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Randy Couture to appear on cover of Sports Illustrated

  • 08-05-2007 10:18pm
    #1
    Vince135792003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭


    From NBC sports website:

    At what point does a sport go mainstream? How about when it's best-known fighter graces the cover of the nation's best-known sports magazine?

    Randy Couture, the only five-time champion in UFC history, will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a later date this summer.

    SI writer L. Jon Wertheim, a 10-year veteran of the magazine, penned the piece which will dig into the life of the most famous MMA star in the U.S. Couture recently regained the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 years old, defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 68. The win catapulted him even further into mainstream sports fame, as he appeared on ESPN's "Hot List" following the victory.

    Couture also has a biography in the works, co-written with Fight Network writer Loretta Hunt.



    Another step for the UFC and I'm glad Couture is the guy at the forefront of it.


Comments

  • #2
    Fozzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    That's cool. Couture deserves it, he's a model of what an athlete is. Is he the most famous MMA star though?

    Hogan was on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1985, I suppose that is when wrestling went mainstream


  • #3
    irish fighter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭irish fighter


    cool man
    nice one randy. he is one of the best


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