name | UFC 15: Collision Course |
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promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
date | October 17, 1997 |
venue | Casino Magic Bay St. Louis |
city | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA |
previousevent | UFC 14: Showdown |
followingevent | UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan 1 }} |
''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 15 featured a Superfight between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort, a Heavyweight Tournament, and two alternate bouts. The show also marked the last event to feature Bruce Baumgartner, who had been the main play-by-play announcer starting with UFC 4. He was replaced by Mike Goldberg in UFC 16, who still does the announcing today. This was the first Pay-per-view UFC event to feature a second referee, Joe Hamilton, who handled the less significant matches while "Big" John still handled all the title and championship matches.
''Collision Course'' marked a major change in the UFC's rules, with limitations set on permissible striking areas. Headbutts, groin strikes, strikes to the back of the neck & head, kicks to a downed opponent, small joint manipulation, pressure point strikes, and hair pulling all became officially illegal.
Heavyweight Tournament Alternate bout: Dwayne Cason vs. Houston Dorr :Cason defeated Dorr via TKO at 3:42.
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals: Mark Kerr vs. Greg Stott :Kerr defeated Stott via KO (knee) at 0:19.
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals: Dave Beneteau vs. Carlos Barreto :Beneteau defeated Barreto via decision at 15:00. Due to fatigue, Beneteau was unable to continue in the tournament.
Heavyweight Superfight: Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort :Couture defeated Belfort via TKO (punches) at 8:17.
Heavyweight Finals: Mark Kerr vs. Dwayne Cason :Kerr defeated Cason via submission (rear naked choke) at 0:54 to win the UFC 15 Heavyweight Tournament. Cason replaced Dave Beneteau who could not continue due to fatigue.
Heavyweight Championship bout: Maurice Smith (c) vs. Tank Abbott :Smith defeated Abbott via submission (strikes) at 8:08 to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Category:UFC events Category:1997 in mixed martial arts Category:Mixed martial arts in the United States Category:Sports in Mississippi Category:1997 in Mississippi
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name | Randy Couture |
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birth name | Randy Duane Couture |
birth date | June 22, 1963 |
birth place | Everett, Washington, United States |
other names | The Natural, Captain America |
nationality | American |
height | |
weight lb | 205 |
weight class | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
reach in | 75 |
style | Greco-Roman Wrestling, Boxing, Muay Thai, Catch Wrestling, |
stance | Orthodox |
fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada |
team | RAW (1997–1999)Team Quest (1999–2006)Xtreme Couture (2006–2011) |
rank | NCAA Division I Wrestling Olympic Alternate Greco-Roman Wrestling Black belt in Neil Melanson's Submission wrestling System |
years active | 1997–2011 (MMA) |
mma kowin | 7 |
mma subwin | 4 |
mma decwin | 8 |
mma koloss | 6 |
mma subloss | 4 |
mma decloss | 1 |
occupation | UFC Spokesman, Actor |
university | Oklahoma State University |
children | 3 |
relatives | Ryan Couture, ''son'' Kim Couture, ''ex-wife'' |
school | Lynnwood High School |
url | http://www.randycouture.tv/ |
sherdog | 166 |
updated | August 28, 2010 }} |
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. He currently trains at his Las Vegas-based gym. Couture partnered with Bas Rutten in the opening of 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 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; submitting three 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). Along with Chuck Liddell, Couture is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts into the mainstream of American sports and pop culture. He holds notable victories over such fighters as Maurice Smith, Vitor Belfort (2x), Jeremy Horn, Kevin Randleman, Pedro Rizzo (2x), Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia, Gabriel Gonzaga and Mark Coleman.
Upon discharge, he became a three-time Olympic team alternate (1988, 1992 and 1996), a semifinalist at the 2000 Olympic Trials, a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division-I All-American and a two-time NCAA Division-I runner-up at Oklahoma State University. In 1992, he was the Division-I runner up at 190 pounds, coming in second after Mark Kerr. Couture was settling into life as a wrestling coach, until he saw a video of a UFC event and decided to pursue a career in mixed martial arts.
His next UFC appearance was on October 17, 1997, at UFC 15. He fought Vitor Belfort to determine the number 1 challenger of the Heavyweight belt. Couture was a massive underdog in that fight, as the 19-year-old Belfort was the UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament winner, winning all of his matches via devastating knockouts. At that time, Belfort seemed to represent the future of MMA, as he was not only a Carlson Gracie blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but had extremely fast hands and punching power, and was even scheduled to compete for the Olympic trials in boxing for Brazil.
