Coordinates	3°8′51″N101°41′36″N
name	Big
director	Penny Marshall
producer	James L. BrooksRobert Greenhut
writer	Gary RossAnne Spielberg
starring	Tom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaJohn Heard
music	Howard Shore
cinematography	Barry Sonnenfeld
editing	Barry Malkin
studio	Gracie FilmsPlaytone
distributor	20th Century Fox
released
runtime	104 minutes130 minutes
country
language	EnglishSpanish
budget	$18 million
gross	$151,668,774 }}

''Big'' is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia and was written by Gary Ross, with Justin Schindler and Anne Spielberg.

''Big'' was the latest of four age-changing comedies that were released in the late 1980s. It surpassed the success of ''Like Father Like Son'' (1987); ''18 Again!'' (1988); and ''Vice Versa'' (1988).

Plot

After being humiliated and told he is too short for a carnival ride while attempting to impress an older girl (Kimberlee M. Davis), 13-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) from Cliffside Park, New Jersey goes to a fortune-telling machine called Zoltar Speaks, and wishes that he was "big." He finds out that the machine is unplugged, and backs away. By the next morning, he is shocked to discover that he has been transformed into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks). Fleeing from his mother (Mercedes Ruehl), who thinks he is a strange man who has kidnapped her son, Josh rents a cheap hotel room in New York City with the help of his best friend, Billy Kopecki (Jared Rushton), and gets a data entry job at MacMillan Toy Company.

By chance, Josh meets the company's owner, Mr. MacMillan (Robert Loggia), checking out the products at FAO Schwarz and impresses him with his happy-go-lucky childlike enthusiasm. In a now-famous scene, the two end up playing duets together on a foot-operated electronic keyboard, performing "Heart and Soul" and "Chopsticks". This earns Josh a promotion to a dream job: testing toys all day long and getting paid for it. He soon attracts the attention of the beautiful, ambitious 27-year-old Susan Lawrence (Elizabeth Perkins), a fellow toy executive. A romance begins to develop, much to the annoyance of Susan's competitive boyfriend, Paul Davenport (John Heard). As Josh becomes increasingly entwined in his "adult" life by spending more time with Susan, and his new ideas becomes valuable assets to MacMillan Toys, Billy begins feeling annoyed and neglected, feeling that Josh has forgotten who he really is.

Susan asks Josh to come up with proposals for a new line of toys. Josh is intimidated by the need to formulate the business aspects of such a proposal, and Susan insists that she will handle the business end; that Josh need only rely on his affinity for toys to come up with a good idea. Nonetheless, Josh soon begins to feel overly pressured by this new life. When he expresses doubts to Susan and attempts to explain that he is really a child, she interprets this as fear of commitment on his part, and dismisses his explanation in frustration.

Longing to return to the life of a child, Josh eventually learns from Billy that the Zoltar Speaks machine is at Sea Point Park. In the middle of presenting their proposal to MacMillan and other executives, Josh leaves. After Susan realizes something is wrong, she leaves as well and encounters Billy, who tells her where Josh went. At the park, Josh finds the machine and makes a wish. He is then confronted by Susan, who, seeing the machine and the fortune it gave Josh, realizes he was telling the truth. Susan becomes despondent at realizing their relationship is over. Josh tells Susan she was the one thing about his adult life he wishes would not end, and suggests she use the machine herself to join him back in childhood. She declines, indicating that being a child once was enough, and takes Josh home. After sharing an emotional goodbye, Josh reverts to his child form. He is reunited with his mother, and later, with Billy.

Cast

Tom Hanks as Joshua "Josh" Baskin

David Moscow as Normal Josh Baskin

Elizabeth Perkins as Susan Lawrence

Robert Loggia as MacMillan

John Heard as Paul Davenport

Jared Rushton as Billy Kopecki

Jon Lovitz as Scotty Brennen

Mercedes Ruehl as Mrs. Baskin

Josh Clark as Mr. Baskin

Kimberlee M. Davis as Cynthia Benson

Oliver Block as Freddie Benson

Debra Jo Rupp as Miss Patterson

Reception

''Big'' was received with almost unanimous critical acclaim; based on 53 reviews collected by the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of critics gave the film a positive review. ''The New York Times'' praised the performances of Moscow and Rushton, saying the film "features believable young teen-age mannerisms from the two real boys in its cast and this only makes Mr. Hanks's funny, flawless impression that much more adorable."

''Big'' was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks) and Best Writing, Original Screenplay.

The film is number 23 on Bravo's ''100 Funniest Movies''. In 2000, ''Big'' was ranked 42nd on the American Film Institute's "100 Years…100 Laughs" list. In June 2008, AFI named ''Big'' as the tenth-best film in the fantasy genre. In 2008, ''Big'' was selected by ''Empire Magazine'' as one of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time."

Extended cut

The film was re-released in 2007 in a 2-disc ''Extended Edition'' DVD. The DVD features the theatrical (104 minutes) and extended (130 minutes) versions of the film on the first disc. The second disc contains deleted scenes, featurettes, an ''AMC Backstory'', and trailers and TV spots. The deleted scenes do not include a rumored ending where a new girl that resembles Susan joins one of Josh's classes. According to the movie's producers, no such alternate ending was ever filmed.

Both ''Da grande'' picture (1987) and another 1988 film, ''14 Going on 30'', end in this fashion, which may be the source of this idea.

Broadway musical

In 1996, ''Big'' was made into a musical for the Broadway stage. It featured music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., and a book by John Weidman. Directed by Mike Ockrent, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, it opened on April 28, 1996.

In popular culture

The piano scene has been parodied in many forms, including ''The Simpsons'' and ''Family Guy''. The Zoltar Speaks scene has also been parodied on ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama''.

References

External links

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Coordinates	3°8′51″N101°41′36″N
name	Randy Couture
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 }}

Randy Duane Couture (; born June 22, 1963) is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Couture is the first fighter to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (heavyweight and light heavyweight). Couture has competed in a record 15 title fights. He holds the most title reigns in the UFC with five. His last fight with Lyoto Machida put him in a tie with Matt Hughes in having the highest number of fights in the UFC at 24. Couture is one of the first members of the UFC Hall of Fame and many consider him to be one of the greatest in MMA history. Couture is generally considered by many to be the most popular fighter in MMA history.

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.

Early life

Couture was born in Everett, Washington, the son of Ed and Sharan Couture. He wrestled at Alderwood Middle School in Lynnwood, Washington, then moved on to Lynnwood High School, where he won a State Championship during his senior year. Couture served in the U.S. Army from 1982–1988, attaining the rank of Sergeant in the 101st Airborne, where he "wrestled and did a little boxing." He coached at Oregon State University.

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.

Mixed martial arts career

UFC, RINGS, and Heavyweight championship(s)

Couture made his MMA debut at UFC 13 in May 1997. He entered the four-man Heavyweight tournament, his first opponent being Tony Halme, who fought as WWF wrestler Ludvig Borga. Outweighed by nearly 100 lbs, Couture scored a double-leg takedown right off the bat. After working some ground and pound, he got a back mount and secured a rear naked choke win in just less than a minute. His second fight that night was in the tournament finals against Steven Graham, yet another larger opponent at 290 lbs. Again Couture took the fight to the ground, scoring a TKO win at 3:13 minutes of the first round.

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.

