Big or BIG may refer to:

Movie

''Big'', a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks

Music

''Big: the musical'' a musical based on the above film

''Big'' (album), an album by Macy Gray

Big Records, a record label

Big (song), a song by Australian band Dead Letter Circus

Big (New Fast Automatic Daffodils song), 1990 song by New Fast Automatic Daffodils

Characters

Big the Cat, a fictional character from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game universe

Big, a fictional Buddhist monk in the movie ''Running on Karma''

Big, a fictional character in the American comic book series ''The Perhapanauts''

Persons

The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997), an American rap artist

Big Kenny, an American country music singer

Organizations

Bjarke Ingels Group, a Danish architecture firm

Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft, an Austrian quasi-governmental company

Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen, a Belgian information centre for dangerous goods

Beijing Institute of Genomics, a Chinese institute for genetic research

Media

''Big'' (TV series) an Australian reality television series

Big!, a Discovery Channel television show in which items were built on a large scale for the sake of breaking world records

BIG, a crossword magazine published by Christine Lovatt

Acronym

BIG, a codename for a VOR navigational beacon at London Biggin Hill Airport

Allen Army Airfield (IATA: BIG)

Breast International Group

Basic income grant

* The basic income grant pilot project at Omitara, Namibia ("BIG Namibia")

See also

Mr. Big (disambiguation)

The Big Show (disambiguation)

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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
residence	Roseburg ,Oregon
nationality	American
height
weight lb	205
weight class	Light Heavyweight Heavyweight
reach in	75
stance	Orthodox
fighting out of	Roseburg, Oregon
team	RAW (1997–1999)Team Quest (1999–2006)Xtreme Couture (2006–2011)
rank	Black belt in Neil Melanson's Submission wrestling System
wrestling	NCAA Division I Wrestling Olympic Alternate Greco-Roman Wrestling
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	Douglas High School
url	http://www.randycouture.tv/
sherdog	166
updated	August 28, 2010 }}

Randy Duane Couture (; born June 22, 1963) is an actor, retired American mixed martial artist, collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Couture became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and was the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner. 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 marked his 24th fight in the UFC, the third most amount of fights in the UFC (Tito Ortiz is first with 26 and Matt Hughes is second with 25). Couture is one of the first members of the UFC Hall of Fame. He is the only person over the age of 40 to have won a UFC championship fight, having done so four times.

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.

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, Couture 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 was 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.

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, when Franklin replaced Tito Ortiz in his what-was-supposed-to-be fight against 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, due to Rua having an upcoming fight with Jon Jones. The two fought on April 30, 2011, at UFC 129 before 55,000 fans in Toronto. Couture had stated that this would 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 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 All-American (1990, 1991, 1992)

*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

*Winner of The First UFC Hall of Famer vs. UFC Hall of Famer bout in UFC History

*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)

*Oldest fighter to defend a title in UFC history (44 years, 65 days)

*Oldest fighter to win a fight in UFC history (47 years, 68 days)

*First fighter to hold Championship titles in two weight classes

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

*Tied (Tim Sylvia; Brock Lesnar) for most consecutive heavyweight title defenses (Two)

*All time leader in UFC fight cards headlined

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

ESPY Award

*Best Fighter ESPY Award - Nomination (2007)

Mixed martial arts record

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

|- | 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 | 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 | Antônio 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 | Montville, Connecticut, United States | |- | 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 (punches) | 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 (punches) | UFC 28 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 4:13 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 6–2 | Ryūshi 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 Ilyukhin | 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, Kanagawa, Japan | |- | Win |align=center| 3–0 | Vitor Belfort | TKO (punches) | UFC 15 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 8:17 | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 2–0 | Steven Graham | TKO (punches) | 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'' ''Setup (film) ''Geezers ''Hijacked (film) ''The Expendables 2''

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	Setup'' ||	Petey	Major Film
2012	(film)	Geezers!''	Randy
2012	Hijacked'' ||	Paul Ross	Major Film (filming)
2012	|	Toll Road	Major Film (filming)

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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name	Frank Mir
birth name	Francisco Santos Miranda, III
birth date	May 24, 1979
birth place	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
nationality	American
height
weight lb	260
weight class	Heavyweight
reach in	79
style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kenpo Karate, Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling
stance	Southpaw
fighting out of	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
team	University of Grappling Suffer Training Center
trainer	Ricky Lundell Robert Drysdale
rank	''Black belt in Kenpo Karate'' ''Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu''
years active	2001 –''present''
mma kowin	3
mma subwin	9
mma decwin	3
mma dqwin	1
mma koloss	5
spouse	Jennifer (2004 – present)
Children	4
school	Bonanza High School
sherdog	2329
updated	October 11, 2011 }}

Francisco Santos Miranda, III (born May 24, 1979), better known as Frank Mir, 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.