Couture put on a display that began to earn him the reputation of a master strategist in the sport. After circling away from Belfort's powerful left hand, Couture got the clinch, but was unable to score a takedown. The fighters broke up, and when Belfort attempted a flurry of punches, Couture changed levels and took the fight to the ground. He immediately gained side control and landed strikes, and as Vitor scrambled to his feet, he scored with knee strikes. Back on the feet, Randy clinched again and wore Belfort out with dirty boxing. Around the 7-minute mark, Vitor was exhausted. Couture yet again took the fight to the ground, and finished with punches from back mount in what was one of the biggest upsets in early MMA history.
His next fight took place on December 21, 1997, at UFC Japan. He fought the then Heavyweight champion, Maurice Smith, who was making his second title defense after winning the belt from Mark Coleman earlier that year. In a slow-paced, calculated fight, neither fighter was able to damage the other, but Couture scored several takedowns and had the positional control throughout the fight. After 21 minutes, he won a majority decision and became the new UFC heavyweight champion.
In 1998, the UFC wanted Couture to defend his belt against Bas Rutten, former King of Pancrase. Randy instead signed with Vale Tudo Japan and was stripped of the heavyweight belt. In Japan, he was matched up against Enson Inoue. After taking the fight to the ground, he was forced to tap out to an armbar just more than 90 seconds into the first round. His next fight was on March 20, 1999, for the Japanese Rings promotion. There he suffered a very controversial loss to Mikhail Illoukhine via Kimura, one which many fans blamed on a mistake by the referee. After that loss, Couture took a break from MMA to focus on his amateur wrestling career, with the 2000 Summer Olympics in sight.
He returned to MMA in October 2000 for the Rings King of Kings 2000 Tournament, where he defeated UFC veteran Jeremy Horn by unanimous decision in his first fight and defeated Pancrase veteran Ryushi Yanagisawa, by unanimous decision, in the second fight. These two wins qualified him for the finals of the tournament, which would take place in early 2001. Before that, he was offered a shot at the UFC heavyweight title against Kevin Randleman on Nov. 17, 2000. Couture was taken down in the first two rounds, but he showed very good defense from his back, frustrating most of Kevin's ground and pound attempts. In the third round, he tripped Randleman to the mat and landed several strikes from the full mount, winning by referee stoppage. Couture had won the UFC heavyweight belt for the second time.
In March 2001, he fought for the finals of the Rings King of Kings 2000 tournament. After dominating UFC veteran Tsuyoshi Kohsaka in the first fight, he fought the semifinals against Valentijn Overeem, and was caught in a guillotine choke early in the fight. The tournament was eventually won by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Couture went back to the UFC after that.
His first title defense was against Brazilian kickboxer Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31. This was the first UFC event under the Zuffa management, with Dana White as the new president. In one of the best and most brutal fights in MMA history, both fighters inflicted a lot of damage on each other. After five 5-minute rounds, Couture was declared the winner by unanimous decision, which generated a lot of controversy as many fans felt Rizzo had won the fight. This prompted the UFC to set up an immediate rematch between the two, which took place at UFC 34, in November 2001. This time, Couture did not have many problems, as he had adjusted to Rizzo's style and won a TKO stoppage in the third round. His third title defense was in March 2002, against up-and-comer Josh Barnett. In the second round, Josh got on top of Couture and landed several strikes, winning by TKO. After the fight, it was revealed that Josh had tested positive for anabolic steroids; he was subsequently stripped of his title and left the UFC. Couture was then matched up against Ricco Rodriguez for the vacant UFC heavyweight belt at UFC 39, in late 2002. After dominating the first three rounds, the 39-year-old Couture began to show signs of fatigue. In the fifth round, Ricco took him down and landed an elbow strike to the eye, breaking Couture's orbital bone, forcing him to submit. This fight marked the first time a UFC fight was ended via KO, TKO or submission in the fifth round.
After his two consecutive losses in the heavyweight division to larger opponents, Couture moved down a weight class to fight at 205 lbs in the UFC's light heavyweight division. In his light heavyweight debut, Couture took on long-time number one contender Chuck Liddell for the interim light heavyweight championship. Couture was again the underdog, but after outstriking Chuck for three rounds, he took the fight to the ground, winning by TKO via strikes from the mount position. Couture became the only UFC competitor to win championship titles in two weight classes, earning Couture his nickname "Captain America". His next match was billed as a "Champion vs. Champion" fight in order to settle who was the rightful, undisputed champion of the division. Couture faced the five-time defending champion Tito Ortiz for the undisputed light heavyweight title. Couture won a unanimous decision and became the undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion at age 40.
Couture's first title defense at Light Heavyweight was against Vitor Belfort, whom he had defeated in 1997 at UFC 15. In the first round, as Couture closed the distance to attempt a clinch, Belfort threw a left hook that grazed his right eye. A piece of Belfort's glove caused serious damage, and Vitor was declared the winner by medical stoppage. The rematch took place later that year, with Randy dominating all 3 rounds before winning by medical stoppage due to a cut. This made him a 2-time Light Heavyweight champion, as well as 2-time Heavyweight champion.