Move to Light Heavyweight and trilogy with Chuck Liddell

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.

Retirement

After retiring from the professional fighting circuit, Couture began appearing at UFC events as a regular broadcast commentator and as co-host of "Before/After The Bell" on The Fight Network. He appeared in the Rob Schneider comedy ''Big Stan'', along with fellow mixed martial artists Don Frye and Bob Sapp.

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.

Reclaiming the heavyweight title

On January 11, 2007, Couture appeared for an interview on the Spike TV magazine show, "Inside the UFC", to announce his return from retirement. In a conversation with Joe Rogan, Couture confirmed that he would be facing Tim Sylvia for the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 68 on March 3, 2007, and revealed that he had signed a four-fight, two-year deal with the company.

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.

Resignation and dispute with the UFC

On October 11, 2007, Couture announced that he was severing all ties with the UFC, leaving two contracted fights, a position as an on-air analyst, and his heavyweight championship behind. He reportedly received $250,000, plus $936,000 of PPV revenue, for his comeback against Tim Sylvia. He reportedly received a $250,000 purse for defeating Gabriel Gonzaga, as well as a $35,000 bonus for "Fight of the Night" and $787,000 in PPV revenue. This became a sticking point since Chuck Liddell lost his two previous fights yet is still being paid more, according to Couture. Couture cited the UFC's failure to sign #1 ranked heavyweight fighter Fedor Emelianenko, as well as disputes with UFC management.

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.

Return to the UFC

On September 2, 2008, the UFC announced a three-fight deal with the 45-year-old Randy Couture to return to active competition for the UFC. His first fight back was at UFC 91 on November 15, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada where he lost his UFC Heavyweight Championship to Brock Lesnar. It was at first a closely contested match; however, later in the fight Lesnar knocked Couture down and finished him with hammer fists for a TKO victory at 3:07 of the second round. In the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Couture declared his desire to keep fighting. He stated that he felt like he was still becoming a better fighter and blamed his loss on a bad performance, not his age.

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.

Return to Light Heavyweight and retirement

After the Nogueira match, Dana White announced Couture had signed a new 6 fight deal, effectively replacing his previous contract.

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.

Personal life

Couture was previously married to Sharon, Tricia, and Kim Couture (née Borrego). Couture, and Kim and filed for divorce in May 2009, with Couture continuing to coach and support Kim's MMA career. He has three children, sons Ryan and Caden, and daughter Aimee. Couture lives in Las Vegas.

Championships and accomplishments

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Greco-Roman Wrestling

Pan American Games

*Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – second place (June 13, 1990)

*Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – winner (January 1, 1991)

*Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – second place (January 1, 1992)

*Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Seniors 97 kg – third place (May 21, 1997)

*Pan American Championship Greco-Roman Seniors 97 kg – second place (March 24, 1998)

*Pan American Games Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – winner (August 6, 1991)

FILA Wrestling World Championships

*FILA test tournament Greco-Roman Seniors 97 kg – third place (March 14, 1998)

*FILA World Cup Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – third place (November 9, 1991)

*FILA World Cup Greco-Roman Seniors 90 kg – third place (November 21, 1992)

Collegiate wrestling

National Collegiate Athletic Association

*NCAA Division I 190 lb/86.4 kg - 6th place out of Oklahoma State University (1990)

*NCAA Division I 190 lb/86.4 kg - Runner-up out of Oklahoma State University (1991)

*NCAA Division I 190 lb/86.4 kg - Runner-up out of Oklahoma State University (1992)

Mixed martial arts

Black Belt Magazine

*1997 Full-Contact Competitor of the Year

Fighting Network RINGS

*RINGS King of Kings 2000 Tournament Semifinalist

Inside Fights

2009 Fight of the Year - vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on August 29

Ultimate Fighting Championship

*UFC Heavyweight Championship (Three times)

*UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (Two times)

*Interim UFC Light Heavyweight championship (One time)

*UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner

*Fight of the Night (Two Times)

*UFC Hall of Fame

UFC Viewer's Choice Award

*Most Championship reigns in UFC history (Five times)

*Most Championship fights in UFC history (Fifteen times)

*Oldest fighter to win a title in UFC history (43 years, 255 days)

*First fighter to hold Championship titles in two weight classes

*Tied (Tim Sylvia) for most successful Heavyweight title defenses (Three)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

*2003 Most Outstanding Fighter

*MMA Most Valuable Fighter (2007)

MMA Most Valuable Fighter of the Decade (2000–2009)

*2001 Fight of the Year vs. Pedro Rizzo on May 4

*2007 Fight of the Year vs. Tim Sylvia on March 3

World MMA Awards

*Outstanding Contribution to MMA

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Loss |align=center| 19–11 | Lyoto Machida | KO (jumping front kick) | UFC 129 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:02 | Toronto, Ontario |

|- | 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 |

Filmography

''No Rules (film) ''Today You Die'' ''Beyond The Glory'' ''Fighter'' ''The Ultimate Fighter'' ''The King of Queens'' ''Invincible (2006 film) ''The Unit'' ''Human Weapon'' ''Fight Science'' ''Big Stan'' ''Redbelt'' ''The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'' ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' ''How Bruce Lee Changed The World'' ''The Expendables (2010 film) ''Once I Was a Champion'' ''Geezers!'' ''Setup'' ''The Expendables II''

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
2003	''Cradle 2 the Grave''	Fighter #8
2005	No Rules'' ||	Mason	Film
2005	|	Vincent's Bodyguard	Direct-to-Video
2005	|	Himself	TV Series Documentary (Episode: "The Ultimate Fighting Championship")
2005	|	Himself	Film Documentary
2005	|	Himself (Team Captain)	TV Series
2006	|	Priority Plus Driver	TV Series (Episode: "Fight Schlub")
2006	Invincible'' ||	'Toruci' Player #1	Major Film
2007	|	Sgt. Strickland	TV Series (Episodes: "M.P.'s", "Paradise Lost")
2007	|	Himself	TV Series (Episode: "Mixed Martial Arts")
2007	|	Himself	TV Series
2007	|	Carnahan	Major Film
2008	|	Dylan Flynn	Major Film
2008	|	Sargon	Direct-to-Video
2008	|	Cmdr. Warren Fuller	Video Game
2009	|	Himself	TV Documentary
2010	The Expendables'' ||	Toll Road	Major Film
2011	|	Himself	Film Documentary (post-production)
2011	|	Randy	Major Film (post-production)
2011	|	Petey	Major Film (post-production)
2012	|	Toll Road	Major Film (announced)

References

External links

Official website for Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts

Randy Couture profile at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Official UFC Profile

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Coordinates	3°8′51″N101°41′36″N
name	Antônio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
birth name	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
nationality	Brazilian
birth date	June 02, 1976
birth place	Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
other names	Minotauro, Big Nog
height
weight lb	243
weight class	Heavyweight
reach in	77
style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Judo
fighting out of	Gardena, California
team	Brazilian Top Team (1999–2006)Team Nogueira/Black House (2006–present) Internacional
rank	black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black Belt in Judo
years active	1999 – present
mma win	33
mma kowin	3
mma subwin	20
mma decwin	10
mma loss	6
mma koloss	2
mma decloss	4
mma draw	1
mma nc	1
children	1
relatives	Antônio Rogério Nogueira, brother
students	Anderson Silva, José Aldo, Junior dos Santos| club
url	http://www.minotauro.net/
sherdog	1440
updated	March 10, 2010 }}

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira ( born June 2, 1976) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former [[UFC Heavyweight Championship|UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion]]. He is the twin brother of Antônio ''Rogério'' Nogueira.