Mir, one of the most accomplished heavyweights in MMA history, is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. He currently holds the record for most victories in the heavyweight division of the UFC with 14 and most wins by submission in UFC Heavyweight division history with 8. He is also the only man in UFC history to win a bout by toe hold. As of January 2012 he is ranked the #4 In the ESPN MMA Power Rankings..He holds the distinction of being the first and only man to both knock out and submit MMA legend Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. Mir is the only person to submit former UFC Heavyweight Champion and NCAA Division I wrestler Brock Lesnar and highly regarded striker Cheick Kongo. Frank Mir has had more fights in the UFC than anyone else currently competing in the heavyweight division.

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.

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. The call is considered controversial by some fans (including Mir himself) because of the fact that he was never officially finished by Freeman and the fight only stopped due to difficulty standing up, which has been suggested was a smart, but bad call by the referee since that loss.

After the considered-controversial loss to Freeman, 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 from Ricardo Pires 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 while 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. While preparing for UFC 140, Mir explained that the reason why he suffered the 2 losses to Cruz and Vera was because even after having 14 months of recovery, he was still feeling the effects of the motorcycle accident he had.

Rise back to title contention

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.

After the fight with Hardonk, Mir stated that his long period of time away after his loss to Brandon Vera not only helped him recover from the shoulder injury, but helped recover from his motorcycle accident and while fighting ''Mirko Cro Cop'' at ''UFC 119'' UFC commentator ''Mike Goldberg'' stated: "Mir, in that motorcycle years ago and, he's fought his way back".

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 Antônio 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 (held on December 27, 2008) for the Interim UFC 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 Antônio 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 Interim UFC 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 round, 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.

A rematch with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira took place on December 10, 2011 at UFC 140. At that event, Mir defeated Nogueira by kimura at 3:38 of round 1, snapping Nogueira's arm in the process and causing Nogueira to tap out. Mir is still only one of two fighters (the other being Cain Velasquez) to have finished Nogueira, and the only one to finish him twice, second time via submission. This marked also the first time Nogueira had been stopped via submission. The victory also earned Mir ''Submission of the Night'' honors. UFC President Dana White called it the "submission of the century" at the post fight press conference.

Mir was expected to face Cain Velasquez on May 26, 2012 at UFC 146. However, on April 20, 2012, Dana White announced that Mir would instead face Junior dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, replacing Alistair Overeem. UFC Primetime will be returning to promote the fight between Mir and Junior Dos Santos.

Personal life

Frank Mir's father is Cuban, born of Moroccan immigrants of Russian descent. The surname "Mir" translated from Russian, means "world" or "peace" (depending of the context), but his real last name is Miranda. Mir and his wife Jennifer have three children together and Jennifer has a son from a previous relationship, whom Mir helps raise and is in the process of formally adopting.

Frank Mir is an atheist. He followed a vegan diet for a year but then switched to Paleo diet for supposedly better athletic outcome.

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 events on Versus from 2007 until the spring of 2010, when he was replaced by fellow UFC fighter Stephan Bonnar.

Championships and achievements

Mixed martial arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship

*UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)

*Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)

*Submission of the Night (Two times)

Most wins in UFC Heavyweight division in history (14)

*Most wins by submission in UFC Heavyweight division in history (8)

World MMA Awards

Submission of the Year (2011) vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira on December 10

FIGHT! Magazine

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

Sherdog

*2008 Comeback Fighter of the Year

2011 Submission of the Year

Submission grappling

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

*Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Pires

Pan American Championships

*Blue Belt Pesadissimo: 1st place (2001)

North American Grappling Association

*NAGA Absolute Division Champion (2007)

Amateur wrestling

Nevada State Wrestling

*Nevada State Wrestling Champion (1998)

