wrestling updated children nationality birth_date mma_decwin residence sherdog mma_decloss university mma_subloss other_names team rank mma_kowin image school name occupation caption mma_subwin weight_lb years_active birth_place url height relatives partner mma_koloss reach_in weight_class fighting_out_of article_title birth_name style
ncaa division i wrestling olympic alternate greco-roman wrestling august 28 , 2010 3 american 22 june 1963 8 las vegas , nevada 166 1 oklahoma state university 4 the natural , the handy , captain america raw 1999 -- 2006 -rrb- xtreme couture -lrb- 2006 -- 2011 -lrb- -rrb- 1997 -- 1999 -rrb- team quest -lrb- black belt in neil melanson 's submission wrestling system 7 randy couture by gage skidmore.jpg lynnwood high school randy couture ufc spokesman , actor couture 2010 at the san diego comic-con international , july 4 205 1997 -- 2011 -lrb- mma -rrb- everett , washington www.randycouture.tv 1.84 1 ryan couture -lrb- son -rrb- mindy robinson 6 75 light heavyweight heavyweight roseburg , oregon randy couture
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randy couture

randy duane couture -lrb- ; born june 22 , 1963 -rrb- is an american actor , retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and greco-roman wrestler .
during his tenures in the ultimate fighting championship -lrb- ufc -rrb- , 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 .
couture is the first of only two fighters to hold two ufc championship titles in two different divisions -lrb- along with b.j. penn -rrb- .
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 third largest number of fights in the ufc -lrb- tito ortiz is first with 27 , matt hughes and josh koscheck are tied at second with 25 -rrb- .
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 -lrb- twice at heavyweight , once at light heavyweight -rrb- .
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 .