He rose to prominence in the Japanese Pride Fighting Championships promotion, where he was the first Pride Heavyweight Champion from November 2001 to March 2003, as well as a Pride FC heavyweight grand prix finalist. He is one of only four men to have held Championship titles in both Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the others being "Shogun" Rua, Dan Henderson and Mark Coleman). He holds notable wins over Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Fabricio Werdum, Sergei Kharitonov, Dan Henderson, Mark Coleman, Ricco Rodriguez, and Mirko Filipović.

Early life

Born in the town of Vitória da Conquista, Brazil, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira started training in judo at the age of 4, boxing at 14 and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when he was 18. He was run over by a truck when he was 9, and fell into a coma for 25 days. During this time he lost a rib and part of his liver and had to be hospitalized for eleven months. As a result of the accident he has a large scar, including a noticeable indentation, on his lower back.

A few years after his MMA debut he started to train at the Brazilian Top Team. In June 2007 Nogueira officially left Brazilian Top Team prior to his UFC debut and is currently associated with Black House.

MMA career

Pride FC

Nogueira's victories in Pride include wins over Dan Henderson,Mark Coleman, Heath Herring, former UFC heavyweight champions Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, and Bob Sapp.

Following the end of Akira Maeda's Rings federation, Nogueira was signed by Pride. He debuted in July 2001 at Pride 15, quickly submitting Gary Goodridge by triangle choke. In Pride 16, he submitted UFC and Pride Grand Prix champion Mark Coleman by armbar. He was crowned as the inaugural Pride World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Heath Herring by decision.

He next defeated Enson Inoue, and then fought for Antonio Inoki's UFO organization, scoring his first MMA KO victory against Sanae Kikuta.

He then represented Pride at a co-promotion with K-1, Pride Shockwave, against the super heavyweight and former American footballer Bob Sapp. He eventually won the fight.

Dutch kickboxer Semmy Schilt was his next opponent. He scored another victory by triangle choke.

Nogueira's first Pride title defense was against Russian Sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko at Pride 25 where he suffered his second career loss, a judges' decision after Emelianenko dominated the fight with characteristic ground-and-pound through the guard.

Afterwards, he won a decision against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Rodriguez managed to score takedowns and maintain top position, but since Pride's scoring is determined primarily by "effort to finish the fight by KO or submission", Nogueira's multiple submission attempts won him the decision victory.

In November 2003, with heavyweight champion Emelianenko unable to fight due to injuries, Pride elected to crown an interim champion, so top contenders Nogueira and Mirko Filipović were matched up. Filipović managed to dominate the first round with his superior striking and a left high kick, but in the second round, Nogueira managed to secure a takedown and roll into an armbar to submit Filipović.

On 25 April 2004 at Pride Total Elimination 2004, the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, he faced the unbeaten professional wrestler and former judoka Hirotaka Yokoi, who he submitted with the debut of his ''anaconda choke''. He then repeated the move against Heath Herring in the next round to advance to the semi finals where he defeated Sergei Kharitonov to again face Fedor Emelianenko in the finals. The fight was markedly different from their first, with Nogueira able to avoid the damage he suffered from ground-and-pound in their first meeting, but was stopped when Emelianenko suffered a cut after an accidental headbut and could not continue, resulting in a no contest. Another rematch was required to determine the tournament champion, and was scheduled for Pride Shockwave 2004 on 31 December 2004. Nogueira suffered another unanimous decision loss to Emelianenko.

At Pride Critical Countdown 2005 he defeated Polish Olympic judoka Pawel Nastula by strikes and following this, at Pride 31 he beat professional wrestler and fighter Kiyoshi Tamura by armbar for the second time.

He then entered the 2006 Pride Open Weight Grand Prix, progressing to the semi final by defeating fellow Brazilians Zuluzinho and Fabricio Werdum. In the semi final, he faced the American catch wrestler Josh Barnett and lost to a split decision, as both had landed damaging blows and submission attempts without managing to secure a victory. Barnett went on to face Mirko Filipović in the finals, submitting to punches and kicks to the face.

Nogueira avenged the loss to Barnett with a unanimous decision win in their rematch at Pride Shockwave 2006.

In an interview with Sherdog.com, Nogueira has stated that his best moments of his career were against Bob Sapp and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, both matches he won under Pride.

UFC

At UFC Fight Night 9 which took place on April 5, 2007 Nogueira was in attendance and was sitting cage side with UFC president Dana White. It was subsequently announced at UFC 69, by White, that Nogueira had joined the UFC, promoted initially as simply "Minotauro" Nogueira, much like the UFC's promotion of Mirko Filipović as Mirko Cro Cop.

His debut in the Octagon was a third fight with Heath Herring at UFC 73, promoted under various combinations of his name and nickname, but was officially introduced to the audience under his full name and nickname. Nogueira once again defeated Herring, via unanimous decision. During the first round Nogueira was hit with a high kick that sent him to the canvas, in which unofficial judge Eddie Bravo thought the fight could have been stopped. Herring let Nogueira recover and get back to his feet. Nogueira was able to hold on and come back with a decision win.

It was announced during the UFC 79 broadcast and subsequent press conference that Nogueira would be fighting Tim Sylvia at UFC 81 for the interim heavyweight championship. Nogueira was nicknamed "The Bull" because of his outstanding conditioning and world class jaw.

At UFC 81 Nogueira defeated Tim Sylvia in the third round with a guillotine choke to become the interim heavyweight champion. Sylvia knocked Nogueira down in the first round with punches. After pulling Sylvia into his half guard in the third round, Nogueira quickly secured a sweep and attempted an armbar which he missed but immediately transitioned into a guillotine choke as Sylvia tried to regain his feet. He is the first fighter to hold championships in both the UFC and Pride.

Nogueira's entrance music for UFC matches is The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter".

Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir were the coaches for the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which premiered on September 17, 2008.

Both winners of The Ultimate Fighter Season 8, Ryan Bader and Efrain Escudero, were members of Team Nogueira.

He was also featured in the 2010 movie "The Expendables" as a Bolivian soldier.

After the season concluded, coaches Nogueira and Mir met at UFC 92 for the interim UFC heavyweight title. Frank Mir won in the second round via TKO due to strikes, showing much improved striking by knocking Nogueira down twice in the first round, Herb Dean stopped the match at 1:54 of the second round. The loss marked the first time Nogueira had been stopped in his career.

Two days after the fight Dana White revealed in an interview that “Nogueira had just gotten over a Staph infection”. Nogueira himself verified this fact several months later in his own interview, stating that he had a Staph infection “20 days before the fight, [requiring] 5 days in the hospital.” When asked if this infection affected his fight, Nogueira answered: “For sure.” In addition to this significant illness, his knee was injured during training for which he had surgery in February 2009. Despite these legitimate handicaps, Nogueira offered strong praise for Frank Mir’s performance, with particular credit given to Mir’s ability to maintain “very good distance.”

