Randy Couture

By Mike Fagan Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and holds a 21-5 (14 [T]KO/1 SUB) MMA record.  Fighting out of John Hackleman's Pit team in San Luis Obispo, California, Liddell relies on a sprawl-n-brawl style to keep the fight standing where he usually holds a dis...

By James Iannotti The company has or has had successful partnerships with some of the biggest companies in the world, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Cabbage Patch Kids and now the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

By Mark Chalifoux UFC star Rich Franklin is back in action this Saturday at UFC 88 in Atlanta and will be moving up a weight class. Franklin will be facing a fellow Cincinnatian in light heavyweight Matt Hamill. I recently spoke with Franklin... What’s the toughest part of the transition in weight classes?

By Adam Schoonover Now look at Dana White and the Fertitta brothers, with the purchase of Pride,  WEC and I believe Britain’s cage fights, the UFC is slowly grabbing the whole market and with MMA growing all the time it is only natural there will be more then one MMA organization, but who’s to say the UFC won’t o...

By bfowlkes Funny they should mention that, since Dana White reminded us just yesterday that one advantage the UFC has is that it doesn’t have to put up with boxing’s “political bullshit.” It’s all great timing, especially with the return of Couture, who said he first tussled with Zuffa over ancillar...

By Jesse Holland DREAM Entertainment has announced two blockbuster heavyweight fights to supplement the conclusion of its middleweight grand prix at DREAM 6 on September 23 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will air live stateside on HDNet. Former PRIDE superstar and UFC jetsam Mir...

By spikelee2u Las Vegas, NV (USA) – On November 15th, the champ is back. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White today announced that after a year away from the game, UFC® heavyweight champion Randy "The Natural" Couture will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon to defend his title...

By Adam Wagner There were a lot of questions answered during the UFC’s all media conference call today. But perhaps the biggest one was that the Randy Couture / Fedor Emelianenko fight is not going to happen any time soon. First, Randy has to fight Brock Lesnar in November at UFC 91 in Las Vegas. If he gets past...

By Jesse Holland While that might sound like the negotiations between Randy Couture and Dana White, it’s actually dialog from a movie about a martial arts warrior trying to bring down an evil syndicate known as “The Octagon.” “Brock wasn’t the number one contender prior to Randy’s return. Why is he now?”

By Kid Nate Dana White says he doesn't know if Couture is the richest fighter in the UFC. Dana White: over the next year we are going to see some really great heavyweight fights. Dana White: Randy Couture is the guy everyone wants to fight. Fedor is completely irrelevant.

By Michaelthebox If Couture beats Lesnar, this sets up two possible matchups for Randy.  First is the unification match with the winner of Nogueira/Mir.  The second and more interesting matchup is the rumor of a fight with Fedor: The long-rumored heavyweight superfight between UFC champion Randy Coutur...

By Jake Dixon I do want to hopefully educate anyone who thinks that mixed martial arts is going to kill boxing and that's why they have so much resistance to mixed martial arts becoming mainstream.  I just feel that mixed martial arts niche is going to become much more and that scares all of the boxing puri...

By Jesse Holland The debut of EliteXC’s ‘Saturday Night Fights’ on May 31, the first-ever mixed martial arts event to air on network television, was a ratings success thanks largely in part to the mainstream popularity of Kimbo Slice. Which is why October 4, when Slice faces UFC hall-of-famer Ken Shamroc...

By Adam Wagner Dan Henderson: Well, I prefer not to cut weight, and I compete just as well there as I do at 185, so … Dan Henderson: I’m assuming that too. Dan Henderson: I’m not 6’1”. No, I don’t have no idea where the hell that number came from. I’m 5’11”. Dan Henderson: No. Dan Henderson: No, I haven’t.

By Jesse Holland Dave Meltzer is reporting that exiled UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture is not only negotiating a new contract, but that his return could come as early as November at UFC 91 against the albino gorilla known as Brock Lesnar. That means an end to his nine-month legal battle with Zuffa, b...

By ChrisNelson Tito Ortiz was a guest on HDNet's "Inside MMA" last night and confirmed that contract negotiations were still ongoing with several organizations including the UFC, Affliction and EliteXC. Which is a good thing, because his singing career isn't taking off anytime soon.