On April 16, 2005, Couture lost his title and suffered the first knockout loss of his career in a rematch with Chuck Liddell. Couture came back in August with a win over Mike Van Arsdale to re-establish himself as a top contender. He faced Liddell again for the third and final time in a championship match on February 4, 2006, at ''UFC 57''. He did not succeed, falling to a second round knockout. Immediately after the match, he announced his retirement from the sport.
On June 24, 2006, during The Ultimate Fighter 3 finale, which was broadcast live on Spike TV, Couture became the fourth fighter to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, joining Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, and Ken Shamrock.
On Nov. 17, 2006, Couture decided to compete athletically again, facing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in a submission wrestling match. The bout ended in a draw.
Couture was featured on season two of Spike TV's reality show "Pros vs. Joes," which premiered on January 25, 2007. His teammates on the episode were Michael Irvin, Kevin Willis, and José Canseco. He returned for the finale, where he even took part in a football based round. His teammates were Willis, Randall Cunningham, Bruce Smith, Roy Jones Jr. and Tim Hardaway. Couture had a brief cameo appearance on the season finale of the CBS show The Unit as a military guard and on the film Redbelt as fight commentator, Terry Flynn. Couture appeared on an episode of The History Channel's "Human Weapon" on September 27, 2007, and starred in the 2008 film, "The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior." In 2010, Couture starred in the action movie, ''The Expendables'' as Toll Road and is reprising the part in the film's sequel.
At the age of 43, Couture defeated then-champion Tim Sylvia at UFC 68 by unanimous decision to claim his third UFC heavyweight title. Couture's first punch, at :08 of the first round, sent the (2.03 m) Sylvia reeling to the mat. Couture controlled the pace of the fight for five rounds, smothering Sylvia with effective striking and numerous takedowns. All three judges' scored the bout 50–45 for Couture, making him the first fighter in UFC history to become a three-time champion.
On August 25, 2007, at UFC 74 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Couture defended his title against Gabriel Gonzaga, who previously defeated Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at ''UFC 70'' to become the number one contender. In the fight, Couture defeated Gonzaga by TKO (strikes) to retain the title. Couture suffered a broken left arm from blocking one of Gonzaga's kicks during the course of the fight. The kick cleanly separated the ulna bone. The injury placed the UFC heavyweight champion's arm in a splint for six weeks.
UFC president Dana White said on October 18, 2007, that Couture remains the promotion's heavyweight champion despite his announced plans to quit. White reiterated he would not release Couture from the final two fights on his UFC contract. Couture held a press conference on October 25, 2007, in which he denied his leaving of the UFC was a "retirement", set forth his grievances over the pay he received for his fights against Tim Sylvia and Gabriel Gonzaga, and reiterated his belief that he would be free from any contractual obligations to the UFC after nine months. On October 30, 2007, White and UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta held another press conference. There White reiterated the UFC's position that Couture remains the promotion's heavyweight champion despite his tendered resignation, and that Couture would remain obligated under his UFC contract well beyond nine months. White released documents at the press conference to refute Couture's claims about the pay he received. Sherdog.com analyzed language reportedly found in the UFC's standard contracts relating to fighter retirement which Sherdog believes clarifies the dispute over Couture's contractual status.
In another chapter to the Couture/UFC saga, White and Randy Couture met and had a "good" conversation at UFC 78. However, White met with Couture during the Thanksgiving holiday to discuss a possible return to the Octagon, where Couture said he had no desire to return to the UFC at that time.
Cornering some of his fighters from Xtreme Couture at HDNet Fights on December 15, 2007, in Dallas, Texas, Couture answered questions about Fedor, stating that he would like to fight him in October once his employment contract with the UFC has expired, if the UFC cannot come to some kind of co-promotion agreement with M-1 Global before that time.
On January 15, 2008, Zuffa—the UFC's parent company—filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court in Nevada, citing breach of contract and irreparable damage. Zuffa is seeking over $10,000 in damages. This suit concerns only Couture's employment contract and not his promotional contract. On February 28, 2008, Judge Jennifer Togliatti handed down the first ruling in the case of Zuffa v. Randy Couture, issuing a preliminary injunction barring Couture's participation in an IFL event to be held the following day.
On August 2, 2008, a Texas appeals court granted Zuffa LLC's request for a stay against a motion for a declaratory judgment in a suit filed by HDNet regarding Randy Couture's contractual status with the UFC. The stay effectively ends the dispute in the state of Texas and Zuffa will be allowed to move forward with the Nevada suit.
Couture has said he still wants to fight former PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, but has since been unable to, due to UFC contract issues.
Couture has said he would drop weight to fight former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida if that is what the UFC wants.
On February 26, 2009, it was reported that Couture had agreed to a bout with former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon. In that fight, on August 29, 2009, Couture lost a relatively one-sided bout via unanimous decision. After the bout, Couture stated he felt like he was in the best shape of his life, and that he will wait and see what the UFC has in store for him in the future. The fight received the "Fight of the Night" award.