The UFC next wanted to schedule Nogueira to face Randy Couture at UFC 97, but Couture had to turn down the fight due to elbow surgery in January 2009. Couture later agreed to fight Nogueira at UFC 102 in Portland, OR. Nogueira defeated Couture via unanimous decision. Nogueira showed much improved sharpness on his feet, and displayed his excellent chin by walking through many of Couture's strikes while still throwing punches, eventually gaining the better of the exchanges as he scored two knockdowns in the fight. Although taken down twice, Nogueira swept from guard on both occasions (after some time on his back) to gain the full mount over Couture. On the floor, Nogueira threatened with two submissions, first with a D'Arce choke and later with an arm triangle.

Nogueira was expected to face undefeated Cain Velasquez on January 2, 2010 at UFC 108, but again Nogueira caught another severe staph infection cancelling the bout that was supposed to reveal the #1 contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. The bout instead took place on February 21, 2010 at UFC 110. During the bout Minotauro was out-boxed as Cain landed a uppercut-right hook combo that dropped him early in the first round. Velasquez followed up with five clean shots on the ground, prompting referee Herb Dean to stop the contest, in which Velasquez earned a KO victory. Nogueira has been stopped in two of his last three fights.

Nogueira was to face Frank Mir on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119 in a rematch from the Championship bout. Nogueira pulled out of this fight in order to undergo needed surgery on both of his knees and was replaced by Mirko Filipović. Nogueira had been dealing with nagging hip problems throughout his career and therefore opted to have hip surgery in addition to the surgeries on his knees. He stated on May 15, 2011 that he will fight at the UFC's return to Brazil.

On August 23, 2011, Minotauro established a partnership with Brazilian football team Internacional to represent the club's brand in UFC. In an interview for SporTV, Minotauro said: "I'll do my best to represent Internacional in the best possible way. Now I am 100% Internacional."

Nogueira defeated Brendan Schaub by KO on August 27, 2011 at UFC 134 in his first fight in just over 16 months, earning his first ''Knockout of the Night'' bonus.

Personal life

Nogueira has one daughter.

Championships and achievements

Submission grappling

ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships

:*2000 ADCC – 99kg+: Quarter finals

CBJJ World Championships

:*1999 Black Belt Absoluto: 3rd Place :*1997 Purple Belt Pesadissimo: 2nd place

CBJJ Pan-American Championships

:*1999 Brown Belt Pesadissimo: 1st Place :*1999 Brown Belt Absoluto: 1st place

CBJJ Brazilian Championships

:*1998 Brown Belt Pesadissimo: 1st Place :*1997 Purple Belt Pesadissimo: 3rd Place :*1996 Blue Belt Absoluto: 1st Place

Mixed martial arts

Fighting Network RINGS

:*RINGS King of Kings 2000 Tournament Winner

Inside Fights

:*2009 Fight of the Year – vs. Randy Couture on August 29

PRIDE Fighting Championships

:*Pride Heavyweight Championship (One time, first) :*Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship (One time) :*2004 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Runner-Up :*2006 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Semi-Finalist

Ultimate Fighting Championship

:*Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time) :*Fight of the Night (Two times) :*Knockout of the Night (One time)

World Extreme Fighting

:*WEF Heavyweight Superfight Champion (One Time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

:*2002 Fighter of the Year

Black Belt Magazine

*2002 NHB Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

|- |Win |align=center| 33–6–1 (1) | Brendan Schaub | KO (punches) | UFC 134 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:09 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Knockout of the Night |- | Loss |align=center| 32–6–1 (1) | Cain Velasquez | KO (punches) | UFC 110 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:20 | Sydney, Australia | |- |Win |align=center| 32–5–1 (1) | Randy Couture | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 102 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | Fight of the Night |- |Loss |align=center| 31–5–1 (1) | Frank Mir | TKO (punches) | UFC 92 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:54 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Lost Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship |- |Win |align=center| 31–4–1 (1) | Tim Sylvia | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 81 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 1:28 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship; Fight of the Night |- |Win |align=center| 30–4–1 (1) | Heath Herring | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 73 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Sacramento, California, United States | |- |Win |align=center| 29–4–1 (1) | Josh Barnett | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Shockwave 2006 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Loss |align=center| 28–4–1 (1) | Josh Barnett | Decision (split) | Pride Final Conflict Absolute | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Semifinal |- |Win |align=center| 28–3–1 (1) | Fabricio Werdum | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |- |Win |align=center| 27–3–1 (1) | Wagner Martins | Submission (armbar) | Pride Total Elimination Absolute | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:17 | Osaka, Japan | Pride 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Opening Round |- |Win |align=center| 26–3–1 (1) | Kiyoshi Tamura | Submission (armbar) | Pride 31 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:24 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 25–3–1 (1) | Paweł Nastula | TKO (strikes) | Pride Critical Countdown 2005 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 8:38 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Loss |align=center| 24–3–1 (1) | Fedor Emelianenko | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Shockwave 2004 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | Lost 2004 Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix Final; For Unified Pride Heavyweight Championship |- | NC |align=center| 24–2–1 (1) | Fedor Emelianenko | No contest (accidental headbutt) | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:52 | Saitama, Japan | 2004 Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix Final; rematch at Pride Shockwave 2004 |- |Win |align=center| 24–2–1 | Sergei Kharitonov | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal |- |Win |align=center| 23–2–1 | Heath Herring | Submission (anaconda choke) | Pride Critical Countdown 2004 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 0:30 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |- |Win |align=center| 22–2–1 | Hirotaka Yokoi | Submission (anaconda choke) | Pride Total Elimination 2004 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:25 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round |- |Win |align=center| 21–2–1 | Mirko Filipović | Submission (armbar) | Pride Final Conflict 2003 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:45 | Tokyo, Japan | Won Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship |- |Win |align=center| 20–2–1 | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Loss |align=center| 19–2–1 | Fedor Emelianenko | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 25 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | Lost Pride Heavyweight Championship |- |Win |align=center| 19–1–1 | Dan Henderson | Submission (armbar) | Pride 24 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 1:49 | Fukuoka, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 18–1–1 | Semmy Schilt | Submission (triangle choke) | Pride 23 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 6:36 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 17–1–1 | Bob Sapp | Submission (armbar) | Pride Shockwave | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4:03 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 16–1–1 | Sanae Kikuta | KO (punch) | UFO-Legend | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 0:29 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 15–1–1 | Enson Inoue | Technical submission (triangle choke) | Pride 19 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 6:17 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 14–1–1 | Heath Herring | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 17 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | Won First Pride Heavyweight Championship |- |Win |align=center| 13–1–1 | Mark Coleman | Submission (triangle choke/armbar) | Pride 16 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 6:10 | Osaka, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 12–1–1 | Gary Goodridge | Submission (triangle choke) | Pride 15 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:37 | Saitama, Japan | |- |Win |align=center| 11–1–1 | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (arm triangle choke) | Fighting Network Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:20 | Tokyo, Japan | Won King of Kings 2000 Tournament |- |Win |align=center| 10–1–1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Submission (rear naked choke) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 0:20 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 2000 Tournament Semifinal |- |Win |align=center| 9–1–1 | Volk Han | Decision (unanimous) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 2000 Tournament Quarterfinal |- |Win |align=center| 8–1–1 | Kiyoshi Tamura | Submission (armbar) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 2:29 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 2000 Tournament 2nd Round |- |Win |align=center| 7–1–1 | Achmed Labasanov | Submission (armbar) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:38 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 2000 Tournament 1st Round |- | Draw |align=center| 6–1–1 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | Draw | Rings: Millennium Combine 3 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |- |Loss |align=center| 6–1 | Dan Henderson | Decision (split) | Rings: King of Kings 1999 Final | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 1999 Tournament Semifinal |- |Win |align=center| 6–0 | Andrei Kopylov | Decision (majority) | Rings: King of Kings 1999 Final | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 1999 Tournament Quarterfinal |- |Win |align=center| 5–0 | Jeremy Horn | Decision (unanimous) | WEF 8: Goin' Platinum | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 8:00 | Rome, Georgia, United States | Won WEF Heavyweight Superfight Championship |- |Win |align=center| 4–0 | Iouri Kotchkine | Technical Submission (armbar) | Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:40 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 1999 Tournament 2nd Round |- |Win |align=center| 3–0 | Valentijn Overeem | Technical Submission (keylock) | Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:51 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Kings 1999 Tournament 1st Round |- |Win |align=center| 2–0 | Nate Schroeder | Submission (armbar) | WEF 7: Stomp in the Swamp | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:52 | Kenner, Louisiana, United States | |- |Win |align=center| 1–0 | David Dodd | Submission (kimura) | World Extreme Fighting 6 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:12 | DeLand, Florida, United States |

