, Oregon:
Corvallis ( ) is a city located in central western Oregon, USA. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the "Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Benton County. As of July 1 2006, the cit
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Gresham, Oregon:
Gresham ( ) is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States immediately east of Portland. It was named for the American Civil War general, and the city's first Postmaster General, Walter Quinton Gresham. The population was 90,205 at the
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Tito Ortiz:
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (born January 23, 1975) is a Mexican American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter from Huntington Beach, California. As the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion from April 14, 2000 to Septem
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Jeremy Horn:
Jeremy Graham Horn (born August 25, 1975 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a mixed martial arts fighter. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88-18-5.http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=2
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Vitor Belfort:
Vitor Vieira Belfort (born April 1, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has fought both in Japan and the United States. The majority of his bouts have taken place in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and he is the
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Tim Sylvia:
Timothy Deane Sylvia (born March 5 1976) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion and holds a professional record of 24 wins and 4 losses. He trains as a
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Matt Lindland:
Matthew James "The Law" Lindland (born May 17 1970) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Olympic wrestler, and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, district 52 s
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Bas Rutten:
Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (born February 24, 1965) is a Dutch mixed martial arts fighter and color commentator. He was a three time King of Pancrase, former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion, and is a certified MTBN Thai Boxing instru
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Maurice Smith:
Maurice "Mo" Smith (born December 13, 1961) is an American professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion. He holds notable wins in MMA over Mark Coleman, David "Tank" Abbott and Marco Ruas
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Pedro Rizzo:
Pedro Augusto "The Rock" Rizzo (born May 3, 1974) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter and professional kickboxer. He has a professional MMA record of 16-7-0 as of September 1, 2007. Rizzo is considered to be an excellent striker among MMA athle
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UFC 39:
UFC 39: The Warriors Return was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 27, 2002, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was broadcast live on pay per view in the United States, and w
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UFC 49:
UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later rele
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UFC 34:
UFC 34: High Voltage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on November 2, 2001. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and la
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Josh Barnett:
Joshua L. 'Josh' Barnett (born November 10, 1977, in Seattle, Washington) is an American heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter and a professional wrestler. He has an MMA record of 22-5-0 as of July 2008. He holds notable wins over Antonio Rodrigo No
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UFC 70:
UFC 70: Nations Collide was a mixed martial arts event that was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England. UFC 70 was the second UFC event
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The Fight Network:
The Fight Network (TFN) is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel devoted to airing programming related to wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and other combatant styles. Along with airing live fighting events thems
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UFC 74:
UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a UFC heavyweight championship b
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UFC 68:
UFC 68: The Uprising was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2007 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. UFC 68 was the first UFC event held in the state of Ohio, and coincided with the 2007 Arnold Sp
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UFC 57:
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the U
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UFC 46:
UFC 46: Supernatural was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later
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Valentijn Overeem:
Valentijn Overeem (born August 17, 1976 in Amersfoort, Netherlands) is a Dutch mixed martial artist. He has competed for PRIDE Fighting Championship and RINGS. He holds notable wins over Renato Sobral and Randy Couture, both by submission. Valentijn
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UFC 43:
UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DV
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UFC 44:
UFC 44: Undisputed was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the Un
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UFC 31:
UFC 31: Locked and Loaded was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey on May 4, 2001. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released
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UFC 28:
UFC 28: High Stakes was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2000 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC 28 marked the first UFC event to be sanctioned by the New Jersey State Athleti
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UFC 52:
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 16, 2005, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, an
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UFC 36:
UFC 36: Worlds Collide was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on March 22, 2002. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and la
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UFC 15:
UFC 15: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 17, 1997, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video. UFC
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UFC 13:
UFC 13: Ultimate Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 30, 1997 in Augusta, Georgia. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video. UFC 13 featured two
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