On November 14, 2009, at UFC 105, Couture fought Brandon Vera in a somewhat uneventful fight. Although Vera landed effective strikes and scored a knockdown, Couture would win the bout via unanimous decision. Whilst the outcome sparked controversy amongst some fans, the victory marked his first at Light Heavyweight since his loss to Chuck Liddell in 2006. At age 46, Couture became the oldest fighter to ever win a fight in the UFC. Couture fought fellow Hall of Famer Mark Coleman at UFC 109. The bout marked the first time that UFC Hall of Famers fought against each other in the Octagon. The pair were scheduled to meet at UFC 17 in 1998, but a Couture injury forced the cancellation of the bout. The legendary pair wrestled one another in a freestyle match at the 1989 Olympic Festival at Oklahoma State where Coleman won the match by one point. Couture modified his training for this bout focusing on catch wrestling and refining his boxing under coach Gil Martinez. This fight marked the oldest combined age of fighters to go head to head in the UFC. The fight took place at UFC 109: Relentless. Couture defeated Coleman via technical submission (rear naked choke) in the second round, which marked the first time in over 4 years that Couture had won via submission.
A bout between Couture and Rich Franklin was reported to take place at UFC 115, but Franklin instead fought Chuck Liddell. Dana White later confirmed that multiple time boxing world champion James Toney would fight Couture at UFC 118. Couture dominated the fight, taking down and mounting Toney within seconds of the start of the fight and soon after submitted Toney with an arm triangle choke making his third victory in a row after Vera and Coleman and his fifth win out of his last seven UFC fights.
Couture had stated that he was interested in a fight with either Lyoto Machida or Maurício Rua in a non-title bout.
The UFC decided to pair him up with Machida. The two fought on April 30, 2011, at UFC 129 before 55,000 fans in Toronto. Couture had stated that this will be his final mixed martial arts fight. Couture lost the fight in the second round via a Crane Kick knockout.
After the fight with Machida, Couture announced that he was "finally done fighting" at the age of 47.
|- | Win |align=center| 19–10 | James Toney | Submission (arm triangle choke) | UFC 118 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:19 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 18–10 | Mark Coleman | Technical Submission (rear naked choke) | UFC 109 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:09 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 17–10 | Brandon Vera | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 105 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Manchester, England | |- | Loss |align=center| 16–10 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 102 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 16–9 | Brock Lesnar | TKO (punches) | UFC 91 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 3:07 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 16–8 | Gabriel Gonzaga | TKO (punches) | UFC 74 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 1:37 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 15–8 | Tim Sylvia | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 68 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 5:00 | Columbus, Ohio, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 14–8 | Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | UFC 57 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:28 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 14–7 | Mike Van Arsdale | Submission (anaconda choke) | UFC 54 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 0:52 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 13–7 | Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | UFC 52 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:06 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 13–6 | Vitor Belfort | TKO (doctor stoppage) | UFC 49 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 12–6 | Vitor Belfort | TKO (cut) | UFC 46 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:49 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 12–5 | Tito Ortiz | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 44 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 11–5 | Chuck Liddell | TKO (punches) | UFC 43 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 2:40 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 10–5 | Ricco Rodriguez | Submission (elbow) | UFC 39 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 3:04 | Uncasville, Connecticut | |- | Loss |align=center| 10–4 | Josh Barnett | TKO (punches) | UFC 36 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4:35 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 10–3 | Pedro Rizzo | TKO (strikes) | UFC 34 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 1:38 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 9–3 | Pedro Rizzo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 31 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 5:00 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 8–3 | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (guillotine choke) | RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Final | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:56 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 8–2 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | Decision (unanimous) | RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Final | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 7–2 | Kevin Randleman | TKO (strikes) | UFC 28 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 4:13 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 6–2 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision (majority) | RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block A | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 5–2 | Jeremy Horn | Decision (unanimous) | RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block A | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss |align=center| 4–2 | Mikhail Illoukhine | Submission (kimura) | RINGS: Rise 1st | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 7:43 | Japan | |- | Loss |align=center| 4–1 | Enson Inoue | Submission (armbar) | Vale Tudo Japan 1998 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:39 | Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 4–0 | Maurice Smith | Decision (majority) | UFC Japan | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 21:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 3–0 | Vitor Belfort | TKO (strikes) | UFC 15 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 8:17 | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 2–0 | Steven Graham | TKO (strikes) | UFC 13 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:13 | Augusta, Georgia, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 1–0 | Tony Halme | Submission (rear naked choke) | UFC 13 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:00 | Augusta, Georgia, United States |
Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes | |||
2003 | ''Cradle 2 the Grave'' | Fighter #8 | |
2005 | ''No Rules (film)No Rules'' || | Mason | Film |
2005 | ''Today You Die''| | Vincent's Bodyguard | Direct-to-Video |
2005 | ''Beyond The Glory''| | Himself | TV Series Documentary (Episode: "The Ultimate Fighting Championship") |
2005 | ''Fighter''| | Himself | Film Documentary |
2005 | ''The Ultimate Fighter''| | Himself (Team Captain) | TV Series |
2006 | ''The King of Queens''| | Priority Plus Driver | TV Series (Episode: "Fight Schlub") |
2006 | ''Invincible (2006 film)Invincible'' || | 'Toruci' Player #1 | Major Film |
2007 | ''The Unit''| | Sgt. Strickland | TV Series (Episodes: "M.P.'s", "Paradise Lost") |
2007 | ''Human Weapon''| | Himself | TV Series (Episode: "Mixed Martial Arts") |
2007 | ''Fight Science''| | Himself | TV Series |
2007 | ''Big Stan''| | Carnahan | Major Film |
2008 | ''Redbelt''| | Dylan Flynn | Major Film |
2008 | ''The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior''| | Sargon | Direct-to-Video |
2008 | ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''| | Cmdr. Warren Fuller | Video Game |
2009 | ''How Bruce Lee Changed The World''| | Himself | TV Documentary |
2010 | ''The Expendables (2010 film)The Expendables'' || | Toll Road | Major Film |
2011 | ''Once I Was a Champion''| | Himself | Film Documentary (post-production) |
2011 | ''Geezers!''| | Randy | Major Film (post-production) |
2011 | ''Setup''| | Petey | Major Film (post-production) |
2012 | ''The Expendables II''| | Toll Road | Major Film (announced) |
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name | Vitor Belfort |
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other names | The Phenom |
birth name | Vitor Vieira Belfort |
birth date | April 01, 1977 |
birth place | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
nationality | Brazilian |
height ft | 6 |
height in | 0 |
weight lb | 185 |
weight class | Middleweight (2008–present) Light Heavyweight (1998-2007) Heavyweight (1996-1997) |
reach in | 74 |
style | Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Shotokan Karate |
stance | Southpaw |
fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
team | Team Vitor Belfort TapouT Training Center Xtreme Couture |
rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt in Judo Blue belt in Shotokan |
years active | 1996–present (MMA) |
box win | 1 |
box kowin | 1 |
mma win | 20 |
mma kowin | 14 |
mma subwin | 2 |
mma decwin | 4 |
mma loss | 9 |
mma koloss | 3 |
mma subloss | 1 |
mma decloss | 5 |
spouse | Joana Prado |
url | http://www.vitorbelfort.com/ |
boxrec | 352247 |
sherdog | 156 |
updated | February 5, 2011 }} |
Vítor Vieira Belfort (; born April 1, 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in the middleweight division. He holds notable victories over Randy Couture, Rich Franklin, Wanderlei Silva, and Yoshihiro Akiyama and is ranked the #9 middleweight in the world.
In 1997 Belfort fought against American Greco-Roman wrestler Randy Couture, the first of three fights they would have. Belfort was upset by TKO 8:16 into the match, his boxing skills negated by Couture's clinch fighting.
After this defeat, he would fight twice more in the UFC. The first of these fights was against a training partner of his, Joe Charles, who he defeated quickly via armbar without throwing a single punch. A year later, Belfort faced rising Brazilian star and future Pride Middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva. Catching Silva early with a left cross, Belfort chased him across the cage with a flurry of punches, TKOing Silva in just 44 seconds.
He fought five more times in Pride against Gilbert Yvel, Daijiro Matsui, Bobby Southworth, Yoshiki Takahashi, and Heath Herring. For these matches Belfort used his stand-up striking skills less and instead controlled the fights and won by ground-and-pound tactics, with the exception of his fights with Southworth and Takahashi, which he won via rear naked choke and knockout in the first round respectively.
His next fight was on January 31, 2004, a rematch with Randy Couture for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Despite agonizing over his sister Priscila Belfort, who disappeared on January 9, Vitor won the fight in 49 seconds after a seam from his glove cut Couture's eye leaving Couture with a corneal abrasion, prompting a referee stoppage. A third match between the two took place on August 21, 2004. Couture won via doctor stoppage after the third round, recapturing the title.
His next fight in the UFC was against Tito Ortiz on February 5, 2005. Belfort broke Tito's nose with punches in the first round and nearly stopped Ortiz in the second. The battle raged on as Vitor tried to keep it standing as Ortiz looked to continue to take the fight to the ground. Unable to finish the fight, Belfort lost by a controversial split decision, which many believe Belfort won the first and second round.
Belfort has expressed a desire to return to professional boxing, stating in 2008 that he was interested in talking with Golden Boy Promotions regarding a deal. More recently, in response to former IBA Heavyweight Champion James Toney's challenge to fight an MMA fighter in the boxing ring, Belfort has stated that he wants to represent the sport of MMA against Toney in a 6 round professional match.