By Rhett Bateman GSP vs. Fitch Current Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has already beaten him three times, so title contention is not an option for Herring, unless Nogueira falls to someone like Mir or Werdum. Get your MMA, Football and Boxing Prediction Strategies Now!

By stoker dafire No..you don't have to tell me who Randy has lost to Chuck twice, Barnett once, and Belfort but, and this is a big but!!! Randy Couture is one of only two MMA fighters to have held a championship title in two different divisions; heavyweight and light heavyweight! Randy Couture is the only five...

By Mike Barraza Mar. 16, 2003. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was considered the BEST mixed martial artist in the world and was PRIDE's heavyweight champion for the past two years. He had beaten giants like Bob Sapp and Semmy Schilt, and top fighters like Jeremy Horn, Dan Henderson, Heath Herring, and Mark...

By bfowlkes Jackson also said he was not depressed or worried that he had recently lost his UFC light-heavyweight belt in a fight in early July to contender Forrest Griffen. He said he believed he had won that fight and would get the championship back in a big pay-day rematch.

By MMAmania The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) mixed martial arts reality series is often referred to as the single-most important development in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). When the first episode debuted on Spike TV on January 18, 2005, the promotion was in dire straits. It was...

By MMAmania Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will likely return to action at UFC 91 in Portland, Ore., on November 15, according to recent statements attributed to promotion president, Dana White, in a recent Yahoo!Sports.com article.

By Jesse Holland It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world — especially for fans of mixed martial arts. Who could have ever predicted the career of Chuck Liddell would be sandwiched between two contestants from The Ultimate Fighter (TUF)? Yet that’s exactly what’s happened to the former light heavyweight champion...

By bfowlkes So, okay, former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson may have some legal troubles. He may have been charged with two felonies and a couple few misdemeanors resulting from his little driving mishap, and he may even be looking at potential jail time. Big deal. Does that mean...

By Ryan Sarazin The wind was taken out of his sails at the hands of Gray Maynard at Ultimate Fight Night 13.  But Edgar made a huge comeback with a unanimous decision victory over former number one contender Hermes Franca at Ultimate Fight Night 14: Silva vs Irvin.

By bfowlkes The very idea of a Silva-Liddell superfight is probably enough to give Dana White an erection, and for good reason. The pay-per-view numbers on this would likely be record-breaking, and no matter how it goes someone gets a big boost. Liddell, however, is probably a little less enthusiasti...

By Danny Burnham With an overall MMA record of 22-7, Hollywood has racked up wins over some of the best in the business: the aforementioned Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, current UFC Heavyweight Champ Antonio Nogueira, Murilio Rua, Renato Sobral, and Renzo Gracie, whose familiy pioneered the sport...

By Michael Rome With the expansion comes questions. Zaleznik makes no bones about the company modeling its expansion goals after the success of World Wrestling Entertainment, which in its last quarter derived 40 percent of its profits from outside North America.

By bfowlkes It’s not MMA news, but it’s worth mentioning: Sumo wrestling has been rocked by a drug scandal. A totally lame drug scandal. Russian Sumo wrestler (they exist?) Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev was arrested for possessing a third of a gram of weed. According to CNN, it’s “enough to land him in p...

By Mark Chalifoux Tim Sylvia over Fedor Emelianenko by unanimous decision. While technically not the biggest underdog on the card, I imagine Sylvia has little chance of winning in the eyes of most MMA fans. His fights are boring, he pushes people around and then just waits for a decision. Fedor, meanwhile, i...

By Mark Chalifoux Kenny Florian did exactly what people expected him to do against Roger Huerta. He was more experienced and more technical and just a better all-around fighter. I really like Huerta and I hope he can get his contract worked out with the UFC, but Florian was the smarter fighter and the more well...

By Mark Chalifoux MMA STOMPING GROUNDS: What's the game plan for Jon Fitch? ST. PIERRE: When you play cards, you don't want to show your hand. I have a great game plan but I think he's the best fighter that I've fought so far and it's a great challenge for me.

By Mark Chalifoux Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch: A lot of people seem to be buying stock in GSP these days and it’s not without merit. However, we’ve seen him overlook opponents before (well, once). And I think Fitch is the best fighter Rush has faced since B.J. Penn. He does a lot of things well and is great on the gro...

