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Couture now trains at his own gym, Xtreme Couture. On January 11, 2007, Couture announced his return from retirement in an interview on the Spike TV magazine show, "Inside the UFC". [ 19 ] In a conversation with Joe Rogan , he confirmed he would face Tim Sylvia for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 68 , on March 3, 2007.
Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy. It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million, [1] in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys. The ...
Randy Couture was the defending UFC heavyweight champion and was making his third title defense against grappling standout Josh Barnett. Couture was controlling the majority of the fight until Barnett took his back and delivered a series of unanswered strikes to the head before the referee stopped the bout at 4:35 of the second round.
The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout which featured champion Randy Couture defending his title against Gabriel Gonzaga, who knocked out Mirko Filipović at UFC 70 to become the number one contender.
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 broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada , and later released on DVD .
UFC 15 featured a Superfight between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort, a Heavyweight Tournament, and two alternate bouts. The Superfight was billed as a Heavyweight Title Elimination bout, which can be described as a #1 Contender's match, meaning the winner would advance to compete for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at the next event, UFC Japan .
The total fighter payroll for UFC 46 was $540,500. [2]Vitor Belfort: $130,000 ($100,000 for fighting; $30,000 win bonus) Randy Couture: $120,000 ($120,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $80,000)
UFC 68 was the first UFC event held in the state of Ohio, and coincided with the 2007 Arnold Sports Festival.The sold-out event produced the highest verifiable live attendance to date for a mixed martial arts event in North America with 19,079 spectators. [3]