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win |align=center| 16–5 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira |Technical submission (kimura) | UFC 140 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:38 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |- | Win |align=center| 15–5 |Roy Nelson |Decision (unanimous) | UFC 130 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 14–5 |Mirko Filipović | KO (knee) | UFC 119 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 4:02 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 13–5 |Shane Carwin | KO (punches) | UFC 111 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:48 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 13–4 |Cheick Kongo | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 107 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:12 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 12–4 |Brock Lesnar | TKO (punches) | UFC 100 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:48 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 12–3 |Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | TKO (punches) | UFC 92 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:57 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 11–3 |Brock Lesnar | Submission (kneebar) | UFC 81 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:30 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 10–3 |Antoni Hardonk | Submission (kimura) | UFC 74 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:17 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 9–3 |Brandon Vera | TKO (punches) | UFC 65 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:09 | Sacramento, California, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 9–2 |Dan Christison | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 61 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 8–2 |Márcio Cruz | TKO (punches and elbows) | UFC 57 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:10 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 8–1 |Tim Sylvia | Technical Submission (armbar) | UFC 48 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:50 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 7–1 |Wes Sims | KO (punches) | UFC 46 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4:21 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 6–1 |Wes Sims | DQ (stomping a downed opponent) | UFC 43 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:55 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 5–1 |Tank Abbott | Submission (toe hold) | UFC 41 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:46 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |- | Loss |align=center| 4–1 |Ian Freeman | TKO (punches) | UFC 38 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:35 | London, England | |- | Win |align=center| 4–0 |Pete Williams | Submission (inside shoulder lock) | UFC 36 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:46 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 3–0 |Roberto Traven | Submission (armbar) | UFC 34 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:05 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 2–0 |Dan Quinn | Submission (triangle choke) | IFCWC 15 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:15 | Oroville, California, United States | |- | Win |align=center| 1–0 |Jerome Smith | Decision (unanimous) | HOOKnSHOOT | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 5:00 | Evansville, Indiana, United States | |-

See also

List of current UFC fighters

Ultimate Fighting Championship

List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

- Official Twitter Account

FrankMir - facebook

FrankMir.com - Official Website

TEAMMIR.com - Official Team Website

Official UFC Profile

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Name	Jake Steinfeld
Birth date	February 21, 1958
Birth place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	1980–present }}

Jake Steinfeld (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor and fitness personality. He has a line of fitness equipment called "Body by Jake" and also once hosted a ''Body by Jake'' TV show. He also starred on a sitcom on the Family Channel called ''Big Brother Jake''. In 1985, he played a small role in the Jeff Goldblum comedy ''Into the Night''. In 1986, he played a small role as a construction worker in the Tom Hanks comedy ''The Money Pit''. In 1988, he played a cab driver in ''Coming to America'', and "Sparky" in ''You Can't Hurry Love''. In 1999, he co-founded the Major League Lacrosse professional lacrosse league. He supplied the voice of Git, a lab rat in the Disney animated feature ''Ratatouille''. His catch phrase is "Don't quit!"

He helped Harrison Ford gain more muscular tone for ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''.

Steinfeld is also the uncle of actress Hailee Steinfeld who starred in the 2010 Coen brothers film ''True Grit''.

Mentions in Other Media

In ''The Sopranos'' episode "Pie-O-My", Adriana La Cerva was shown watching a Body by Jake infomercial while watching television at home.

Mentioned by Scott Thompson in ''The Kids in the Hall'' sketch "What If?" Scott had a dream where the show was filmed in LA and directed by Body By Jake

External links

"About Jake" at the Body by Jake website

Hause, Irene [L.]. (1981, July). Jake Steinfeld: Movie-Makin’ Muscleman. ''Muscle & Bodybuilder, 3''(11), pp. 14–18, 54. (Retrieved November 16, 2008.)

Category:1958 births Category:American exercise instructors Category:American Jews Category:Living people Category:People from Long Island Jake Steinfeld

it:Jake Steinfeld

position	Center
shoots	Left
height ft	5
height in	11
weight lb	194
team	Detroit Red Wings
former teams	RSLSpartak/Dynamo YekaterinburgAk Bars KazanHC Dynamo Moscow
league	NHL
ntl team	Russia
birth date	July 20, 1978
birth place	Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
draft	171st overall
draft year	1998
draft team	Detroit Red Wings
career start	1996
website	datsyuk13.com

Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk (, ; born July 20, 1978) is a professional ice hockey player from Russia and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known for his stick-handling and is considered one of the best two-way forwards in the game today, having won the Frank J. Selke Trophy in the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 NHL seasons. Datsyuk also won four consecutive Lady Byng Memorial Trophies from 2006-09 for performance and sportsmanship. He was nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player following the 2008–09 season. Datsyuk won the Stanley Cup in 2002 and 2008 with the Red Wings.

Early years

Datsyuk was born in Sverdlovsk (Cвердловск) (now Yekaterinburg), in the Urals region of Russia. His parents call him by his short name "Pasha" from an early age. His childhood had more than its fair share of difficulties, especially at the age of 16, when his mother died. While Datsyuk displayed above-average hockey skills, he was often overlooked by scouts because of his smaller size. He began playing for the farm club of Dynamo Yekaterinburg in the mid-1990s, though he seemed headed for an undistinguished career until noted Olympic trainer Vladimir Krikunov began coaching the team. The boy “with the twitchy walk” caught the eye of Krikunov, but not on the ice. Instead, Datsyuk excelled on the soccer field, where his anticipation, vision, and intelligence were more apparent. Under Krikunov, Datsyuk evolved into a particularly efficient two-way player, and he began to draw wider attention among Russian hockey fans. Despite his early successes, however, he went undrafted in the 1996 and 1997 NHL drafts.