See also

List of current UFC fighters

References

External links

Official UFC Profile

Official West Palm Beach School Website

Antonio Nogueira Instructionals

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Instructionals

Category:1976 births Category:Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Category:Brazilian mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Pride Fighting Championships champions Category:Ultimate Fighting Championship champions Category:Brazilian judoka Category:Living people Category:People from Bahia

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name	Frank Mir
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Frank Mir (born Francisco Santos Miranda. May 24, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. Mir currently holds the record for most victories in the heavyweight division of the UFC with 13. As of May, 2011, Mir was ranked the #7 heavyweight in the world by Sherdog#9 heavyweight in the world by MMAWeekly as of August 2011 #8 heavyweight by Yahoo! Sports & Fight! Magazine.He holds notable victories over Tim Sylvia, Brock Lesnar, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Cheick Kongo, Mirko Filipović and Roy Nelson.

Early life

While watching the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, ''UFC 1: The Beginning'', Mir was not yet convinced of the benefits in learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: "I was fourteen watching the first UFC with my father and everyone was getting taken down and choked out by this scrawny Royce Gracie. I could not believe it was happening! My dad wanted to learn what they were doing right off the bat, but I defended what I already knew. I thought I could adjust for it. I felt I could defend against jiu-jitsu instead of being humble and trying to learn it."

His father convinced him to begin wrestling, on the basis that it could help him avoid submissions. Mir then began wrestling at Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, Nevada where during his junior year he lost his first nine matches. During his senior year (1998) he went 44-1 and won the state championship. He was also on the school's football team that reached the Southern Zone semifinals in 1997 and where he played as fullback and defensive end. He also took up track and field in 1998 where his discus throw of 177 feet, 10 inches is still a Sunset Regional record.

In 2004 after defeating Tim Sylvia at ''UFC 48: Payback'' Mir received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Ricardo Pires after only 5 years of training.

Mir worked as a bouncer at the Spearmint Rhino strip club in Las Vegas before entering the UFC, and continued to work as Director of Security there while pursuing his UFC career. In addition to fighting in the UFC, Mir was a color commentator for World Extreme Cagefighting up until 2010.

Mixed martial arts career

Mir met UFC matchmaker Joe Silva at a school Silva was visiting. Silva saw potential in Mir as a future UFC fighter and suggested that he first prove himself against some fighters in the mixed martial arts world. Mir would make his professional MMA debut against Jerome Smith at ''HOOKnSHOOT: Showdown'' on July 14, 2001. Mir won the bout by judges' decision after two rounds. He won another match by submission at ''IFC Warriors Challenge 15''.

After these events, Mir made his UFC debut against Roberto Travern. Traven had fought once in the UFC before (at ''UFC 11''), and was the 1999 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship open class champion and 6th degree black belt in BJJ. Mir defeated Roberto Travern by armbar at 1:05 of round one at ''UFC 34: High Voltage'' on November 2, 2001. The submission earned Mir the "Tapout of the Night" award.

Mir's next match in the UFC was against Pete Williams and took place at ''UFC 36: Worlds Collide'' on March 22, 2002. Mir submitted the veteran Williams (who had never been submitted before) at only 46 seconds into the first round with a shoulder lock that has since been named after Mir.

He faced Ian Freeman, at ''UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall'', held in London, England on July 13, 2002. Despite several leglock attempts by Mir, Freeman achieved side control at around four minutes into the first round, landing numerous elbows and punches on Mir's head. After Freeman separated, the referee signaled Mir to stand back up. A time out was called due to an apparent cut on Mir's face, and the referee stopped the fight when Mir had difficulty standing up.

Mir then faced David "Tank" Abbott at UFC 41 on February 28, 2003. Mir defeated Abbott in only 46 seconds into the first round by submission (Toe Hold).

On June 26, 2003 Mir fought Wes Sims at ''UFC 43: Meltdown''. Mir won by disqualification at 2:55 of round one after Sims stomped down on Mir's face after slamming his way out of Mir's armbar attempt. They would rematch at ''UFC 46: Supernatural'' on January 31, 2004. Frank Mir won by knockout at 4:21 of round two.

Heavyweight championship

On June 19, 2004, Mir faced Tim Sylvia for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at ''UFC 48: Payback''. Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 50 seconds into the first round when Mir's armbar visibly broke Sylvia's right forearm. Mir trapped Sylvia's right arm in an armbar attempt. When Sylvia tried to pull out of the hold, Mir jerked back harder and Sylvia's radius bone snapped about 3 inches below his elbow. Sylvia repeatedly claimed his arm was not broken, even touching it and moving it around to show he was O.K. Sylvia was taken to the nearby hospital where an x-ray showed that his arm was in fact broken in four different places.

With this technical submission win Mir became the new UFC Heavyweight Champion and later received his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black-belt for his performance in the fight.

Motorcycle injury

On September 17, 2004, Mir was knocked off his motorcycle by a car. The accident caused a break in Mir's femur and tore all the ligaments in his knee. The bone had broken in two places but the injury did not end Mir's career as a fighter. Major surgery was needed to repair the bone in his leg. An interim heavyweight title was created whilst Mir was recovering from the injury, which Andrei Arlovski won by defeating Tim Sylvia by way of a first round submission. On August 12, 2005, the UFC learned that Mir was not able to fight Andrei Arlovski in October as scheduled, thus Mir was stripped of the title after 14 months, and Arlovski was promoted to be the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.

Return to the UFC

Mir recovered from his motorcycle accident and fought Márcio Cruz at ''UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3'' on February 4, 2006. In a shocking upset, Mir was defeated by the relative newcomer in the first round by TKO due to strikes. Initially, referee Herb Dean called for a break to check a large cut on Mir's face. Mir was given the opportunity to continue, and did so.

Mir returned to the Octagon on July 8, 2006 at ''UFC 61: Bitter Rivals'' and faced Dan Christison. Mir had gained a considerable amount of weight and quickly became exhausted. Mir won in a lackluster fashion by unanimous decision after three rounds; the judges all scored the bout 29–28. Criticism began to flourish with Mir not looking like the same fighter as he was before, both physically and technically.

