After graduating from high school, he did not continue to go to college, but went to the army for military service. It was at this time that he began to get in touch with boxing, which was exciting, thrilling and required extraordinary response. These are the elements that Cotu loved when he was young, so his interest hit it off with boxing and he got a happy marriage. This is 1984. 1988. After his military career, randy couture was awarded the title of officer at the age of 25. Please remember this trace of time that is no longer young for athletes. During this period, he won three national wrestling championships on behalf of Oklahoma State University in NCAA First Division.
After that, he was selected into the Olympic shortlist of American Greco-Roman Wrestling Team at 1988, 1992 and 1996. If you are familiar with WWE after reading this article, you must remember that he is a powerful wrestler in WWF era: Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist who is still playing a guest role in TNA. He is 60 years old. ) In 2000, 37-year-old Kotour even reached the semi-final of the Olympic trials, but he still failed to win the final. )
Cotu's wrestling career has never been brilliant. He gave up and chose to be a wrestling coach. Until a new round comes.
By chance, randy couture watched the UFC game, which made his eyes shine, and the restless factor in his heart was beating violently: I should pursue higher goals instead of doing nothing like this, and I must not waste my life waiting for death.
After making up his mind, Randy Cooter began a new training. Because he is a professional wrestler and has excellent boxing skills, randy couture's recovery journey is hard, but it is not that difficult. He combines Brazilian jujitsu, boxing and wrestling skills, and the UFC era belonging to Kutour is about to open.
As mentioned above, randy couture has entered the age of 25, but he has not really set foot in professional sports. 1997, randy couture took part in his first UFC competition less than one month before his 34th birthday. In this UFC 13 match, he played against Tony Halme, a big man who officially entered the octagonal ring. After winning the first battle, Kutour defeated Tony halm, a star wrestler from WWF (the ring name of WWF is Ludvig Borga), and Tony halm never participated in any UFC events again.
On June 5438+ 10 in the same year, kotur participated in UFC 15, and his opponent, Brazilian jujitsu master Vitor Belfort, became famous. Vito has never lost in all UFC competitions before, and every time he brings his opponent a devastating KO victory. In the prediction before the game, the balance of victory was tilted to Vito's side. In fact, no one believes that Old kotur can beat Vito by more than one round. Vito's characteristics are not only superb JIU jitsu, but also rapid speed and amazing strength. He may even represent Brazil in the Olympic boxing competition. You can imagine how terrible this opponent in front of Kotour is.
The creation of a hero usually needs another hero to set off. This time, unfortunately, Vito is younger and more energetic. The result of the game was surprising. With Cotour's fighting skills, Vito failed to keep randy couture's continuous hammer, and randy became the biggest upset maker in UFC's early days. With technical judgment, Randy Cooter won the heavyweight championship belt in the second game of UFC career. In addition, after the war, his nickname "Nature" began to spread. In the next two years, kotur won and lost, because his glorious period has not yet arrived.
The pace of time has entered 2 1 century. Kotour at this time is almost puzzling. For many athletes, they should have retired at the age of 37, and some lucky ones who are not injured may continue to fight for honor for another two years. In short, it is the age when the sun sets. But for randy couture, the curtain of the brilliant stage has just begun.
Look at a list first:
On June 9th, 2000, 10, Jeremy Horn and Liu Zelong were defeated by TKO in the "Rings: King of Kings 2000" area.
On June 7, 2000 165438+ 10/KLOC-0, TKO Kevin Landman won the UFC heavyweight championship again in UFC 28.
Since then, Randy Cooter has become the only player in the history of UFC who has won the heavyweight and sub-heavyweight championship belts. If you are worried about the water in these competitions, I might as well nag a few more words about his second heavyweight opponents: "Iceman" Chuck Liddell and "Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz, both of whom are excellent boxers in the history of fighting.
Of course, there will be winners and losers in the game, Kotour sometimes loses, and there are many more. His career record (including retirement war) is 19 wins 1 1 losses. However, at the age of 40, he not only lost 93kg, but also defeated the "Iceman" and the arrogant bad boy. In 2007, at the age of 44, he returned to the heavyweight boxing ring again, beating Tim, who was 2.03 meters tall and weighed 1 19kg, beyond recognition and regaining the championship belt. In the same year, TKO was 29 years thinner and weighed 19kg.
What athletes fear most is not tough opponents, but time, which can kill a talented Zhuo Qun genius into a mortal. Kotour, on the other hand, proved to everyone that he is an old legend in fighting.
In 2009, 46-year-old kotur defeated Brandon Villa; In 20 10, 47-year-old kotur defeated former famous boxer james toney.
This is an incredible achievement in sports.
However, the veteran will finally take a curtain call. During more than ten years of UFC career, Kutour also retired and then came back to retire. 20 1 1 A veteran with 26 years of freestyle and greco-roman wrestling officially announced his retirement after losing the match with UFC superstar Ryutamachi, which not only ended his previous three-game winning streak, but also ended his brilliant career. Although I failed to get a perfect retirement, for this old man, losing may be a relief (here I can't help but think of ut in WWE, although.
To be more specific, Randy Gao Ding was a late bloomer, not because he was not good enough when he was young, but because God gave him such physique and fighting spirit to tell the world that even in the fierce and cruel UFC arena, the old veteran can still cut off the young tiger and wolf. This is a unique legend belonging to randy couture.
Randy couture also took part in some American action movies, such as playing a boxer in Jet Li's western Cradle of Death in 2003, playing a villain's bodyguard in Sisyphus in 2005, and kicking steven seagal in the face after he fell to the ground.
In 2009, Randy collaborated with Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li in the movie The Expendables directed by Stallone. The film was released in the United States on August 3, 20 10.
When choosing an actor for the role of "Toll Road", Stallone thought of an athlete with fighting skills and bitter rivals. As the brain trust of the team, "Toll Road" can't be just brute force. Finally, Stallone found Randy fashion with both characteristics in the comprehensive martial arts championship. "Randy's face is like a map full of fighting, confrontation, discipline and pain," Stallone said. Randy is a legend of UFC and has won five world championships. His ears were deformed into "flowering ears" because of excessive blows in the game. Stallone also wrote a long monologue for his ears this time.