Playing career

RSL

Datsyuk was first noticed by Red Wings Director of European Scouting Håkan Andersson in the summer of 1997–98. Andersson was in Moscow to scout Dmitri Kalinin, but the one who caught his eye was Datsyuk, "this little guy on the other team." Andersson made another trip to see Datsyuk and would have gone a third time; however his flight was cancelled because of a storm. A scout from the St. Louis Blues was on the plane as well, and as a result of that storm Andersson believes he is the only NHL scout to have seen Datsyuk play prior to the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, when the Red Wings drafted him 171st overall.

NHL

When Datsyuk began his NHL career for the Red Wings, his mentors – including Soviet stars Igor Larionov and Sergei Fedorov, as well as Detroit captain Steve Yzerman – helped him learn his way around the NHL. He was put on a line with Brett Hull and Boyd Devereaux and had a moderately productive first year. The length and difficulty of the NHL season got to him eventually, causing him to sit out a clump of games at the end of the year in preparation for the playoffs. He contributed three goals and three assists to the Red Wings' Stanley Cup run.

Expectations were high for Datsyuk's second season, particularly with the addition of another highly touted prospect to the team, Henrik Zetterberg. Zetterberg replaced Devereaux on the Datsyuk-Hull line, and the famous version of the "Two Kids and an Old Goat Line" was born. He played only 64 games because of a knee injury but ended up with 51 points in the 2003 season. His playoff performance was a bit disappointing that year, but the same could be said about the entire Red Wings team. The team was swept by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round, and Datsyuk was held pointless.

The departure of Sergei Fedorov in the 2003 off-season made room for Datsyuk to rise to prominence on the Red Wings. He took full advantage of his extra ice time, where his playmaking skills elevated him to the ranks of legitimate scorers in the NHL. Datsyuk earned a spot in the 2004 NHL All-Star Game. In the playoffs, he had no goals and 6 assists through 12 games before the Wings were eliminated in the second round.

He was a restricted free agent during the 2004–05 off-season but could not reach a deal with the Red Wings despite repeated statements by his agent, Gary Greenstin, indicating his desire to stay in Detroit. He chose not to go into salary arbitration and played with HC Dynamo Moscow during the 2004-05 NHL lockout. On September 4, 2005, Datsyuk signed a one-year contract with Avangard Omsk of the Russian Superleague (RSL), and Moscow Dynamo matched the offer two days later.

On September 19, 2005, the day the arbitration committee of the Russian Superleague was set to determine which club had Datsyuk's rights, Datsyuk agreed to a two-year deal with the Red Wings for a total of US $7.8 million.

During the 2005–06 season, his high level of play combined with his sportsmanship (he recorded just 22 penalty minutes the entire season) won him the Lady Byng Trophy, the first of four consecutive awards. Datsyuk also earned a spot on the Russian team for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

During the 2006–07 season, Datsyuk debuted Reebok's new hockey stick with holes bored into the shaft to make it more aerodynamic, dubbed the 9KO. He completed the season matching his previous campaign's total of 87 points. Prior to the beginning of the playoffs on April 6, 2007, Pavel signed a 7-year contract extension with the Red Wings for US$46.9 million. He helped the Red Wings get to the Western Conference finals against the eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks, contributing 16 points in 18 games.

In 2007–08, Pavel was voted by the NHL fans, along with teammates Nicklas Lidström and Henrik Zetterberg, to start for the Western Conference in the 2008 NHL All-Star Game at Philips Arena in Atlanta. He went on to have a career year with a team-high 97 points in 82 games, also leading Red Wings forwards in blocked shots. In leading the team in scoring, he joined Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman as the only players in franchise history to do so in 3 consecutive seasons. Going into the playoffs, he scored his first career NHL hat trick on May 12, 2008, in a 5–2 win over the Dallas Stars in game three of the Western Conference Finals, en route to a 2008 Stanley Cup Finals meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In game six, Datsyuk recorded two assists in a 3–2 win to clinch the team's 11th Stanley Cup title and its fourth in eleven years. Having led the NHL in 2007–08 with a plus-minus of 41 and 144 takeaways (58 more than Mike Modano second-best total of 86), Datsyuk was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward. With just 20 penalty minutes, he was also awarded the Lady Byng Trophy. In the voting for the Selke, Datsyuk received 537 points (43 first place votes) while John Madden of the New Jersey Devils received 447 points and Datsyuk's linemate Henrik Zetterberg received 425 points. In the voting for the Lady Byng, Datsyuk received 985 points (75 first place votes). In addition, Datsyuk became the first NHL player to win the Lady Byng Trophy three consecutive times in over 70 years. Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers was the last player to do so, winning the Lady Byng from 1933 to 1935. Datsyuk and Ron Francis are the only players to have been awarded both the Selke and Lady Byng trophies during their careers.