Mir next faced Brandon Vera at ''UFC 65: Bad Intentions''. Mir showed slightly improved sharpness on his feet, and boxed well until being stunned by a straight right from Vera. He was then dropped by knees from Vera's Muay Thai clinch, where the smaller Vera delivered elbows & punches from side control, forcing the referee to stop the fight. Mir lost by TKO at only 1:09 of the first round.

Frank Mir was scheduled to fight Antoni Hardonk at ''UFC Fight Night 9'' on April 5, 2007, but had to drop out due to a shoulder injury. Mir recovered from the shoulder injury and fought Antoni Hardonk at ''UFC 74'' and won via kimura in 1:17 of the first round. At the end of the bout, Mir walked to the cameras pointing at himself saying "I'm back!". Frank's wife Jennifer was shown on the replay screaming and crying with joy when Frank secured the kimura and the fight was stopped.

Mir fought Brock Lesnar at ''UFC 81'' on February 2, 2008. Early in the first round, Lesnar took Mir down and, while striking from Mir's guard, landed illegal punches to the back of Mir's head, drawing a foul and a one-point deduction from referee Steve Mazzagatti. They were stood up and Mir was given a brief recovery period, but Lesnar quickly took Mir down again. When Lesnar escaped an armbar attempt, Mir caught him with a kneebar, causing Lesnar to tap out at 1:30 of the first round.

''The Ultimate Fighter'' Season 8

Spike TV on 12 May 2008 announced that the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former champion Frank Mir would be the coaches for the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter.

The season, which premiered on Spike TV on September 17, returned to the two-weight class format. It featured light heavyweight and lightweight fighters. Production on season eight began in late May, with the entire cast announced in September, and concluded in December.

Interim Heavyweight Championship

Frank Mir fought Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship. This bout was part of a mini-heavyweight tournament, often hyped by Dana White. The winner of this fight would then face the winner of the match between the heavyweight champion Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar. Lesnar won by TKO in the second round, gaining him the heavyweight championship belt in the process and then setting him to face the winner at UFC 100 to unify the belts.

Frank Mir then defeated Nogueira in the second round via TKO due to strikes, showing vastly improved striking (particularly his boxing), by knocking down the Brazilian twice in the first round, and once in the second. He also scored a Judo-trip takedown in round one. Herb Dean stopped the match at 1:54 of the second round. Nogueira's loss marked the first time he had lost a fight by TKO. In a post fight interview, Mir credited his improved striking to a drastic improvement in conditioning.

Two days after the fight Dana White revealed in an interview that "Nogueira had just gotten over a Staph infection". Nogueira himself verified this fact several months later in his own interview, stating that he had a Staph infection "20 days before the fight, [requiring] 5 days in the hospital." When asked if this infection affected his fight, Nogueira answered: "For sure." In addition to this significant illness, his knee was injured during training for which he had surgery in February 2009. Despite these legitimate handicaps, Nogueira offered strong praise for Frank Mir's performance, with particular credit given to Mir's ability to maintain "very good distance".

Heavyweight Championship unification

Frank Mir's victory over Nogueira set in place a re-match with the UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight championship. However, Mir stated, that in his opinion, holding victories over former Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at ''UFC 92'' and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at ''UFC 81'' is enough to recognize him as the owner of the "real belt". On May 23, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Frank Mir was scheduled to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 98, however Mir sustained a knee injury during training which required arthroscopic surgery and the removal of bone chips from his knee. Mir's rematch against Brock Lesnar was rescheduled for UFC 100, July 11, 2009.

At ''UFC 100'', Mir was lively on his feet but proved unable to counter Lesnar's wrestling and positional dominance. In the second round, after being allowed to standup, he landed a combo ending with a turning right elbow which forced Lesnar to clinch - proceeding to land a jumping right knee to rock his opponent - he was still unable to prevent the takedown. After a period of recovery from the knee Lesnar pinned Mir up against the cage and delivered multiple unanswered blows to his face, forcing Herb Dean to stop the fight via TKO at 1:48 in the 2nd round. With the win, Brock Lesnar became the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Post title shot

Mir had his next fight against Cheick Kongo on December 12, 2009 at ''UFC 107''. Mir was expected to weigh 20 to 25 lbs heavier than usual, due to the strength and conditioning program that he had undertaken to largely improve his muscular frame. This meant he would have to cut weight to get to the 265 lb limit. As expected, Mir weighed in for his fight against Kongo at 264.5 lbs. At the weigh-ins, Kongo refused to face Mir during the traditional staredown before the fight. During the fight, Mir stunned Kongo with an overhand left early, dropping him and swarming to secure a guillotine choke victory at 1:12 in the first round. Kongo refused to tap and was rendered unconscious by the choke.

In the post-fight press conference Mir expressed his desire to fight a rubber match with Brock Lesnar. Mir later created controversy after commenting that he wanted to break Brock Lesnar's neck, so that he would become the first mixed martial artist to die in competition. Mir later made an apology for his comments.

Mir faced Shane Carwin for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111. After a brief standup exchange, Mir established the clinch, where Carwin eventually delivered multiple short, powerful uppercuts to Mir's face. Unable to defend himself, Mir lost the fight via KO at 3:48 of the first round.

At a UFC Fan Expo, Mir said he briefly considered dropping down to the Light heavyweight division, although he later confirmed he will remain at heavyweight.

Mir was expected to face Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119 in a rematch from the Interim Championship bout, which Mir won via TKO at UFC 92. Nogueira pulled out of this fight due to knee surgery and was replaced by Mirko Filipović. Mir defeated Filipović via third round KO, earning the win with a knee from the clinch in a largely uneventful fight where neither fighter was able to deliver any significant offense.

Mir faced Roy Nelson on May 28, 2011 at UFC 130 he won via unanimous decision by using superior control and constant pressure. Pushing against the cage, completing a Judo hip throw and securing several takedowns in the third rounds, showing improved Wrestling. Mir landed several hard knees and elbows from the Muay Thai clinch throughout the entire bout, but was unable to finish Nelson.

Rumors have been surfacing that Mir will fight Brock Lesnar on his return to the UFC in a rubber match in late 2011, or early 2012. A recent video surfaced that Brock Lesnar is healthy and ready to start training again.

Personal life

Frank Mir's father immigrated from Cuba. Mir's paternal grandparents being Moroccan of Russian descent. Frank and his wife Jennifer have three children together.