After the fight Couture said Belfort was thinking about moving to Las Vegas and training at Xtreme Couture full time.
Belfort's next fight was slated to be against Matt Lindland at the second Affliction event, however, he was forced to pull out due to a hand-injury sustained during the Terry Martin fight. The second Affliction event was postponed anyway and rescheduled for January 2009, enabling Vitor to fight on that card.
After rumours of a possible bout with reigning Dream Middleweight Grand Prix winner Gegard Mousasi were circulating, it was announced that Vitor would finally fight Lindland at Affliction: Day of Reckoning. Lindland was originally slated to fight Renato Sobral at a catchweight, but promoters of Affliction preferred the Belfort vs. Lindland fight at Middleweight. The fight ended in a KO within thirty-seven seconds as Belfort delivered a strong left to Lindland's jaw and followed up with four unanswered power shots as he hit the ground.
Belfort was expected to face Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight Championship on January 2, 2010 at UFC 108. However, Silva's manager, Ed Soares, announced that Silva would not be fully recovered from his injury by that time, so the fight was postponed. Belfort was again slated to fight Silva on February 6, 2010 at UFC 109 and April 10, 2010 at UFC 112, respectively, but both fights were canceled because of a surgery for Silva and an injury suffered by Belfort. Belfort was scheduled to fight Yushin Okami at UFC 122. However, Dana White tweeted Belfort would instead challenge Silva at UFC 126 for the belt.
Belfort lost via KO with 1:35 left in the first round after being knocked down by a left front kick to the face and taking two punches after falling to the mat. After having the belt put on him, Silva took it off and knelt at Belfort's feet, showing his respect, same as he had done after fighting Chael Sonnen.
Belfort made his return at UFC 133 against Yoshihiro Akiyama. Belfort initially thought the UFC would try to put him on the card at UFC 134 in Brazil, but the fight with Akiyama came together to help bolster the card in Philadelphia. Belfort contracted Hepatitis A in April, shortly after accepting the fight, but his representative, Pedro Lima, said that it would not jeopardize the bout with Akiyama. Belfort was successful in his return, winning the fight by knockout one minute and fifty-two seconds into the first round.
Belfort also had a small part in a reality show on Brazilian television and appeared next to his wife when she was photographed for the Brazilian edition of Playboy.
On January 9, 2004, Vitor's sister, Priscila Belfort was kidnapped and the relatives received no information about her. In August 2007, a woman (identified as Elaine Paiva) confessed that she participated in her killing and that she was kidnapped to pay off a four thousand dollar debt Paiva had with drug dealers. Paiva was arrested along with three others alleged to be involved in the kidnapping.
Vitor Belfort speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
He is a dedicated Christian and gives his life first to Jesus who he says gives him peace. Belfort believes the most important key to his success and longevity in the sport is that he is happy with what he does. “I just thank God every day. I’m happy. I’m healthy. Bottom line is it’s just the way you treat life and life will treat you back. Make sure you’re happy with whatever is going on in your life. I think the key of life is just be happy with what’s in front of you and the decision of my life is under God and God knows what’s best for me." Belfort also appeared in a testimonial video on I Am Second, in which he shares his story of his faith in Jesus Christ.
|- | Loss | style="text-align: center;" | 19–9 | Anderson Silva | KO (front kick and punches) | UFC 126 | | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | 3:25 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | For UFC Middleweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 19–8 | Rich Franklin | KO (punches) | UFC 103 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3:02 |Dallas, Texas, United States | Catchweight bout at 195 lbs, Knockout of the Night Honors |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 18–8 | Matt Lindland | KO (punches) | Affliction: Day of Reckoning | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:37 |Anaheim, California, United States | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 17–8 | Terry Martin | KO (punches) | Affliction: Banned | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 3:12 |Anaheim, California, United States | Debut at Middleweight (185 lbs) |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 16–8 | James Zikic | Decision (unanimous) | Cage Rage 23 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |London, England | Won Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 15–8 | Ivan Serati | TKO (punches) | Cage Rage 21 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3:47 |London, England | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 14–8 | Dan Henderson | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 32 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Tested positive for banned substance after fight |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 14–7 | Kazuo Takahashi | KO (punch) | Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:36 |Saitama, Japan | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 13–7 | Alistair Overeem | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |San Jose, California, United States | Fought at catchweight of 210 lbs |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 13–6 | Antony Rea | KO (uppercut) | Cage Rage 14 | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:14 |London, England | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 12–6 | Alistair Overeem | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Total Elimination 2005 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 9:36 |Osaka, Japan | Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 12–5 | Tito Ortiz | Decision (split) | UFC 51 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 12–4 | Randy Couture | TKO (doctor stoppage) | UFC 49 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Lost UFC Light Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 12–3 | Randy Couture | TKO (cut) | UFC 46 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:49 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won UFC Light Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 11–3 | Marvin Eastman | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC 43 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:07 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 10–3 | Chuck Liddell | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 