By Jad Semaan Though he holds the interim heavyweight belt, for all intents and purposes, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira may soon be known as the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion. Nogueira became PRIDE’s first heavyweight champion in 2001, and for the next two years was the most feared fig...

By Nick Thomas On Senator McCain’s "human cockfighting" comment and how it helped the UFC: "John McCain created the UFC. All he meant was, you can’t put on illegal fights; you have to be sanctioned by an athletic commission. We agreed." On the death of boxing: "Corruption, fragmentation and greed killed b...

By Jesse Holland Rampage would be victorious in his next six fights following the Rua defeat, including wins over top ten fighters Matt Lindland, Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson. Something fellow PRIDE import Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic never could.

By Jesse smith OK. A lot of people like to bash Dana White and the UFC which it is very easy to do. So I can see the allure. People like to say, "Dana is killing the sport" the UFC is a joke". The UFC has a cable network deal offering the public four TV shows: Wired, Unleashed, The Ultimate Fighter, and UFC Figh...

By Luke Thomas It was very interesting. Mixed martial arts fighting might be over the top, but it's a legitimate sport. There is skill involved. The combatants blend all the best techniques of boxing, wrestling, martial arts and first-degree assault. HT: Yahoo! MMA Experts Blog

By MMAmania UFC President Dana White all but confirmed the blockbuster New Year’s Eve weekend match up between welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and lightweight titlist BJ Penn at the UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” post-fight press conference, putting the wheels in motion for perhaps the bigge...

By bfowlkes Knockout of the Night honors went to Rob Emerson for his quick destruction of Manny Gamburyan, and Demian Maia picked up Submission of the Night for his rear naked choke of Jason MacDonald. (A little left hook action, courtesy of MMA Weekly.) The main event at UFC 87 may have been a methodical...

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By bfowlkes This is so unpredictable you should tread very carefully, but Herring is certainly worth some small action at 2-1 odds. He’s the veteran in this situation and he is, according to Dana White, newly dedicated to his career as a fighter. That’s enough for me, but I’m a reckless son of a bitch.

The top heavyweight fighter (Fedor) isn’t theirs and another top heavyweight (Randy Couture) is in litigation with the UFC to be released from his contract. It doesn’t help that other top 10 heavyweights, like Andrei Arlovski and Sylvia, aren’t among the current UFC HW-division ranks e...

By Kris Karkoski Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko cemented his status as the world’s top heavyweight and one of its best pound-for-pound fighters with a 36-second victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the main event of Affliction “Banned”.

By Mike Trask There was a Ricco Rodriquez sighting in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. The former UFC heavyweight champ participated in a four-round boxing match at the Las Vegas Hilton that resembled something closer to one of those old-school Toughman contests at a rodeo arena in West Virginia.

By bfowlkes It isn’t as if Kim Couture was matched up with someone out of her league. According to Sherdog, that was Kim Rose’s first pro fight, just as it was Couture’s. And it isn’t about the fact that she continued after being hurt, either. This is the argument we make in favor of MMA. Why wouldn’t we make it...

By Michael Rome However, this fight doesn't need animosity to sell, if they spend the next two weeks on the most obvious narrative of all:  The original TUF winner and perrenial underdog against the guy that knocked out Chuck Liddell in the first round.  Pushing Forrest's history and what it has meant for...

By bfowlkes MMA legend Randy Couture finds himself in a strange position these days. An ongoing legal battle with the UFC threatens his future as a fighter, and his affiliation with clothier-turned-MMA promoter Affliction has prompted the UFC to keep him and the “banned brand” off any of their broad...

By John Chandler The UFC has apparently turned down an offer from M-1 Global to do a cross-promotional fight between UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko. The news comes from Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle who has a direct quote from Couture himself:

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GOODMAN: Randy Couture picks his Winners for UFC 79  MN - When asked for his picks for UFC 79, Couture responded, George St. Pierre over Matt Hughes and Wanderlei Silva over Chuck Liddell. ...

Sherdog.com UFC 74 Video: Couture, Gonzaga: Randy Couture Winner In 3 Rounds  - Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Randy Couture - Winner: Randy Couture by TKO. Three rounds is all Couture needed to win the UFC 74 fight against Gonzaga. ... The Natural" Retains Title at UFC 74 Sherdog.com all 3 news articles