Championships and achievements

Submission grappling

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

*Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Pires

Pan American Championships

* 2001 Blue Belt Pesadissimo: 1st place

North American Grappling Association

* 2007 NAGA Absolute Division Champion

Amateur wrestling

Nevada State Wrestling

*1998 Nevada State Wrestling Champion

Mixed martial arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship

*UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)

*UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship (One time)

*Submission of the Night (One time)

FIGHT! Magazine

Submission of the Year (2008) vs. Brock Lesnar on February 2

Sherdog

*2008 Comeback Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | align="center" | 15-5 | Roy Nelson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Win | align="center" | 14–5 | Mirko Filipović | KO (knee) | UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 4:02 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |- | Loss | align="center" | 13–5 | Shane Carwin | KO (punches) | UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:48 | Newark, New Jersey | For UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship. |- | Win | align="center" | 13–4 | Cheick Kongo | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:12 | Memphis, Tennessee | |- | Loss | align="center" | 12–4 | Brock Lesnar | TKO (punches) | UFC 100 | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1:48 | Las Vegas, Nevada | For Unified UFC Heavyweight Championship. |- | Win | align="center" | 12–3 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | TKO (punches) | UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1:57 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Won UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship. |- | Win | align="center" | 11–3 | Brock Lesnar | Submission (kneebar) | UFC 81: Breaking Point | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:30 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Submission of the Night,Submission of the Year (2008) |- | Win | align="center" | 10–3 | Antoni Hardonk | Submission (kimura) | UFC 74: Respect | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:17 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Loss | align="center" | 9–3 | Brandon Vera | TKO (punches) | UFC 65: Bad Intentions | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:09 | Sacramento, California | |- | Win | align="center" | 9–2 | Dan Christison | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 61: Bitter Rivals | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Loss | align="center" | 8–2 | Márcio Cruz | TKO (punches and elbows) | UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4:10 | Las Vegas, Nevada | First fight after the motorcycle accident. |- | Win | align="center" | 8–1 | Tim Sylvia | Technical submission (armbar) | UFC 48: Payback | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:50 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Won UFC Heavyweight Championship. Later vacated after he was unable to defend. |- | Win | align="center" | 7–1 | Wes Sims | KO (punches) | UFC 46: Supernatural | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 4:21 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Win | align="center" | 6–1 | Wes Sims | DQ (kicking a downed opponent) | UFC 43: Meltdown | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2:55 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Win | align="center" | 5–1 | Tank Abbott | Submission (toe hold) | UFC 41: Onslaught | February 28, 2003 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:46 | Atlantic City, New Jersey

| |- | Loss | align="center" | 4–1 | Ian Freeman | TKO (punches) | UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4:35 | London, England | |- | Win | align="center" | 4–0 | Pete Williams | Submission (Modified Shoulder lock) | UFC 36: Worlds Collide | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:46 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Pete Williams retired after the bout. |- | Win | align="center" | 3–0 | Roberto Traven | Submission (armbar) | UFC 34: High Voltage | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:05 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |- | Win | align="center" | 2–0 | Dan Quinn | Submission (triangle choke) | International Fighting Championships Warriors Challenge 15 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2:15 | Oroville, California | |- | Win | align="center" | 1–0 | Jerome Smith | Decision (unanimous) | HOOKnSHOOT – Showdown | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 5:00 | Evansville, Indiana |

See also

List of current UFC fighters

Ultimate Fighting Championship

List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

FrankMir - facebook

FrankMir.com - Official Website

TEAMMIR.com - Official Team Website

Official UFC Profile

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Joseph Eric "Joe" Thornton (born July 2, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. Splitting the campaign between the two teams, he received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league's leading point-scorer and most valuable player, respectively. Thornton's on-ice vision, strength on the puck, deft passing ability, and power forward style of play have led to him becoming one of the league's premier top line centres. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, he has received the nickname Jumbo Joe.

Playing career

Amateur career

Thornton grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of St. Thomas, Ontario, for the St. Thomas Travelers. He played "AA" hockey for the Travelers until joining a peewee team that won an Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championship in 1992–93. Moving on to the bantam level, Thornton joined the "AAA" Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs of the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario for the 1993–94 season. During his bantam year, he also appeared in six games for the Junior B St. Thomas Stars of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The following season, he joined the Stars full-time and reeled off 104 points over 50 games.

Beginning in 1995–96, Thornton began a two-year career in the major junior Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He posted a 76-point season in his first year, earning both OHL and CHL Rookie of the Year honours. The following season, Thornton improved to 41 goals and 122 points, second overall in league scoring behind Marc Savard of the Oshawa Generals, and was named to the OHL Second All-Star Team.

Boston Bruins (1997–2005)

After his second OHL season, Thornton was selected first overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He joined the Bruins for the subsequent 1997–98 season, but struggled to stay in the lineup and was made a healthy scratch on numerous occasions over the campaign. He scored his first NHL goal on December 3, 1997, in a 3–0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. He completed his rookie campaign with 7 points in 55 games. The following season, Thornton was able to make a significant impact and improved to 41 points in 81 games, as well as a 9-point effort in 11 playoff games.

Thornton continued to build into a key player in the Bruins' lineup, increasing his points total in each of the following two campaigns. Prior to the 2002–03 season, he was named team captain, succeeding Jason Allison, who had left for the Los Angeles Kings in 2001; the captaincy position was vacant for a full season after Allison's departure. In his first season as team captain, Thornton recorded 68 points over 66 games. The following year, he notched his first career 100-point season with 36 goals, a career-high, and 65 assists. He ranked third in league point-scoring, behind Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche and Markus Näslund from the Vancouver Canucks.

HC Davos (2004/2005)

After his production decreased to 73 points over 77 games in 2003–04, Thornton went abroad to play for HC Davos of the Swiss National League A due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. He played on a line with fellow NHL players Rick Nash and Niklas Hagman, helping HC Davos to a league championship and Spengler Cup win. Since then Nash and Thornton keep a close contact to Arno del Curto and HC Davos, Thornton returns every summer to train for up to a month with the club.

Boston Bruins (2005)

With the NHL set to resume in 2005–06, Thornton became a restricted free agent in the summer of 2005 and was reportedly unhappy with the state of the Bruins franchise, as well as the criticism of his play in the Bruins' early playoff exit in 2004. Thornton was under heavy scrutiny for his leadership style and was criticized for being unable to raise his level of play during the playoffs. Many people felt that Bruins coach Robbie Ftorek gave Thornton the captaincy too early. Regardless, Thornton re-signed with the team on August 11, 2005, to a three-year deal worth US$20 million.

With Thornton in the midst of another career year, the Bruins were struggling in the standings. On November 30, 2005, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a four-player deal, which sent forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenceman Brad Stuart to Boston in exchange for the Bruins captain. Thornton was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin.

San Jose Sharks

Upon arriving in San Jose, Thornton improved the Sharks' fortunes and found instant chemistry with winger Jonathan Cheechoo. During the absence of usual alternate captain Alyn McCauley from the San Jose lineup, Thornton donned the "A" for the first time as a Shark in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes on March 30, 2006, and wore the "A" whenever McCauley was out of the lineup for the remainder of the season. Tallying 92 points in 58 games with the Sharks after the trade, Thornton finished the season with a league-leading 96 assists and 125 points total to earn the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer. He became the first player to win the award while splitting the season between two teams. Due to Thornton's success, Cheechoo also enjoyed a career-season, winning the Rocket Richard Trophy as the league's top goal-scorer with 56 markers. In the playoffs, however, Thornton was once again criticized for his play as his production decreased to 2 goals and 9 points in 11 games as the Sharks were ousted in the second round. In the off-season, Thornton was honoured for his regular season play and was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP to go with his Art Ross Trophy. He is the only player in NHL history to win the Hart Trophy while playing for two different teams in the same season.

Thornton began the 2006–07 campaign being awarded permanent alternate captaincy, but struggled in the first half of the season while suffering from a toe injury that did not heal until January 2007. After recovering, Thornton enjoyed a productive second half, battling Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby for a second consecutive scoring title late in the year, eventually finishing 6 points behind Crosby with 114. With a league-leading 92 assists, Thornton became only the third player in NHL history to record back-to-back 90-assist seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.