37.5 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 10–2 | Heath Herring | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 14 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 |Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 9–2 | Bobby Southworth | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pride 13 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4:09 |Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 8–2 | Daijiro Matsui | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 10 | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 10:00 |Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 7–2 | Gilbert Yvel | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 9 | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 10:00 |Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 6–2 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 5 | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 10:00 |Nagoya, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 6–1 | Wanderlei Silva | TKO (punches) | UFC Brazil | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:44 |São Paulo, Brazil | Debut at 205 lbs |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 5–1 | Joe Charles | Submission (armbar) | UFC Japan | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4:03 |Yokohama, Japan | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 4–1 | Randy Couture | TKO (punches) | UFC 15 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 8:16 |Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 | Tank Abbott | KO (punches) | UFC 13 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:52 |Augusta, Georgia, United States | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 | Scott Ferrozzo | TKO (punches) | UFC 12 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:43 |Dothan, Alabama, United States | Won UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | Tra Telligman | TKO (cut) | UFC 12 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:17 |Dothan, Alabama, United States | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | Jon Hess | KO (punches) | SuperBrawl 2 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:12 |Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
align="center" xWin | Josemario Neves | KO | Antonio Balbino Gymnasyum, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | Boxing Debut |
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name | Jon Fitch |
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birth name | Jonathan Parker Fitch |
birth date | February 24, 1978 |
birth place | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
death date | |
nationality | American |
height | |
weight lb | 170 |
weight class | WelterweightMiddleweightLight Heavyweight |
reach in | 74 |
style | Wrestling, Guerilla Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing |
stance | Ortodox |
fighting out of | San Jose, California |
team | American Kickboxing Academy |
rank | ''NCAA Division I Wrestling'' ''black belt in Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu |
years active | 2002 – present (MMA) |
mma win | 23 |
mma kowin | 5 |
mma subwin | 5 |
mma decwin | 13 |
mma loss | 3 |
mma koloss | 1 |
mma subloss | 1 |
mma decloss | 1 |
mma draw | 1 |
mma nc | 1 |
am win | 2 |
am subwin | 2 |
university | Purdue University |
school | Carroll High School |
url | Official UFC Profile http://www.fitchfighter.com/ |
sherdog | 4865 |
updated | November 04, 2009 }} |
Jonathan Parker Fitch (born February 24, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist. Fitch is ranked as the #2 welterweight and #5 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Sherdog.com and #2 welterweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly and FightMagazine.com.. Also, Fitch is ranked as the #8 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Yahoo Sports. Fitch Holds notable wins over Thiago Alves(x2), Akihiro Gono, Paulo Thiago, Diego Sanchez and Shonie Carter, his only loss inside the octagon has come to welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre.
Erikson – a former PRIDE fighter – would occasionally bring other mixed martial artists to the wrestling gym, and Fitch would be introduced to such fighters as Mark Coleman and Gary Goodridge. The sport, and the money that the top-tier fighters were making interested Fitch, and he started his mixed martial arts career in 2002.
In his next seven fights, Fitch amassed wins over fighters such as Shonie Carter, Alex Serdyukov and Jeff Joslin. After failing to make the selection process for the first season of The Ultimate Fighter – a last-minute decision by the production team that left Fitch stranded in an airport with his luggage already boarded – he earned a shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 3, 2005, where Fitch defeated Brock Larson in a middleweight fight.
Fitch dominated Pride Fighting Championships veteran Akihiro Gono en-route to a convincing unanimous decision scored 30–27, 30–27 and 30–26 at UFC 94. Fitch defeated Paulo Thiago by unanimous decision at UFC 100.
Fitch was expected to fight Ricardo Almeida on November 21, 2009, at UFC 106 but due to a knee injury sustained by Almeida, the fight was cancelled. Fitch was then scheduled to face Thiago Alves on December 12, 2009 at UFC 107 in a highly anticipated rematch. However, Alves suffered an injury and was forced off the card. Mike Pierce stepped in to fight Fitch instead. Fitch later defeated Pierce via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Fitch was expected to finally face Thiago Alves on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111: St.Pierre vs. Hardy, but on March 25, 2010, Alves was forced off the card due to a brain irregularity that appeared on a pre fight CAT scan. Jon Fitch replaced Jake Ellenberger on the card and face Muay Thai fighter Ben Saunders. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
The Alves/Fitch rematch, originally slated for UFC 107 and UFC 111 was moved to UFC 115. Once again the fight was moved until, finally, it took place at UFC 117. This fight was confirmed to be the number one contendership for the welterweight championship (to fight the winner of the St-Pierre/Koscheck bout). Alves again failed to make weight, weighing in at 171.5 lbs, meaning he had to give up 20% of his fight purse. Fitch went on to defeat Alves via unanimous decision. Dana White has since made remarks that the manner of Fitch's victories (primarily judges' decisions rather than finishes) and lack of connection with the UFC fans has put Fitch's number one contender status in doubt. Following Jake Shields' victory over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121, White confirmed Shields as the next in line for the Welterweight title shot, leaving Fitch's status in the division unconfirmed.
