One of MMA’s best Grapplers ever and a living legend of the sport, Randy joins the show to talk about his career, mindset and the current state of MMA! Click “Read More” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- His intro to Grappling
- How his desire to get his father’s attention motivated him to wrestle
- His high school career
- How Wrestling built him as a man
- Wrestling for Oklahoma State University
- Wrestling for the ARMY Greco Team
- Being the oldest guy on the team
- How his path in Greco happened by accident
- The transition between Freestyle Wrestling and Greco
- Opportunities in Wrestling
- How Greco influenced his entire career
- Dealing with losses and mental blocks
- The fear of losing
- The mental strength that both the military and Wrestling build
- The Extreme Couture GI Foundation
- His infamous Atlanta bar fight story
- Starting his MMA career on a whim
- His first fight
- Why he referred to his fights as “competitions” instead of “fights”
- What he feels was the toughest fight of his career
- His biggest moments in MMA
- Training adjustments he had to make with age
- The intensity of sparring in the old days vs now
- Coaching his son Ryan Couture
- Issues in modern MMA
- The Muhammad Ali act and why it is so important for fighters
- Fair pay / Fighters rights
- His acting career and plans for the future