Thornton began the 2007 playoffs by recording six assists in the Sharks' first-round series against Nashville. Advancing to the second round against the Detroit Red Wings, he notched a goal and three assists in the first three games of the series. However, Thornton was effectively neutralized by Red Wings defenceman Nicklas Lidström, for the remainder of the seires as the Sharks were eliminated in six games.

In the off-season, Thornton signed a three-year contract extension worth US$21.6 million that, keeping him with the Sharks until June 2011. In the 2007-08 NHL season, Thornton finished with 96 points (29 goals and 67 assists) to finish fifth in NHL scoring. In 2008–09, Thornton was named captain of the Western Conference for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal. He completed the season with 86 points. In the subsequent post-season, he recorded a goal and four assists in six games as the Sharks were eliminated in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks.

In September 2009, before the start of the 2009-10 NHL season, the Sharks acquired Dany Heatley in a three-player trade that sent former Thornton's struggling linemate Jonathan Cheechoo, left winger Milan Michalek and a 2nd round pick to the Ottawa Senators. Thornton, Heatley, and Sharks captain Patrick Marleau were joined on the Sharks' top line and enjoyed immediate offensive success together. The trio helped the Sharks to one of their best regular seasons in franchise history. Although the line's production slowed down in the second half of the season, all three Sharks players finished in the league's top 15 in point-scoring. Thornton's 89 points ranked eighth, while his 69 assists were second to Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks. Marleau and Heatley finished 14th and 15th in league scoring with 83 and 82 points, respectively. The Sharks entered the 2010 playoffs as the first seed in the West for the second consecutive year. After advancing past the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds, the Sharks were eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals. Thornton finished the playoffs with a career-high 12 points in 15 games.

After the elimination, team management vacated all the Sharks' captaincy positions, including Thornton's role as one of the alternate captains. Prior to the 2010–11 season, he was chosen to replace the retiring Rob Blake as the eighth captain in team history on October 7, 2010. Nine days later, he signed a three-year, US$21 million contract extension with the Sharks. Near the start of the 2010-11 season, Thornton scored the fourth hat trick of his NHL career against Martin Brodeur in a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. In November 2010, Thornton was suspended two games for a controversial hit to the head against St. Louis Blues forward David Perron. David Perron missed the remaining 72 games of the 2010-2011 season due to post-concussion syndrome. Later in the campaign, he eclipsed Marleau as the Sharks' all-time leader in assists. Thornton scored his 1,000th career point with a goal in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes on April 8, 2011.

Thornton scored the game winning goal on April 25, 2011 that sent the San Jose Sharks to the second round of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, ousting the Los Angeles Kings.

International play

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Thornton was named to Canada's national under-20 team for the 1997 World Junior Championships in Switzerland. Underaged at 18 years old, he recorded four points in seven games, helping Canada to a gold medal. Two years later, he made his debut with the Canadian men's team at the 2001 World Championships in Germany. Thornton collected a goal and an assist over six games, as Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinal by the United States.

His next international appearance occurred at the 2004 World Cup. Estbalished by then as a premiere player in the NHL, Thornton tied for third in tournament scoring with six points (a goal and five assists) over six games. He notched two assists in the championship game against Finland, helping Canada to a 3–2 win. At the 2005 IIHF World Championship in Austria, Thornton led all scorers with 16 points (6 goals and 10 assists) in 9 games and was named tournament MVP. Canada advanced to the gold medal game, where they were shutout 3–0 by the Czech Republic.

Thornton made his first appearance in the Winter Olympics in 2006. He recorded 3 points as Canada was shutout in three of six games, losing to Russia in the quarterfinal. Four years later, he was again chosen to Canada's Olympic team for the Winter Games in Vancouver. Thornton was joined by his Sharks linemates Dany Heatley and Patrick Marleau, as well as Sharks defenceman Dan Boyle on the squad. The offensive trio of Sharks played on the same line in the Olympics, as well. Thornton registered a goal and an assist over seven games, helping Canada to a gold medal finish.

Personal life

Thornton is married to Tabea Pfendsack, whom he met while playing in Switzerland during the 2004-05 NHL lockout. The couple has a daughter, Ayla, born on July 14, 2010. Born in London, Ontario, Thornton became a naturalized United States citizen in July 2009 at a ceremony in Campbell, California, a small city near San Jose. Joe and former Sharks teammate Scott Thornton are first cousins.

Off-ice incident

Thornton was accused of hitting two police officers on May 17, 2003, after coming to the aid of his brother, John Thornton, at the bar Burty Bob's Two in St. Thomas, Ontario. He faced two charges of assaulting police and one of obstructing justice. Crown lawyer Kevin Gowdey announced at a court hearing he would not be pursuing the case against the Bruins captain (at the time) in return for Thornton apologizing to the parties involved and beginning a "significant period of community service."

Career statistics

{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="90%" style="text-align:center" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | St. Thomas Stars | WOHL | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1993–94 | Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs | OMHA | 67 | 83 | 85 | 168 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | St. Thomas Stars | WOHL | 50 | 40 | 64 | 104 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1995–96 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 66 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 59 | 41 | 81 | 122 | 123 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 24 |- ALIGN="center" | 1997–98 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 81 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 1999–00 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 81 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 72 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2001–02 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 66 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 127 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 36 | 65 | 101 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 2003–04 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | HC Davos | NLA | 40 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 29 |- ALIGN="center" | 2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 23 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 58 | 20 | 72 | 92 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 |- ALIGN="center" | 2006–07 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 82 | 22 | 92 | 114 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 82 | 29 | 67 | 96 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" | 2008–09 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 82 | 25 | 61 | 86 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 79 | 20 | 69 | 89 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 |- ALIGN="center" | 2010–11 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 80 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 16 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | OHL totals ! 125 ! 71 ! 127 ! 198 ! 176 ! 15 ! 12 ! 9 ! 21 ! 35 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor=e0e0e0 ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 995 ! 306 ! 695 ! 1001 ! 932 ! 109 ! 18 ! 64 ! 82 ! 104 |}

International

{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" ID="Table3" width="35%" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 1997 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001 | Canada | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 2004 | Canada | WCH | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005 | Canada | WC | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2006 | Canada | Oly | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010 | Canada | Oly | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Senior int'l totals ! 41 ! 12 ! 21 ! 33 ! 10 |}

Awards

Major junior

Named to the OHL All-Rookie Team in 1996.

Won the Emms Family Award as OHL rookie of the year in 1996.

Named the CHL Rookie of the Year in 1996.

Named to the OHL Second All-Star Team in 1997.

NHL

Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (captain).

Won the Art Ross Trophy in 2006.

Won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2006.

Named to the NHL First All-Star Team in 2006.

Named to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 2003 and 2008.

SUI

Won the Spengler Cup with HC Davos in 2004.

Won the Swiss ice hockey championship with HC Davos in 2005.

International

Won a World Junior Championships gold medal with Team Canada in 1997.

Won the World Cup of Hockey with Team Canada in 2004.

Won the 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal with Canada.

Records

Only player in NHL history to win the Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy while switching clubs in his winning campaign - 2005–06

Highest point total recorded by a player while playing with two different teams in one season (125) - 2005–06

See also

Power forward (ice hockey)

List of NHL players with 1000 points

References

External links

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