Fitch was expected to face Jake Ellenberger on February 5, 2011 at UFC 126. But after B.J. Penn defeated Matt Hughes at UFC 123, UFC president Dana White decided to match Fitch up against Penn at UFC 127 in Australia instead.
On February 27, 2011, Fitch fought BJ Penn in UFC 127. Penn was in control for the first round, scoring takedowns and coming close to submitting Fitch on several occasions. Fitch was able to counter the submissions and survive the 1st round, but clearly gave that round to the judges in favor of Penn. Penn continued the same strategy in the first half of the 2nd round controlling a majority of the fight. During the last half of the 2nd round, Fitch scored his own takedown and ground control over Penn, who seemed exhausted and unable to recover. This left the 2nd round difficult to judge. During the 3rd round, Fitch scored another takedown over Penn and continued a long barrage of punches and elbows throughout the round. At the end of the fight the scorecards of the judges were 29-28 for Fitch, 28-28 and 28-28. It was declared a Majority Draw. BJ Penn admitted he felt he had lost the fight. When asked by Joe Rogan if Fitch would like a rematch, Fitch replied that he wants another title shot more than anything. No confirmation of a rematch resulted from the interview of either fighter.
A rematch with Penn was expected to take place on July 2, 2011 at UFC 132., but in late March, Fitch pulled out of the bout with an injury.
After months of dealing with a shoulder injury, Jon Fitch is back in business. “I’m back! Dr. Kavitne gave me the ok to fight,” he tweeted. Fitch has made no small secret of his desire to fight on the UFC 139 fight card that takes place in his city of residence, San Jose, Calif.
Jon Fitch appeared on the November 5, 2008 episode of ''MythBusters'', "Coffin Punch". The MythBusters were attempting to determine if someone could punch their way out of a coffin. For his part, Jon Fitch laid on his back and punched up into a sensor, attached to a punching bag that was a few inches above Fitch, allowing his arm only three inches of travel before contact with the sensor. The sensor read that the power behind Fitch's punch was just under 1,500 pounds of force (337 N).
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name | Karo Parisyan |
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native name | Կարո Փարիզյան |
other names | The Heat |
birth date | August 28, 1982 |
birth place | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR |
nationality | Armenian American |
height ft | 5 |
height in | 10 |
weight lb | 170 |
weight class | Welterweight (170 lb) |
reach in | 75 + 1/2 |
style | Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing |
fighting out of | North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
team | Glendale Fight Club |
rank | ''black belt in Judo'' |
years active | 1999–present (MMA) |
mma subwin | 10 |
mma decwin | 9 |
mma koloss | 4 |
mma decloss | 3 |
mma nc | 1 |
relatives | Manvel Gamburyan, ''cousin'' |
sherdog | 5153 |
updated | }} |
Parisyan lost via TKO to Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 13 in the second round. Alves showed good resistance against Parisyan's grappling offense, and finished Parisyan with a knee from the clinch, followed by strikes.
Parisyan was scheduled to fight Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 88: Breakthrough, but a back injury forced him to drop out of the fight right before the weigh-ins.
After recovering from his back injury, Parisyan returned at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009 in Las Vegas against Kim Dong-hyun. Parisyan defeated Kim in a controversial split decision. Following the fight, Parisyan tested positive for banned painkillers hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone. Parisyan has stated that he has a prescription for the medications due to a severe back / hamstring injury.
Parisyan was suspended pending a full hearing in mid-March. On March 17, 2009, the NSAC suspended Parisyan for nine months and ruled his decision victory a "no contest".
Parisyan was scheduled to fight Dustin Hazelett at UFC 106, but pulled out of the fight on November 19, the day before weigh-ins. UFC President Dana White responded to the situation on his Twitter stating that Parisyan will "not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC!!" White also stated that he had "a laundry list of excuses". Later that day, Neil Melanson, a longtime friend and training partner of Parisyan's, divulged to MMA news site Five Ounces Of Pain that Parisyan has been battling an addiction to painkillers dating back to an injury suffered while training for a fight.
Parisyan's return fight had taken place on July, 10 for Impact FC 1 in which he was formerly scheduled to fight Luis Dutra Jr., but Dutra would end up being forced off the card with a torn biceps. Parisyan's new opponent was then scheduled to be Ben Mortimer who Parisyan would go on to defeat via rear-naked choke at 4:18 of the second round.
Parisyan is now scheduled to fight Jordan Smith in September.
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