Datsyuk was selected to his third NHL All-Star Game in 2009, but because of a hip injury he did not attend. However, as per a new league policy that states players must demonstrate injury by missing at least one game prior to the All-Star Game, Datsyuk was suspended one game, along with teammate Nicklas Lidström, for not attending.

Datsyuk finished the 2008–09 season with 97 points (32 goals and 65 assists), matching his career high. He won the Frank J. Selke Trophy, beating out Philadelphia's Mike Richards and Vancouver's Ryan Kesler. He also won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the fourth consecutive season. Datsyuk also received a nomination for the Best NHL Player Award at the ESPYs but lost to Sidney Crosby.

As a tribute to Ruslan Salei, Datsyuk wore jersey #24 during the 2011 preseason. Pavel Datsyuk is widely remarked as one of the best players in the game today.

Awards

NHL

NHL Second All-Star Team — 2009

Selected to the NHL All-Star Game — 2004, 2008, 2009*, 2012

Played in the NHL YoungStars Game — 2002

Stanley Cup (Detroit Red Wings) — 2002, 2008

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy — 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Frank J. Selke Trophy — 2008, 2009, 2010

NHL Plus-Minus Award — 2008

NHL Offensive Player of the Month — December 2003

Carhartt “Hardest Working” Player of the Month — December 2007

2010-2011 NHL Players Poll: Hardest to Take the Puck Off of, Cleanest Player. 2011-2012 NHL Players Poll: Smartest Player, Most Difficult to Play Against, Hardest to Take the Puck From, Most Difficult to Stop, Cleanest Player, Toughest Forward to Play Against.

did not attend

International

World Championship Best Forward — 2010

World Championship All-Star Team — 2010

Voted Best Russian NHL Player by Russian NHL Players – Kharlamov Trophy

Career statistics

				! colspan="5"		Playoffs
Season (sports)>Season	! Team	! League		! GP		Goal (ice hockey)>G	Assist (ice hockey)>A	Point (ice hockey)>Pts	Penalty (ice hockey)>PIM	! GP	! G	! A	! Pts	! PIM
1996–97	Spartak Yekaterinburg			18		2	2	4	4	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Dynamo Yekaterinburg	RSL		24		3	5	8	4	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Dynamo Yekaterinburg	RSL		22		12	15	27	12	9	3	7	10	10
1999–00	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL		15		1	3	4	4	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL		42		9	17	26	10	4	0	1	1	2
	Detroit Red Wings			70		11	24	35	4	21	3	3	6	2
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		64		12	39	51	16	4	0	0	0	0
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		75		30	38	68	35	12	0	6	6	2
2004–05	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		47		15	17	32	16	10	6	3	9	4
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		75		28	59	87	22	5	0	3	3	0
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		79		27	60	87	20	18	8	8	16	8
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		82		31	66	97	20	22	10	13	23	6
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		81		32	65	97	22	16	1	8	9	5
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		80		27	43	70	18	12	6	7	13	8
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		56		23	36	59	15	11	4	11	15	8
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70		18	49	67	14	5	1	2	3	2
RSL totals				! 168		! 42	! 60	! 102	! 50	! 23	! 9	! 11	! 20	! 16
NHL totals				! 732		! 240	! 478	! 718	! 186	! 126	! 33	! 61	! 94	! 45

International play

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Played for Russia in:

2001 World Championships

2002 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)

2003 World Championship

2004 World Cup of Hockey

2005 World Championship (bronze medal)

2006 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

2010 World Championship (silver medal)

International statistics {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" style="text-align:center" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Place ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"|   ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2001 | Russia | WC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2002 | Russia | Oly | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |- | 2003 | Russia | WC | 7th | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2004 | Russia | WCH | 5th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | 2005 | Russia | WC | | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2006 | Russia | Oly | 4th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 |- | 2010 | Russia | Oly | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2010 | Russia | WC | | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" | colspan="4"| Senior int'l totals ! 51 ! 14 ! 24 ! 38 ! 12 |}

References

External links

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